A lot of great tv shows did not get off to a great start. Either the writers didn't do a good job with what direction to go with or the actors needing time to mesh.
What are some great tv shows that had mediocre (or just plain bad) first seasons?
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05-31-2023, 06:32 AM #1Extraordinary Member
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Great tv shows that had mediocre first seasons
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05-31-2023, 06:40 AM #2Ultimate Member
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- Friends
- The Office (U.S.) (for everyone except Jim and Pam)
- Start Trek: The Next Generation
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05-31-2023, 07:26 AM #3Extraordinary Member
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Definitely agree with Friends and ST:TNG. Plus...
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Seinfeld
Everybody Loves Raymond
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05-31-2023, 10:07 AM #4Extraordinary Member
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Facts of Life I mean the show itself realized it needed fine tuning.
X-Men TAS I love the show but feel it didn't start truly hitting its stride until season 1. Season 1 and 2 of the 90's FF series and Iron Man series are night and day in quality.
On the Star Trek note Season 1 and 2 of Picard. VOY also IMO had a mediocre season 1.
Season 1 of Melrose Place it didn't pick up till season 2 with the addictions of Sydney and Kimberly going crazy.
I don't know if I consider it mediocre but Cagney and Lacy simply because how many people remember that Meg Foster played Cagney in that season?
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I feel like a lot of shows could fit into this as most took time to figure out what they were going to be.
Star Trek DS9 while being one of the better trek shows did have a pretty weak first season.
Married with Children was pretty weak on the first season as well.This Post Contains No Artificial Intelligence. It Contains No Human Intelligence Either.
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06-01-2023, 05:38 AM #6Astonishing Member
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The Simpsons
Agents of SHIELD (although a very strong finish to the season)
Blackadder
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Probably the biggest two I can possibly think of. TNG I don't agree with so much, liked the first season too much. I wouldn't list X-Files because I quite liked Season 1.Last edited by JBatmanFan05; 06-01-2023 at 10:18 AM.
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Oh, I LOVED the first season of Cheers. The five Shelley Long/Diane years were the best of the series IMO. I loved the Diane/Sam dynamic from the first episode and forward. Originally Posted by Kirby101
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Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1 is mediocre but at least Tasha Yar was interesting. Too bad they killed Tasha before her character could be fleshed out and developed into a more complex and deeper one.
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One interesting thing is that Marina read for Tasha and Crosby read for Troi but they wound up flipping the roles.
Think the second half of TNG season one gets a lot better, there's Datalore, 10001001, Coming of Age (Wesley episode but it does have the pretty cool "Conspiracy" lead-in subplot), Heart of Glory, Conspiracy, Skin of Evil and The Neutral zone which are pretty solid stories, although also the pretty bad Symbiosis, when the bough breaks, Home Soil and We'll always have Paris....chrism227.wordpress.com Info and opinions on a variety of interests.
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06-04-2023, 06:07 PM #12Ultimate Member
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I wonder if Marina used her real accent reading for Tasha. Her real voice/attitude is a lot closer to Yar than Troi. Originally Posted by ChrisIII
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Although that may be by design to a certain extent. It always felt like Jonathan Nolan snuck in his scifi show by disguising it as a procedural.
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