The worst TV of 2025 is here. These shows failed in every way possible. Get ready for the year's biggest disappointments.
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15. Zero Day
Even Robert De Niro and Angela Bassett couldn't save this convoluted Netflix thriller, which piles on endless exposition and bonkers twists. Set after a cyber attack, it crams too many characters and hollow plotlines into just six episodes, rushing past any emotional depth. It’s a prime example that looking like prestige TV and actually being good are two very different things. | © Netflix
14. Star Trek: Section 31
This Paramount+ movie proves that Michelle Yeoh’s ruthless Star Trek character was best in small doses. Rushed and riddled with plot holes, it plays like a generic, overly-quippy action flick that forgot to feel like Star Trek. The whole thing has the cheap, stilted vibe of a rejected TV pilot, which, frankly, is exactly what it was. | © Paramount
13. Pulse
Netflix's medical drama earns its place here within its very first, terribly CGI'd scene. The show drowns in clichés and cringey dialogue, like a love interest blaming a breakup on a childhood trauma mid-shift. It’s the worst kind of soapy hospital show, one that smugly rolls its eyes at the genre while offering nothing new itself. | © Netflix
12. Mountainhead
Jesse Armstrong's attempt to recapture Succession’s magic with this HBO movie is a bitter miscalculation. It has the obscene wealth and savage insults, but none of the nuance, leaving us with a cast of billionaires who are just insufferably smug. Their callousness hits an unforgivable low when they plot a murder for profit, making you realize even the Roys had more humanity than this lot. | © HBO
11. Good American Family
This true-crime series tackles a disturbing real-life adoption case with a uniquely lopsided approach, telling the adoptive parents' side for four full episodes before letting the victim speak. Its tone is a jumbled mess, veering from harrowing drama to bizarre, misplaced comedy with cringe-inducing needle drops. While Christina Hendricks delivers a solid performance, it's not enough to redeem the woeful miscasting and exploitative structure of the whole affair. | © Hulu
10. Celebrity Bear Hunt
This reality show flips the script by having Bear Grylls hunt C-list British celebrities through a jungle, but the concept is far more fun in theory. In practice, it’s a tedious and strangely overcooked spectacle that’s neither entertainingly raw nor cleverly camp. Netflix has already pulled the plug, confirming that watching minor stars get chased just isn't a sustainable sport. | © Netflix
9. Countdown
This lifeless conspiracy thriller from a Dick Wolf protégé feels like a tenth-generation photocopy of every show you've already seen. Jensen Ackles leads a task force investigating a murder, but the plot runs out of steam halfway through and just spins its wheels. The finale is so bafflingly anti-climactic that it makes you wonder how a team of fictional detectives could solve a case the writers so clearly gave up on. | © Prime Video
8. The Z-Suite
This no-budget Tubi comedy tries to mine laughs from a Gen Z/Millennial workplace war, but it's a cliché-ridden mess. The characters are badly conceived, the actors shout their way through cheap-looking sets, and the whole thing feels painfully undercooked. Even a generous critic could only note a slight improvement after a couple of episodes, which hardly saves this from being a total disaster. | © Tubi Originals
7. The Abandons
This female-led Western from Kurt Sutter spent four years in development only to arrive as a plodding Deadwood rip-off. Sutter himself walked away from the production late over creative differences, and it shows in the messy, poorly written result. Despite a talented cast, the show is just a violent, chaotic scramble that can't decide what story it wants to tell. | © Netflix
6. With Love, Meghan
In this painfully forced lifestyle show, Meghan Markle hosts minor celebrities in a picture-perfect TV home, pretending to cook and craft. The whole affair feels like a contractual obligation, where guests must pay for their screen time with endless praise for their host. Despite a quick second season order, viewer interest plummeted, proving there’s simply not enough here to justify the royal treatment. | © Netflix
5. The Baldwins
Here is a reality series that cynically tries to rebrand a family in the wake of tragedy, offering only a stiff, performative grin. Alec and Hilaria Baldwin invite cameras into their home, purporting to show life after the Rust shooting, but reveal nothing of substance. Critics saw right through it, noting that the show pastes on a frozen smile, where we only catch dark, unsettling glimpses underneath. | © TLC
4. The Hunting Party
This generic crime procedural follows a task force hunting escaped convicts, feeling like a bland mashup of Criminal Minds and The Blacklist. Its twists are either painfully predictable or completely pointless, offering no real surprise. Despite a second season order from NBC, the show remains a wholly unremarkable exercise in going through the motions. | © NBC
3. Simon Cowell: The Next Act
This vanity project finds a desperate Simon Cowell trying to manufacture a new boy band on Netflix, as if the last twenty years of television never happened. The whole exercise feels painfully dated and derivative, a transparent grab for relevance from someone who’s clearly bored. As one critic put it, the only thing it discovers is Cowell's own fading star. | © Netflix
2. Monster: The Ed Gein Story
This show is the most lurid and pointless chapter yet in Ryan Murphy's true-crime factory, turning the story of Ed Gein into a hollow exercise in shock. Critics tore into its tasteless execution and over-the-top performances, which offer no real insight into its subject. One review slammed it as senseless and perverse, a story with no one to root for and nothing meaningful to say. | © Netflix
1. All's Fair
This Ryan Murphy creation is his undeniable career low, a garish legal drama following three divorce attorneys who strike out on their own. It became a smash hit for all the wrong reasons, drawing buzz primarily for Kim Kardashian's presence and critics labeling it everything from "ludicrous" to a "smorgasbord of schlock." Hulu has already renewed it, proving that sometimes the worst shows get the most attention. | © Hulu
The worst TV of 2025 is here. These shows failed in every way possible. Get ready for the year's biggest disappointments.
