10 Recent TV Shows That Made ONE Huge Mistake

3. Having WAY Too Many Episodes - Death & Other Details

It was immediately clear from the marketing for Hulu's Death and Other Details that the murder-mystery series was attempting to ride the coattails of Rian Johnson's Knives Out movies.

And honestly, why the hell not? Who doesn't love a goofy whodunnit in an exotic environment packed with quirky characters?

Except, while Johnson's movies have concentrated this all into a tight two-ish hours, Death and Other Details stretched its central mystery out into 10 episodes clocking in at over 40 minutes a-piece.

The result is a show that feels like it's desperately spinning its wheels by the mid-way point, bloating itself out with twisty, circuitous subplots before finally arriving at a big reveal long after most have likely lost interest.

The show's story clearly only had the mileage for around a six-episode mini-series, yet for whatever reason, it went on for almost double that length. 

Couple this with Hulu's decision to release it weekly rather than all at once - which might've persuaded more folk to stick with it - and it's little surprise that the streamer cancelled it after just a single season.

It's a shame, as with a tighter focus this could've been a fun whodunnit anthology series.