10 TV Shows That Worked Despite Their Absurd Premise

10. WandaVision

Ever since Phase Three concluded with Spider-Man: Far From Home, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has played around with a wider variety of genre and style. Shang-Chi was something of a martial arts movie, Doctor Strange in the Mutliverse of Madness dabbled in horror, and Loki was something completely and utterly unique.

The weirdest MCU project by far however, has been WandaVision. As something of a superhero/action movie crossed with a TV sitcom, the series cycled through each different decades with each episode, while devastatingly exploring loss and grief. As a result, there is nothing like the MCU’s first foray into Disney+ anywhere else on television.

This may not have been such a tough spot for the series had Phase Four eased in with a far more familiar feel, as it was originally planned to with Black Widow and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. However, a worldwide pandemic and several reshuffles later, the weirdness that was WandaVision was what welcomed audiences back to the world of MCU content after 18 long months.

This was risky, as the first two episodes being in full black and white, and the sheer bizarre nature of the show in general, could have easily lost audiences. However, it seems that everyone bought into the unique premise from the off, and to this day it is still arguably the strongest series the franchise has put out on the streaming platform.