10 Overhyped TV Shows You Massively Regret Watching
9. Hoops
Sports comedies can be huge hitters for TV networks or streaming sites, but for every Ted Lasso, there’s a Hoops.
Premiering on Netflix in 2020, Hoops followed the fortunes of a high school basketball team and their grouchy coach as he attempted to whip them into shape and take them all the way to the big championship game.
With Jake Johnson in the main role and backup in the form of Ron Funches, Cleo King, and Natasha Leggero, Hoops looked to have all the ingredients for a slam dunk. Unfortunately, the ball bounced off the rim, hit the player in the face, and then exploded.
Simply put, the show wasn’t very funny. The jokes were childish at best and disgusting at worst, lacking any of the tact present in other adult comedies. The characters were painfully one-note and the story didn’t really go anywhere. Unsurprisingly, it was canned after just 10 episodes.
Hopes for Hoops were initially very high, especially when it was revealed that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were involved as producers, but sadly, it more closely mirrored Michael Jordan’s baseball career instead of his time on the court.