10 Overhyped TV Shows You Massively Regret Watching
8. Terra Nova
Produced in part by Amblin Television, meaning that it was being overseen by none other than Steven Spielberg, Terra Nova was a 2011 Fox Network show about a family from a dystopian future who travel back in time in search of a better life.
However, instead of popping back to Victorian England or Renaissance Italy, the Shannons get sent 85 million years into the past. Fingers crossed they charged their phones before they left.
With a big sci-fi presence and big sci-fi money behind it, Terra Nova was almost guaranteed to succeed. It even won a “Most Exciting New Series” gong at the Critics’ Choice Television Awards. Sadly, that’s where the praise ended.
Once the show got on the air, viewers were less than impressed. Whilst the Cretaceous Era set pieces were visually impressive, especially by 2011 standards, the plot was paper thin and the characters were about as interesting as watching the fossilisation process in real-time.
The initial promise completely fell apart about halfway through the show, and whilst the finale was pretty exciting, it was a day late and a dollar short. Terra Nova went the way of the dinosaur after just 13 episodes.