10 TV Shows Which Didn't Get Better With Age

Released at the height of the late noughties vampire craze, True Blood provided a much needed adults-only tonic to those unimpressed by Twilight. Instead of well mannered, abstinent, 'vegetarian' vamps, True Blood saw complex, often sinister characters locked in a gory, over-sexed Deep South thriller.

Debuting to huge interest, the series sported a curious, metaphorical plot concerning themes such as racism and sexual identity. It was all so good (albeit rather ridiculous) for those first two seasons that what came after is just head-in-your-hands horrible.

For one thing, True Blood refused to knock off most characters until the end, leading to an absurdly bloated cast all vying for relevance. Characters' arcs would often change at the drop of a hat, a grim sign of minimal long term planning in the creative room.

By Season 7, the series had become such an illogical mess that one was left wondering why they'd even watched it in the first place. The cherry atop this good show gone bad cake was the final episode, one of the worst in the history of anything. Unsatisfying and in no way fitting to the storylines that preceded it, it was as if the writers had grown to hate both the series and its fans.