10 Worst TV Performances Of 2016
5. Will Arnett - Chip (Flaked)
It pains me to be adding the wonderful Will Arnett to this list, but the truth is his performance in Netflix's Flaked just isn't very enjoyable. For most actors, not being very enjoyable would mean they're just middling, but with expectations so damn high for Arnett's first starring role in a comedy series the fact that none it actually lands makes it all the more painful.
Arnett is at his most compelling when he's playing off-kilter roles, but there's something so self-obsessed about Chip that it enters unlikable territory. Combine that with the fact that Chip's jokes mostly aren't funny and it renders Arnett's performance almost unpleasant to watch.
Not only that, but who ever thought that watching a Will Arnett performance could ever be boring? Chip is a long, long way from the likes of Gob Bluth, his grim melodrama lacking any sort of profundity. Oh well, at least we've got The Lego Batman Movie to look forward to...