10 Worst TV Shows To Launch This Decade

by Shaun Davis

1. Terra Nova

Beginning on a positive note, Terra Nova had a helluva a pilot, one of the best in recent years, in fact. But where we were all initially wowed by the frantic sci fi opening - humans scrambling out of a broken earth, so epic - dinosaurs and star billing in Steven Spielberg on producing duties, the show failed to life up to its promise.

Early reviews for the show were strong, but the warning signs were there, with a Lost esque mystery sub plot slowing starting to eat up the entire show. As the show's first season progressed, awe soon turned to yawns as the impressive CGI dinos did little to enhance dull plotting, corny dialogue and Stephen Lang doing his shouty commnader of the camp bit.

As the reviews soured and Fox realised they had lost some dollar on this, the show was pulled having lasted only one season. Stick with Stargate.

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Shaun is a former contributor for a number of Future Publishing titles and more recently worked as a staffer at Imagine Publishing. He can now be found banking in the daytime and writing a variety of articles for What Culture, namely around his favourite topics of film, retro gaming, music, TV and, when he's feeling clever, literature.