11 Beloved TV Shows With More Bad Seasons Than Good

4. The Walking Dead

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Unlike some of the other TV shows on this list, The Walking Dead doesn't have one moment you can point to and say "this is where the creators shat the bed." Instead, the quality of the show has always been in flux, beginning with the big dip between the phenomenal first season the disappointing second.

Still, there have been peaks in the show that have proved that The Walking Dead can still be excellent when it wants to be - the back half of season 4 through to season 5 immediately comes to mind - but for every stellar string of episodes, there'll always be a terrible run like the back half of 3, the beginning of 6, or the entirety of 7 that makes you wonder why you continue to stick around.

While there are standout episodes in between the dirge like Too Far Gone or Pretty Much Dead Already, the seasons just don't come together as a satisfying whole.

Likewise, while it's too early to say for sure, season 8 hasn't gotten off to a great start either, improving on the previous year but still being dragged down by some core storytelling and production issues that have plagued the series for ages now.

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