Most Underrated TV Shows Ever
a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order
Vote up the TV shows that never got the audience or awards attention they deserved. Which hidden gem do you think is the most criminally overlooked?
What counts: Ranked by how deserving the show is of wider recognition, weighing critical acclaim versus actual viewership/awards received. IMDb ratings, run length, and viewership figures are approximate estimates gathered from public sources.
Cancelled after one perfect season, it launched a generation of comedy stars and still hurts to think about.
Years Aired: Seasons: 1IMDb Rating: 8.7/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
added by IJRin 3 rankingsFreaks and Geeks
0A space western with razor-sharp dialogue that Fox killed before it could find its footing.
Years Aired: Seasons: 1IMDb Rating: 9/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
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0A slow-burn tech drama that quietly became one of the best character studies on TV.
Years Aired: Seasons: 4IMDb Rating: 8.4/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
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0Endlessly cited as the greatest show ever by critics, yet never won a single major Emmy.
Years Aired: Seasons: 5IMDb Rating: 9.3/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
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0Shakespearean profanity in the Old West, ended abruptly and largely overlooked in its run.
Years Aired: Seasons: 3IMDb Rating: 8.6/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 8
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A whimsical, visually stunning murder-mystery-romance killed by a writers' strike and low ratings.
Years Aired: Seasons: 2IMDb Rating: 8.3/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 2
added by IJRin 2 rankingsPushing Daisies
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A scrappy detective dramedy so beloved by critics and so unwatched it became the poster child for cancellation tragedies.
Years Aired: 2010Seasons: 1IMDb Rating: 8.4/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
added by IJRin 2 rankingsTerriers
0A cast full of future A-listers catering L.A. parties in one of the funniest sitcoms nobody watched.
Years Aired: Seasons: 2IMDb Rating: 8.2/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
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A philosophy-packed afterlife comedy that got respect late but never the awards haul it deserved.
Years Aired: Seasons: 4IMDb Rating: 8.2/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
added by IJRThe Good Place
0Defined the teen drama genre decades before its imitators got the credit.
Years Aired: Seasons: 1IMDb Rating: 8/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
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0A gritty, documentary-style cop drama bounced between networks and never got its due.
Years Aired: Seasons: 5IMDb Rating: 8.2/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
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0Laura Dern's raw, unflinching character study was too uncomfortable for mass audiences but a critics' darling.
Years Aired: Seasons: 2IMDb Rating: 8.1/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 1
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0A stylish, quotable neo-Western crime drama that never got the Emmy love of its contemporaries.
Years Aired: Seasons: 6IMDb Rating: 8.6/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
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0A campy, comic-book-inspired procedural cancelled after one season despite a rabid fanbase.
Years Aired: 2008Seasons: 1IMDb Rating: 8.1/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
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0A spy-comedy hybrid saved repeatedly by fan campaigns but still never broke through mainstream.
Years Aired: Seasons: 5IMDb Rating: 8.2/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 0
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0A quietly powerful family drama overshadowed by flashier 90s contemporaries.
Years Aired: Seasons: 6IMDb Rating: 7.7/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 1
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0A twisty legal thriller with Glenn Close at her best, respected but never a ratings juggernaut.
Years Aired: Seasons: 5IMDb Rating: 8/10Network/Platform: Major Emmy Wins: 2
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