- The Shannara Chronicles: didn't get through the first episode. What were they thinking when casting together this band of flashy pretty boys? Half of them seem to have just escaped from a gay pin up calendar shooting (not that I have anything against homosexuals, but I can't take a show serious where everyone looks like a model).
I felled exactly the same as you, but I kepped watching (yes, my life is boring like that) and it actually becomes better. (And I say that as a book reader). At the moment watched until episode four and the, aimed at teenagers, still buggers my alot. But if you manage to look past that you'll find a rich world with a great story imo (+ Manu Bennett).
Could it have been so much better? Hell yes. But I found the serie getting progressively better and engaging.
But ofcourse, if you don't have as much time as me, I agree that there are much better series out there. Just saying that the first ep was definitely more cringy (is that a word) than the episodes after it.