Top 10 TV Shows that Could Have Been Better Than They Were
These are shows that had the potential to be more than what they were. That doesn’t just mean they had to be bad shows that could of been great, but also good shows that could have been better, or even great shows that could have been nearly perfect.
Amphibia is an American animated television series created by Matt Braly. It originally aired on Disney Channel from June 17, 2019, to May 14, 2022. The show follows a young girl named Anne Boonchuy who is magically transported to a fantastical world inhabited by anthropomorphic amphibians.There should have been a better thought-out plot line for the show as a whole. It felt like the show was making it up season by season.
Also, there were a lot of storylines that went nowhere.
Danny Phantom is an American animated series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It was produced by Billionfold Studios and distributed in Canada by Nelvana, a Canadian animation company. The series follows a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human world... read more It was hinted in the show that Vlad Masters / Vlad Plasmius would get a redemption story, but it never came to fruition. That was a shame.
Also, a return of Dark Danny from "The Ultimate Enemy" would have been awesome.
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015. It focuses on the fictitious William McKinley High School glee club, New Directions, which competes on the show choir competition circuit while its disparate... read more All I can say is this show had some of the worst plot holes I have ever seen, like Rachel dropping out from a Broadway show to star in a TV show. The whole series was about her dream of being a big Broadway star. On top of that, most of the characters had very little character development and seemed to get worse as the show went on.
Overall, this show was a disaster after the first season.
The Legend of Korra is an American animated television series that aired on the Nickelodeon television network from 2012 to 2014. It was created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino as a sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Gargoyles is an American animated series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Buena Vista Television, and originally aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997. The series features a species of nocturnal creatures known as gargoyles that turn to stone during the day. I felt the show went downhill when the human public found out about the Gargoyles. There was way too much drama after that, with Season 3 being dreadful. It would have been better if the Gargoyles remained the secret defenders of New York.
Supergirl is the superhero name of Kara Zor-El, cousin to Superman. She was created by writer Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959, and she first appeared in Action Comics, in whose first issue Superman himself was introduced... read more The biggest mistake the show made was how the writing was so painfully predictable between Supergirl and Lena Luthor. We knew if Supergirl didn't tell Lena about her secret identity, Kara Danvers, Lena would get very angry and feel deeply hurt that Kara didn't trust her with her secret, especially since basically everyone else knew. And surprise, surprise, that's exactly what happened.
The writers could have chosen a less predictable path to go down, but they just decided to copy the Smallville storyline. To sum it up, the show's biggest mistake was lazy writing.
I would love to see a remake of Gummi Bears, like the way Disney did a remake of the DuckTales series. The biggest change I would make is that the villain Duke Sigmund Igthorn would have a daughter he truly loved and that he blames King Gregor for the death of his wife. I imagine Igthorn's daughter being very sarcastic and cynical but having a soft spot for her father and the ogres.
In fact, I see the ogres saving her life after her dad was banished, at which time Igthorn seized control of Castle Drekmore and the ogres. Also, I see Igthorn's daughter and Princess Calla being great friends before the banishment, but now there's a great rivalry between them.
Tangled: The Series, later retitled Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, is an animated television series that premiered on Disney Channel in 2017. It is based on the 2010 Disney film Tangled. The series continues the adventures of Rapunzel as she adjusts to life as a princess and explores the mystery of her... read more Great first two seasons, but the show made a mistake when they had Cassandra betray Rapunzel. It would have been better if somehow Gothel came back to life in the season 2 finale and took the role Cassandra had in season 3.
Everything we want to be 2D is CGI.
Everything we want to be CGI is 2D.
Pokémon, abbreviated from the Japanese title Pocket Monsters and currently marketed in English as Pokémon: The Series, is a Japanese anime television series adapted for international audiences. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 1, 1997, and in the United States on September 8, 1998... read more
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Liv and Maddie is a live-action Disney Channel sitcom that premiered on July 19, 2013, and concluded on March 24, 2017. The show follows identical twin sisters Olivia "Liv" Rooney and Madison "Maddie" Rooney, both portrayed by Dove Cameron (born Chloe Celeste Hosterman in January 1996), as they adjust... read more
Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is titled A Game of Thrones. The show was amazing until the last season. First, they destroyed Daenerys's character by making her insane like her dad and killing a lot of innocent people. Then you have Jon Snow making a lot of dumb decisions, which contributed to Daenerys going insane. Lastly, making Bran king was so random it just made the fans angry.
Overall, this show was amazing until the last season. If you are going to watch it, just skip the last season and you will be happy.
Steven Universe is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. The show's based around a young boy by the name of Steven Universe, who is a hybrid of a gem and a human. He lives with his gem friends, Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl.
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator the late Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It is currently the most popular animated television show on Nickelodeon and is world-renowned by children and adults alike due to its humor, high-quality... read more
Sonic Boom is a computer-animated television series, produced by Sega of America, Inc. and Technicolor Animation Productions in collaboration with Lagardère Thématiques and Jeunesse TV, respectively for Cartoon Network, Canal J, and Gulli. The show is pretty good (especially season two), and it could have been a classic cartoon on par with Recess, SpongeBob SquarePants, Kim Possible, Phineas and Ferb, or Gravity Falls.
But the show was abruptly cancelled after two seasons.
The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It originally premiered as a series of shorts on Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998 before debuting as a full series in March 2001... read more
The 100 is a fantasy-drama based live action show based of a book by Kass Morgan. The show was aired for the first time on March 19, 2014. In the show, we start three generations after a nuclear apocalypse.One large space station, made of twelve separate space stations, is suffering overpopulation... read more The show never should have killed off Lexa or Lincoln.
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes is an American animated superhero comedy television series created by Ian Jones-Quartey. It aired on Cartoon Network from 2017 to 2019 and was known for its retro video game-inspired aesthetic. The show follows K.O., a young boy training to become the world's greatest hero,... read more
iCarly is an American teen sitcom that ran on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007 until November 23, 2012. The series, created by Dan Schneider, focuses on teenager Carly Shay, who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam Puckett and Freddie Benson.
Jackie Chan Adventures is an American animated television series starring the adventures of a fictionalized version of action film star Jackie Chan. The show aired from 2000 to 2005 and blended martial arts, magic, and humor. It followed Jackie, his niece Jade, and Uncle as they battled evil forces... read more In the later seasons, it would have been exciting to see Jade transform back into the Queen of the Shadowkhan. There was so much hinting at that in season 4, but it never happened.
To be honest, I don't see a grownup Jade becoming a white knight hero like her Uncle Jackie. I believe she would have gotten bored with that life. I see Jade either becoming an antihero or a leader of a crime syndicate of thieves with a code.
This haunting series follows the thrilling yet terrifying journeys of Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers who face an increasingly sinister landscape as they hunt monsters. After losing their mother to a supernatural force, the brothers were raised by their father as soldiers who track mysterious... read more To be honest, the show's "high stakes" started to die down after season 11.
"Star vs. the Forces of Evil" is an American animated television comedy produced by Disney Television Animation for Disney XD. It was created by Daron Nefcy and developed by Jordana Arkin and Dave Wasson. The series follows teenage magical princess from the dimension of Mewni Star Butterfly and her... read more