The first half of 2018 has seen the release of some great television, but it's also brought on a number of shows that are not so stellar.
From Netflix's Kathy Bates-led, weed-dispensary sitcom, "Disjointed;" to Stephen Colbert's lackluster, animated Trump parody, "Our Cartoon President;" duds abound in the crop of new and returning shows that have aired so far this year.
To figure out which shows are worth avoiding, we turned to the reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes to select the most critically loathed scripted show that each network and service has released in 2018 so far.
We excluded children's shows, talk shows, and docuseries, and we only selected from networks with multiple scripted shows that aired episodes in a 2018 season that had enough reviews to receive a "Fresh" or "Rotten" designation.
We also excluded a number of networks whose lowest-rated show was not under 70% on the critic scale, and used audience scores to break any ties within networks.
Here is the worst TV show of 2018 on each network so far, according to critics:
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ABC: "Splitting Up Together" (Season 1)
Critic score: 38%
Audience score: 86%
Summary: "Lena and Martin were once madly in love. But, like many marriages, time and circumstance eventually took their toll, and they decide that everyone's lives would be better if they got a divorce."
What critics said: "Oh, the romantic comedy series. Such a vexing format. When did this work? Does it ever?"— Newsday
Status: Pending
AMC: "McMafia" (Season 1)
Critic score: 69%
Audience score: 85%
Summary: "A multi-generational epic telling of the story of America's birth as a superpower through the bloody rise and fall of one Texas oil empire."
What critics said:"Simmering moral conflict within Alex is meant to create the hub of tension around which McMafia revolves, but that pot doesn't quite boil down as the writers may have intended."— Salon
Status: Renewed
CBS: "Instinct" (Season 1)
Critic score: 57%
Audience score: 59%
Summary: "Stars Alan Cumming as a former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer."
What critics said:"For a hardened CIA operative, Cumming's Dylan is more Pee Wee Herman than Homeland."— Boston Herald
Status: Pending
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