with so many great shows to watch
nowadays it isn’t surprising that some
have fallen through the cracks welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
underrated TV shows of the 21st century
did you check eight inches away from
where you live for this list we’re
taking a look at live-action shows from
the past decade and a half that deserve
far more recognition I felt awful for
lying but how scary could the movie
really be
turns out it was scary we’ve excluded
shows like community which have been
underappreciated in the past but have
found a passionate cult following over
time why are there books in America why
is there hot sauce in the bathroom it’s
Greendale number 10 the river nothing
this ABC thriller was a bit like loss
walk with a found-footage twist but a
wonder there hasn’t had no Suspiria
those nossek guy in unsurprisingly it
was co-created by Oren Peli of
paranormal activity since the river came
out around the same time we were getting
a ton of lost and Paranormal Activity
wannabes though many simply wrote the
show off as another ripoff life and
death have they stuck with the river
however audiences would have found it
had terrific atmosphere a creepy setting
and a strong overarching mystery
concerning the disappearance of Emmet
Cole as a kid I used to watch my father
on TV my voice would come up next week
Emma Cole may not survive what he finds
in a cave
sadly fans only got eight episodes
before its cancellation I can survive
anything as long as I just kept working
doing the show so that’s what I’ll keep
doing number nine review yeah there’s
not really a whole lot more to say about
that it was extremely unpleasant and
should be avoided at all costs eating 15
pancakes half a star review is easily
among the funniest and most original
comedies not nearly enough people are
talking about what’s it like to have
road rage the show is carried by an
uproarious performance from Andrew Daly
as Forrest MacNeil a critic who sets out
to review life itself okay so I have
tried
kein cigarettes alcohol didn’t get
addicted to any of those but there’s one
more thing I need to try okay
Forrest will take on any requests from
engaging in orgies to venturing into
outer space to divorcing his beloved
wife I want a divorce
forests journey demonstrates that life
is full of highs and lows no matter what
though every facet of life has potential
for aleph it’s our one and only
prominent hope you don’t mind if we get
a bunch of these let’s do one we’re both
flying for the camera okay
number eight pushing Daisies mr. Moore
I’m sorry to inform you but you’ve been
eaten by Bubba the shark did everybody
cry of course they did I’m the fan fave
poor Brian fuller
he’s one of televisions most innovative
storytellers but all of his shows get
prematurely canceled the loss we’re
still most distraught over is Pushing
Daisies
what if someone from buddies finds out
you’re a spy spying is not like sabotage
and that they kill you for it
that’s what you do with spies and
saboteurs you kill them with the whimsy
of dr. Seuss and dark humor of Roald
Dahl this series follows a pie maker
named Ned who has the peculiar ability
to bring dead things back to life
freezer burn build richter uber-life
life insurance you’ve got big problems
we’ve got bigger solutions playing God
always comes with a price however but
there was one more thing about touching
dead things that young Ned didn’t know
and he learned it in the most
unfortunate way full of colorful
production values sharp writing and
lively performances Pushing Daisies is
one show that desperately needs to be
resurrected
sorry I’m late number seven episodes he
hates everything your thing he doesn’t
even want to shoot a pilot he wants to
go straight to series I like the sound
of that I don’t that just means we get
to skip limbo and go straight to hell
any writer trying to make it in
Hollywood can identify with episodes
this comedy follows a couple of British
writers who are asked to adapt their
acclaimed British sitcom for American
audiences
I’m telling you an American version
would be huge it could be like The
Office meets our show yes
upon arriving in LA however they
discovered that nobody is really
interested in their original creation
yes is it me or does does anybody else
feel like he comes off a bit too English
to make matters more complicated they
have to deal with an egotistical matt
LeBlanc who gives an exaggerated
portrayal of himself no no I need him
now because I’m an NBC about the kunafa
and meeting and they come not while not
a runaway hit episodes is a smart parody
of writers actors and the hellish
process of making a TV series work oh
good
the irony bus is here number 6 the tick
who was that blue stranger
he was sick just as the animated version
of the tix stood out as one of our most
criminally underrated cartoon series why
would they send a superhero of my
caliber to a place like this
this short-lived live-action adaptation
never received the widespread audience
it deserved another urban myth dispelled
ninjas don’t bounce the tick maintained
the same clever superhero satire fans
had come to expect from this franchise
but the showrunners also managed to
inject a slightly more adult sitcom
oriented tone reminiscent of Seinfeld
well that’s really not fast a lack of
support from the Fox Network amounted to
the show’s untimely cancellation but
Patrick Warburton just might return in a
proposed revival this stands triumphant
another fallen fiend behind you can tell
just by looking at him that he’s got
some pretty heavy things on his mind
number five happy endings I know there’s
something that I can say please know I’m
so sorry
does that guy your boyfriend by the way
oh of course his name is beau he
probably shaves his toes based on its
promos most audiences assumed that happy
endings was just another uninspired
friend’s retread did you yes what many
pegged as a lousy midseason replacement
though turned out to be one of
televisions most overlooked gems so
Jackie have your hat complete with a
diverse cast of endearing characters and
fast-paced dialogue happy endings would
have been a runaway success if the
network had marketed it properly okay
you’re playing ping-pong against you in
law
you’re brewing coffee for Glenn Close
guys you know I sell clothes here
nice clothes alas the series was
cancelled after three seasons due to
poor scheduling and it failed to find a
new home elsewhere we are trying too
hard
Ione wears an empty fanny pack
everywhere
Atticus spends his weekends at yard
sales scrounging around for jean shorts
plus his name is Atticus a sad ending to
a truly wonderful show thanks it’s
signed by turtle from Entourage
number four fancy fancy kind of strange
name for a town didn’t that sound like
any other as far as original programs go
Cinemax hasn’t quite reached the same
level of recognition as other premium
channels to leave these people alone
time for negotiating it’s past they’ll
all pay now Christ’s sakes nevertheless
if the network continues to produce
series like banshee
we’re optimistic that it can compete
with the likes of HBO and Showtime
dripping with style atmosphere and dread
banshee tells the story of an ex-convict
who steals the identity of a murdered
sheriff no I’m not telling you anything
until you tell me why you came so far
for an asshole like Jason hood now he
walks a fine line between justice and
criminal activity amounting to one of
the most complex and enigmatic
anti-heroes of this generation
you kidding me I look like a Khomeini
you look like two fucking comedians
number three Hardy down you see the
green the I wasn’t aware of lime had a
grain Ron but you have much to learn
young Jedi stars is another premium
channel that struggled to find a
breakout hit hey Ron here we are dad
that’s president at the class clown if
only they’d stuck with party down for
more than two seasons audiences might
have discovered this comedy was
televisions best hole-in-the-wall
surprise this is the good stuff it’s a
personal gift from Dennis Quaid’s
managers lawyer yeah I did his kids Bar
Mitzvah the show centers on a group of
struggling artists who work as caterers
to pay the bills crossing paths with
various celebrities making art is an act
of courage do you know who said that
Morrison Steve Guttenberg Adam Scott
Jane Lynch Martin Starr Lizzy Caplan and
the rest of the cast have fortunately
found work elsewhere but we’d love to
see them all reunite for a feature film
Hey are we having fun yet
dude that’s why I know you you’re that
guy hey are we having fun yet right for
those beer commercials that is awesome
number two shameless you want to see
true I would do this your kids Frank
don’t what are you a tough guy Steve you
think you’re a tough guy
because you look like a premenstrual
Filipino the Gallagher’s are a
dysfunctional trashy and of course
shameless clan but they’re ultimately a
dedicated family that always has each
other’s backs
hello I’m Wesley Gretzky from D Theatre
Oh
shit sorry had the social worker right
yeah we’ve been expecting you
like to come in please do an inspection
right okay yeah is there any chance to
me schedule anything although William H
Macy has picked up a few accolades for
his performance as Frank Gallagher the
rest of the cast particularly Emmy
Rossum rarely get enough credit the show
itself finds just the right balance
between incredibly dark incredibly
hilarious and incredibly heartfelt Lou
aren’t you becoming one of the rare
American remakes that’s just as good as
its British predecessor if not better
what’s the one thing we need one would
one thing sterilization
before we get to our top pick here are
some honorable mentions for his sake I
hope you can
Clark you can do this when we are
supposed to be experiencing everything
exactly exactly like I can like stay up
till 11:00 now do you believe there is a
demi-monde mr. John Lang off world
between what we know and what we fear
how’s your child bride Rafi ah deported
turns out you can’t keep a
fourteen-year-old you married in Mexico
even if you bought her fair and square
and have the receipt number one Morphin
black my name is Sarah Manning and this
is my unconditional surrender any
performer can play multiple parts but it
takes a true acting marvel like Tatiana
maslany to convince us that each
character is a separate being – Beth for
giving us all her strength – Beth – Beth
in orphan black Milani masters several
roles as a group of women who discovered
their clones
we were implanted by doctors all of us
you spit inside me into Topeka’s and I
hate you because I felt you were in
danger the show owes much of its success
to miss Lonnie who finally received an
Emmy nomination for her incredible
acting feat in 2015 where am I
tell me where I am
Melania aside orphan black further
stands out as TV’s most underrated show
for its well-written main characters fun
side characters and an involving story
that keeps us guessing do you agree with
our list well the good news is we go to
see fat out what other underrated shows
of the 21st century deserve a wider
audience its TV for a new century for
more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com sorry I can’t
nowadays it isn’t surprising that some
have fallen through the cracks welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
underrated TV shows of the 21st century
did you check eight inches away from
where you live for this list we’re
taking a look at live-action shows from
the past decade and a half that deserve
far more recognition I felt awful for
lying but how scary could the movie
really be
turns out it was scary we’ve excluded
shows like community which have been
underappreciated in the past but have
found a passionate cult following over
time why are there books in America why
is there hot sauce in the bathroom it’s
Greendale number 10 the river nothing
this ABC thriller was a bit like loss
walk with a found-footage twist but a
wonder there hasn’t had no Suspiria
those nossek guy in unsurprisingly it
was co-created by Oren Peli of
paranormal activity since the river came
out around the same time we were getting
a ton of lost and Paranormal Activity
wannabes though many simply wrote the
show off as another ripoff life and
death have they stuck with the river
however audiences would have found it
had terrific atmosphere a creepy setting
and a strong overarching mystery
concerning the disappearance of Emmet
Cole as a kid I used to watch my father
on TV my voice would come up next week
Emma Cole may not survive what he finds
in a cave
sadly fans only got eight episodes
before its cancellation I can survive
anything as long as I just kept working
doing the show so that’s what I’ll keep
doing number nine review yeah there’s
not really a whole lot more to say about
that it was extremely unpleasant and
should be avoided at all costs eating 15
pancakes half a star review is easily
among the funniest and most original
comedies not nearly enough people are
talking about what’s it like to have
road rage the show is carried by an
uproarious performance from Andrew Daly
as Forrest MacNeil a critic who sets out
to review life itself okay so I have
tried
kein cigarettes alcohol didn’t get
addicted to any of those but there’s one
more thing I need to try okay
Forrest will take on any requests from
engaging in orgies to venturing into
outer space to divorcing his beloved
wife I want a divorce
forests journey demonstrates that life
is full of highs and lows no matter what
though every facet of life has potential
for aleph it’s our one and only
prominent hope you don’t mind if we get
a bunch of these let’s do one we’re both
flying for the camera okay
number eight pushing Daisies mr. Moore
I’m sorry to inform you but you’ve been
eaten by Bubba the shark did everybody
cry of course they did I’m the fan fave
poor Brian fuller
he’s one of televisions most innovative
storytellers but all of his shows get
prematurely canceled the loss we’re
still most distraught over is Pushing
Daisies
what if someone from buddies finds out
you’re a spy spying is not like sabotage
and that they kill you for it
that’s what you do with spies and
saboteurs you kill them with the whimsy
of dr. Seuss and dark humor of Roald
Dahl this series follows a pie maker
named Ned who has the peculiar ability
to bring dead things back to life
freezer burn build richter uber-life
life insurance you’ve got big problems
we’ve got bigger solutions playing God
always comes with a price however but
there was one more thing about touching
dead things that young Ned didn’t know
and he learned it in the most
unfortunate way full of colorful
production values sharp writing and
lively performances Pushing Daisies is
one show that desperately needs to be
resurrected
sorry I’m late number seven episodes he
hates everything your thing he doesn’t
even want to shoot a pilot he wants to
go straight to series I like the sound
of that I don’t that just means we get
to skip limbo and go straight to hell
any writer trying to make it in
Hollywood can identify with episodes
this comedy follows a couple of British
writers who are asked to adapt their
acclaimed British sitcom for American
audiences
I’m telling you an American version
would be huge it could be like The
Office meets our show yes
upon arriving in LA however they
discovered that nobody is really
interested in their original creation
yes is it me or does does anybody else
feel like he comes off a bit too English
to make matters more complicated they
have to deal with an egotistical matt
LeBlanc who gives an exaggerated
portrayal of himself no no I need him
now because I’m an NBC about the kunafa
and meeting and they come not while not
a runaway hit episodes is a smart parody
of writers actors and the hellish
process of making a TV series work oh
good
the irony bus is here number 6 the tick
who was that blue stranger
he was sick just as the animated version
of the tix stood out as one of our most
criminally underrated cartoon series why
would they send a superhero of my
caliber to a place like this
this short-lived live-action adaptation
never received the widespread audience
it deserved another urban myth dispelled
ninjas don’t bounce the tick maintained
the same clever superhero satire fans
had come to expect from this franchise
but the showrunners also managed to
inject a slightly more adult sitcom
oriented tone reminiscent of Seinfeld
well that’s really not fast a lack of
support from the Fox Network amounted to
the show’s untimely cancellation but
Patrick Warburton just might return in a
proposed revival this stands triumphant
another fallen fiend behind you can tell
just by looking at him that he’s got
some pretty heavy things on his mind
number five happy endings I know there’s
something that I can say please know I’m
so sorry
does that guy your boyfriend by the way
oh of course his name is beau he
probably shaves his toes based on its
promos most audiences assumed that happy
endings was just another uninspired
friend’s retread did you yes what many
pegged as a lousy midseason replacement
though turned out to be one of
televisions most overlooked gems so
Jackie have your hat complete with a
diverse cast of endearing characters and
fast-paced dialogue happy endings would
have been a runaway success if the
network had marketed it properly okay
you’re playing ping-pong against you in
law
you’re brewing coffee for Glenn Close
guys you know I sell clothes here
nice clothes alas the series was
cancelled after three seasons due to
poor scheduling and it failed to find a
new home elsewhere we are trying too
hard
Ione wears an empty fanny pack
everywhere
Atticus spends his weekends at yard
sales scrounging around for jean shorts
plus his name is Atticus a sad ending to
a truly wonderful show thanks it’s
signed by turtle from Entourage
number four fancy fancy kind of strange
name for a town didn’t that sound like
any other as far as original programs go
Cinemax hasn’t quite reached the same
level of recognition as other premium
channels to leave these people alone
time for negotiating it’s past they’ll
all pay now Christ’s sakes nevertheless
if the network continues to produce
series like banshee
we’re optimistic that it can compete
with the likes of HBO and Showtime
dripping with style atmosphere and dread
banshee tells the story of an ex-convict
who steals the identity of a murdered
sheriff no I’m not telling you anything
until you tell me why you came so far
for an asshole like Jason hood now he
walks a fine line between justice and
criminal activity amounting to one of
the most complex and enigmatic
anti-heroes of this generation
you kidding me I look like a Khomeini
you look like two fucking comedians
number three Hardy down you see the
green the I wasn’t aware of lime had a
grain Ron but you have much to learn
young Jedi stars is another premium
channel that struggled to find a
breakout hit hey Ron here we are dad
that’s president at the class clown if
only they’d stuck with party down for
more than two seasons audiences might
have discovered this comedy was
televisions best hole-in-the-wall
surprise this is the good stuff it’s a
personal gift from Dennis Quaid’s
managers lawyer yeah I did his kids Bar
Mitzvah the show centers on a group of
struggling artists who work as caterers
to pay the bills crossing paths with
various celebrities making art is an act
of courage do you know who said that
Morrison Steve Guttenberg Adam Scott
Jane Lynch Martin Starr Lizzy Caplan and
the rest of the cast have fortunately
found work elsewhere but we’d love to
see them all reunite for a feature film
Hey are we having fun yet
dude that’s why I know you you’re that
guy hey are we having fun yet right for
those beer commercials that is awesome
number two shameless you want to see
true I would do this your kids Frank
don’t what are you a tough guy Steve you
think you’re a tough guy
because you look like a premenstrual
Filipino the Gallagher’s are a
dysfunctional trashy and of course
shameless clan but they’re ultimately a
dedicated family that always has each
other’s backs
hello I’m Wesley Gretzky from D Theatre
Oh
shit sorry had the social worker right
yeah we’ve been expecting you
like to come in please do an inspection
right okay yeah is there any chance to
me schedule anything although William H
Macy has picked up a few accolades for
his performance as Frank Gallagher the
rest of the cast particularly Emmy
Rossum rarely get enough credit the show
itself finds just the right balance
between incredibly dark incredibly
hilarious and incredibly heartfelt Lou
aren’t you becoming one of the rare
American remakes that’s just as good as
its British predecessor if not better
what’s the one thing we need one would
one thing sterilization
before we get to our top pick here are
some honorable mentions for his sake I
hope you can
Clark you can do this when we are
supposed to be experiencing everything
exactly exactly like I can like stay up
till 11:00 now do you believe there is a
demi-monde mr. John Lang off world
between what we know and what we fear
how’s your child bride Rafi ah deported
turns out you can’t keep a
fourteen-year-old you married in Mexico
even if you bought her fair and square
and have the receipt number one Morphin
black my name is Sarah Manning and this
is my unconditional surrender any
performer can play multiple parts but it
takes a true acting marvel like Tatiana
maslany to convince us that each
character is a separate being – Beth for
giving us all her strength – Beth – Beth
in orphan black Milani masters several
roles as a group of women who discovered
their clones
we were implanted by doctors all of us
you spit inside me into Topeka’s and I
hate you because I felt you were in
danger the show owes much of its success
to miss Lonnie who finally received an
Emmy nomination for her incredible
acting feat in 2015 where am I
tell me where I am
Melania aside orphan black further
stands out as TV’s most underrated show
for its well-written main characters fun
side characters and an involving story
that keeps us guessing do you agree with
our list well the good news is we go to
see fat out what other underrated shows
of the 21st century deserve a wider
audience its TV for a new century for
more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com sorry I can’t
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