21 popular TV shows that critics hate, but normal people love
1. "The Orville" — Fox
2. "The Mick" — Fox
Critic rating: 58%
Audience rating: 92%
Difference: 34%
Description: A tough, opinionated woman raises her sister's spoiled kids in an affluent Connecticut neighborhood when her sibling bolts the country to avoid federal charges.
3. "Midnight, Texas" — NBC
Critic rating: 60%
Audience rating: 89%
Difference: 29%
Description: Locals from a Texas town try to fight off supernatural beings.
4. "Criminal Minds" — CBS
Critic rating: 36%
Audience rating: 89%
Difference: 53%
Description: A procedural thriller about the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, which profiles criminals to solve crimes. The ensemble drama relies on the diversity of the team, which includes a young genius and a seasoned leader tortured by a past case. Unlike other crime dramas that focus on science, this series is very cerebral and almost Holmesian in its deductive analysis of the crimes and their perpetrators.
5. "Chicago P.D." — NBC
Critic rating: 57%
Audience rating: 88%
Difference: 31%
Description: A 'Chicago Fire' spin-off following the men and women of the Chicago Police Department.
6. "The Good Doctor" — ABC
Critic rating: 55%
Audience rating: 88%
Difference: 33%
Description: A talented young surgeon with savant syndrome ruffles feathers while saving lives at a prestigious hospital's pediatric surgical unit.
7. "The Brave" — NBC
Critic rating: 38%
Audience rating: 88%
Difference: 50%
Description: A drama that centers on military heroes who embark on dangerous missions behind enemy lines.
8. "Chicago Fire" — NBC
Critic rating: 47%
Audience rating: 87%
Difference: 40%
Description: A drama series following the firefighters, paramedics and rescue squad of Chicago Firehouse 51.
9. "American Housewife" — ABC
Critic rating: 54%
Audience rating: 84%
Difference: 30%
Description: An average wife and mother raises her flawed family in a town of seemingly perfect people.
10. "Code Black" — CBS
Critic rating: 51%
Audience rating: 81%
Difference: 30%
Description: Doctors and nurses fight to save lives in the country's busiest ER.
11. "Iron Fist" — Netflix
Critic rating: 17%
Audience rating: 77%
Difference: 60%
Description: Billionaire Danny Rand returns to New York City after being missing for years, trying to reconnect with his past and his family legacy. He fights against the criminal element corrupting New York City with his kung-fu mastery and ability to summon the awesome power of the fiery Iron Fist.
12. "The Night Shift" — NBC
Critic rating: 20%
Audience rating: 76%
Difference: 56%
Description: The serial is about the lives of men and women who work the graveyard shift in a hospital at San Antonio.
13. "Scorpion" — CBS
Critic rating: 42%
Audience rating: 74%
Difference: 32%
Description: Walter O'Brien, a computer genius, and some of his equally brilliant friends are recruited in Los Angeles by a special agent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to investigate high-tech crimes.
14. "Friends From College" — Netflix
Critic rating: 23%
Audience rating: 74%
Difference: 51%
Description: A comedy following the lives of a group of college friends in their 40s.
15. "Marlon" — NBC
Critic rating: 50%
Audience rating: 73%
Difference: 23%
Description: An inappropriate but loving father is committed to coparenting with his polar opposite ex-wife in this comedy, which is loosely inspired by star Marlon Wayans' life.
16. "Fuller House" — Netflix
Critic rating: 32%
Audience rating: 73%
Difference: 41%
Description: Recently widowed D.J. Tanner-Fuller gets help from her sister Stephanie and best friend Kimmy when the women move in with their families to help D.J. raise her children in this spin-off series.
17. "Man With a Plan" — CBS
Critic rating: 21%
Audience rating: 71%
Difference: 50%
Description: A contractor becomes a stay-at-home dad after his wife goes back to work.
18. "Chicago Med" — NBC
Critic rating: 48%
Audience rating: 68%
Difference: 20%
Description: Hospital dramas play out in a state-of-the-art trauma center in this "Chicago Fire" spin-off, which delves into the lives of its doctors, nurses and staff.
19. "S.W.A.T." — CBS
Critic rating: 45%
Audience rating: 68%
Difference: 23%
Description: A S.W.A.T. leader is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers.
20. "Bull" — CBS
Critic rating: 24%
Audience rating: 68%
Difference: 44%
Description: A renowned psychologist heads a prolific trial consulting service in this drama series based on the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw.
21. "MacGyver" — CBS
Critic rating: 26%
Audience rating: 54%
Difference: 28%
Description: A resourceful former special forces operative is recruited into a clandestine organization.
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