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The 6 worst new network TV shows this fall, from 'FBI' to 'New Amsterdam'

"New Amsterdam" — NBC

The 6 worst new network TV shows this fall, from 'FBI' to 'New Amsterdam'

"A Million Little Things" — ABC

"A Million Little Things" — ABC

Description: A group of friends become motivated to living fuller lives after the unexpected death of a close friend.

Critic Score: 36%

Audience Score: N/A (the show premieres Wednesday, September 26)

"A weepy wannabe from the This Is Us playbook that doesn't build much of a case for caring about the characters, much less weeping over them." -Verne Gay, Newsday

"I Feel Bad" — NBC

"I Feel Bad" — NBC

Description: Em et, the perfect mom, boss, wife, friend and daughter, is learning to be okay with being imperfect.

Critic Score: 43%

Audience Score: 44%

"When it's not burying us in an avalanche of creaky sitcom clichés, it's creeping us out with inappropriate sex jokes. ... All I could think while watching is: They cancelled Great News for this??" -Dave Nemetz, TVLine

"Rel" — Fox

"Rel" — Fox

Description: A successful comic tries to put his life back on track after his marriage falls apart.

Critic Score: 43%

Audience Score: 71%

"This feels like a show given too many notes, and the laughs were left somewhere in rewrites." -Jacqueline Cutler, San Francisco Chronicle

"Magnum, P.I." — CBS

"Magnum, P.I." — CBS

Description: An ex-Navy SEAL returns home from Afghanistan and uses his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii.

Critic Score: 53%

Audience Score: 31%

"The Magnum P.I. reboot feels unnecessary at best and absurd at worst, and the level of ridiculousness never reaches guilty-pleasure status." -Kimberly Ricci, Uproxx

"FBI" — CBS

"FBI" — CBS

Description: Procedural drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the FBI, bringing to bear all the Bureau's skills, intellect and mind-blowing technology to keep New York and the country safe.

Critic Score: 58%

Audience Score: 50%

"Given that it hits all the familiar Law & Order beats, the success of FBI is contingent on the charisma of its two leads, and the first episode does little to convince that Maggie Bell is even playing the same sport as Olivia Benson." -Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast

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