Worst series on netflix

Since the dawn of 2000 -- or, roughly, since the early seasons of The Sopranos -- the new Golden Age of TV has produced a lot of great shows.

According to critics, though, the century has brought us plenty of terrible shows, too.

PHOTOS: These are the worst TV shows of the 21st century

Some of the panned shows came and went fast. (Exhibit A: Lori Loughlin's In Case of Emergency.) Some established themselves as popular favorites (Exhibit B: Jennifer Love Hewitt's The Ghost Whisperer.) Some are even still running today.

Top 10 worst tv shows

(Exhibit Zingbot: The Julie Chen-hosted Big Brother.)

Click on the arrow to see our complete list of the 50 worst TV shows of the 21st century, ranked from bad to worst. Our rundown features scripted and reality primetime series that premiered in the year 2000 or after, and is based on the review-aggregate ratings from our sister site Metacritic.

Among shows with the same Metascore, we sorted the titles by their Metacritic user scores.