20 Criminally Underrated TV Shows You Have To See

“Reaper. On his 21st birthday, Sam discovers his parents sold his soul to the devil before birth and he must now be a bounty hunter for the devil until he dies.” — EnigmaCA

“Haven. Sci-fi show where Emily Rose plays an FBI agent sent to a small Maine town to deal with weirdness. More awesome weirdness ensues. As with everything based in Maine, it is based on a Stephen King story.” — AtheneSchmidt

“Grimm was a great show. I don’t know how popular it was but I had never heard of it until well after the last season ended. It’s also not a show that would have appealed to my tastes, I’m not a big fantasy/scifi person. After the first episode I was hooked.” — taylorink8

“Bored to Death. My favorite show ever, and maybe Ted Danson’s best work in my opinion.” — BlackLetterLies

“Continuum. Canadian sci-fi (think time travel rather than aliens). The lead actress is Rachel Nichols who plays the part brilliantly and the storyline is great.” — NeonDragon76

“Pushing Daisies was amazingly written, played and filmed.” — Glum-Ad-9865

“Dollhouse. Only 2 seasons I think, got cancelled but they knew ahead of time so the 2nd season flipped from the future and past to sort of Speedrun the plot they’d planned over more seasons. Absolutely amazing show. About people who volunteer to donate their body for a few years for a ridiculous amount of money so that wealthy people can pay even more money to rent the people out with their minds loaded with whatever personality or skills they want.” — sheymyster

“Patriot on Amazon Prime. I’ve watched it twice now, and I’ve rarely laughed so hard at a show. I don’t know anyone who’s watched it.” — aane375

“I liked Travelers on Netflix and no one I talk to has seen it. Time travelers from a climate ravaged future actively try to change disastrous historical events.” — fourpuns

“I really liked the SyFy series Defiance but I can’t find anyone else who watched it.” — Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

“The Detectorists. Found this show surfing Netflix at 2am one night. Ended up pulling an all-nighter.” — davetn37

“Eerie, Indiana. Was like a kid’s version of Twilight Zone. Really enjoyed it, eerily nobody I know has seen it or remembers seeing it.” — hotpopperking

“The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. It’s a steampunk cowboy romp with time traveling bosses and Bruce Campbell playing the lead character with a magic gun given to him by his father. It’s honestly a fantastic series and if Fox hadn’t fucked it up and ruined the rotation the same way they did Firefly I honestly believe it would have been considered one of the greats.” — AmNotSatan

“The Critic. One season on ABC, one season on Fox. Had the down to earth humor of the Simpsons as it shared some of the writers, but also had the random cutaways five years before Family Guy.” — jokester4079

“Brockmire. Hank Azaria plays a washed up baseball broadcaster who had a on-air meltdown and disappears for 10 years, then returns for a minor league contract in a backwater coal and fracking town. The show is so funny that we have to pause it when we are laughing too hard because we missed the next few minutes of jokes in the show and we got tired of rewinding every time.” — DonnieJuniorsEmails

“Jack of All Trades. It stars Bruce Campbell as a Zorro-esque spy for early post-revolution America fighting against the encroachment of Napoleon (played by Verne Troyer) into the Western hemisphere. It is a fantastic show, but it only lasted for one season and it is almost completely unheard of.” — schnit123

“Raising Hope. Criminally underrated sitcom. Garret Dillahunt’s character alone is well worth the time. From the same guy that made My Name is Earl with a lot of references and tie ins. It’s a shame it never got the popularity it deserved.” — KingGuy420

“The Riches. 2007 show with Eddie Izzard; two seasons and then was cancelled during the writers strike. Awesome show.” — smiller6356

“Better Off Ted. What a sharp and fun comedy.” — InfamousIndecision