You know when a friend recommends a show to you, and adds in a fair warning like, "Give it a few episodes, I swear it's good"? Well, they're probably not wrong.
There's a new study based on IMDb ratings, and it found that you should give a new show an average of SIX episodes to get good.
(I mean, some shows are so bad they may never get good, but by episode six that should be clear.)
Here are 12 shows that took a while to hit their potential, and the number of episodes it took to reach its potential:
(This is when the episode's IMDb rating was higher than the show's average.)
1. "Breaking Bad": 6
2. "Doctor Who": 6
3. "Friends": 7
4. "South Park": 8
5. "Seinfeld": 16
6. "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia": 8
7. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer": 8
8. "Community": 7
9. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine": 6
10. "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.": 13
11. "The 100": 9
12. "BoJack Horseman": 8
(You can see more stats here.)