Only 4 TV SHOWS Got Better Every Single Season (IMDb Data)

We took the 161 most-rated TV series on IMDb that ran three seasons or more and averaged every season's episode ratings. Then one test: is each season better than the one before? Shows improve about half the time, so luck alone should give you nine. Only four passed: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Daredevil, BoJack Horseman and The Wheel of Time. Then the twist: three of those four were cancelled or ended by their network at their best. Plus the near misses (Breaking Bad, Succession, Schitt's Creek by 0.01), the biggest comebacks after a weak first season (Parks and Recreation, Seinfeld, Star Trek: The Next Generation), and why ending on your best season is so rare. Chapters 0:00 Its best season, then the end 0:24 The rule 1:11 The four 2:14 How they ended 2:47 The honest twist 3:32 The near misses 4:30 Fixed after season one 5:23 Ending at your best 6:17 Why it's so rare 6:50 Your turn Music: "Long Note Four" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Narration voice is synthetic (text-to-speech).