It's easy to forget that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has always had a smaller TV universe. The ABC had Agents of S.H.I.E.LD for seven awesome seasons and Netflix had a handful of smaller shows that put the spotlight on the likes of Daredevil and Luke Cage, among several others. However, 2021 was the first time that Disney and Marvel Studios started releasing shows that have either already impacted or will impact the rest of the MCU.
So far, Marvel Studios has released five shows on Disney+. Although all five came with the usual fanfare, fans did not love them all the same.
Below, we've decided to round up the MCU TV shows on Disney+ and ranked them based on how they lived up to their potential, where and how they did well, as well as what else Marvel Studios could have done.
What If...?
One of the biggest knocks on What If...? was time. Each episode of the anthology had a juicy premise, even the one that primarily revolved around how much more of a douchebag Thor could have been. However, thirty minutes is far too short for any show to explore what should have been enough content to span a standard movie. Not to mention, What If...? suffered from pandemic-related production troubles, proven by the missing Gamora episode that won't premiere until the second season arrives.
