The Fate of Ryan Murphy’s Most-Hated Series Has Been Decided

The Fate of Ryan Murphy’s Most-Hated Series Has Been Decided Everett Collection By  Chris McPherson Published 29 minutes ago Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell upwards into a senior position despite his best efforts. For reasons unknown, he enjoys analyzing box office receipts, giant sharks, and has become known as the go-to man for all things Bosch, Mission: Impossible and Christopher Nolan in Collider's news division. Recently, he found himself yeehawing along to the Dutton saga on the Yellowstone Ranch.  He is proficient in sarcasm, wit, Photoshop and working unfeasibly long hours. Amongst his passions sit the likes of the history of the Walt Disney Company, the construction of theme parks, steam trains and binge-watching Gilmore Girls with a coffee that is just hot enough to scald him. His obsession with the Apple TV+ series Silo is the subject of mockery within the Senior News channel, where his feelings about Taylor Sheridan's work are enough to make his fellow writers roll their eyes.  Sign in to your Collider account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap

Justice really was served — Hulu has officially renewed All’s Fair for Season 2, despite the series debuting as Ryan Murphy’s most critically despised show to date. The legal soap arrived on November 4 and immediately became a camp sensation. Critics dragged it (One called it a “condescending take on girlboss fantasia”), but audiences did the exact opposite: they turned it into Hulu’s No. 1 show and the streamer’s biggest original scripted premiere in three years based on its first three days. So yes — the Ryan Murphy show with the Rotten Tomatoes debut score of 0% (now sitting proudly at a whopping 3%) is coming back. We'd be lying if we said we weren't delighted to see more of the worst show on television.

The cast is quite something: Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close, Niecy Nash-Betts, Teyana Taylor, Matthew Noszka — and Kim Kardashian, who gets to play a lawyer since she's struggling to do it for real. Kardashian’s performance is… exactly what you’d expect, especially when placed beside some of the best actresses working today. Even then, the show’s dialogue is so chaotic that no amount of powerhouse talent can smooth it out. (Examples include: “blowing a priest with chlamydia,” and Paulson’s instantly iconic “See you in court, c*ntburger.”)

And that’s kind of the point. Like many Murphy–Ian Brennan collaborations, All’s Fair piles on pop culture references, whiplash jokes, glossy aesthetics, and an all-star cast while never fully deciding what tone it wants. If Scream Queens, Nip/Tuck, and Glee had a messy, chaotic baby? This is that baby, and Kim Kardashian is its fairy godmother. And people are absolutely hate-loving it. While critics obliterated it, the audience score sits at a surprisingly healthy 65%.

Is 'All's Fair' Worth Watching?

Collider's Taylor Gates said that the show should land Murphy "in TV jail" and doesn't that make it all the more watchable?

The best actors are chameleons who are able to disappear into their roles, but you never for a second forget that you’re watching Kardashian. Her delivery is stilted, bland, and devoid of authenticity that would make the character feel human. She approaches her lines as if she’s still Kim Kardashian, the businesswoman, trying to sell us something, which makes it impossible to buy her as Allura Grant, the lawyer. It makes the whole thing come off like a big, glossy commercial, except there’s no product to be found. Kardashian is by far the worst culprit, but she’s not the only one. Naomi Watts’ character is a completely forgettable nothingburger, serving no purpose, it seems, except to play second-fiddle to Kardashian.

All's Fair is on Hulu now.

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