The problem I have with these shows is they don't have the equivalent guarantee of the code - they might not even compile, ie. make coherent sense - in which case I'm really wasting my time (cf. Lost, Heroes, the last series of Battlestar Galactica, The Killing)

This means I wait for other people to validate TV series before I spend my time on them. Luckily, they don't seem to mind being the TV equivalent of Lint.