The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a titan of cinema for nearly two decades. It has broken box office record after box office record, and with the recent release of Deadpool and Wolverine, it's clear that it has no plans of changing its dominant approach anytime soon. Yes, even with the Infinity Saga having concluded over half a decade ago, the MCU still lives on.
There has been one noticeable shift to its approach, however; it's not just focused on movies anymore. With the beginning of the Multiverse Saga, Marvel Studios turned its attention to the small screen, launching a number of TV shows on the Disney Plus streaming service - all of which shared continuity with the MCU movies and even used some of the franchise's most popular characters.
The first of them, WandaVision, premiered in January 2021 and it was such a success for streamer, earning Marvel Studios critical acclaim and its first ever Emmy nominations. There have been more success stories too, including the likes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Hawkeye, Moon Knight, and now WandaVision spinoff Agatha All Along.
Agatha Harkness' return has been met with praise from fans and critics, and with the show now etching itself in MCU history, with its fellow Disney Plus shows, how does it stack up to all of the ones that came before it? Let's rank them all and find out!
Honorable mention: I Am Groot
Everyone’s favorite Guardians of the Galaxy star finally got his chance to shine in Disney Plus’ I Am Groot. A series of shorts devoted to the little guy, they bridge the gap between the first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies, showcasing how Baby Groot grows up in a universe full of possibilities.
Vin Diesel reprises his role from the films, with the first set of shorts giving us a glimpse into how the lovable character took his first steps, made some mistakes, and learned more about the world (and galaxy) around him. And it all made for quite the enjoyable adventure.
In an original incarnation of this list, we didn’t include I Am Groot on it as it was just a series of five shorts, but now that Marvel Studios has released a second season of them, we can count it as a TV series (albeit a mini one at that).
I don’t want you to look at I Am Groot‘s placement on its list and assume that it’s bad, because it’s not. It’s actually really fun. However, it’s hard to rank it above any of the other shows considering every single one of them have far more to work in terms of narrative and character development.
I Am Groot excels at its purpose of making us all love Groot more, and we really couldn’t ask for more than that.
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