For decades I've been a big fan of Asimov in general and Foundation in particular, and when it came to the TV adaption I kinda liked it, to be honest.

There's a reason why Asimovs works are so rarely adapted to the screen: They don't work well in a series or movie format as they stand. That's probably why I gave the series a lot of room from a personal standpoint, not being too critical from a purist point of view.

When hearing about the TV adaption I was worried that each episode would be a whole new cast due to the timespan involved. While I don't agree with every plot device they used to circumvent this, I enjoyed some of them, such as the cloned emperors, although I think too kuch of the story revolved around them.

But yes, it definitely did not measure up to the books. But TV adoptions rarely do. And Foundation is an especially challenging one.