{"id":900,"date":"2023-05-18T00:12:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T18:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sydneyescortsdirectory.com.au\/blog\/the-marvel-tv-shows-ranked-by-their-importance-in-the-mcu\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T00:12:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T18:42:15","slug":"the-marvel-tv-shows-ranked-by-their-importance-in-the-mcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sydneyescortsdirectory.com.au\/blog\/the-marvel-tv-shows-ranked-by-their-importance-in-the-mcu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marvel TV Shows, Ranked By Their Importance In The MCU"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Keeping up with the Marvel Cinematic Universe is no easy feat. The massive superhero saga kicked off in 2008 with Iron Man<\/em>, and in the decade and a half since then, over 30 interconnected movies have been released, pushing the limits of how huge a movie universe can be. It\u2019s expanded past galaxies, past a singular dimension, and now, it\u2019s busting down the borders of time and space itself. And to make things even bigger, the MCU has also jumped onto the small screen. While all of the new Marvel shows do have important connections to the MCU movies, there are some that aren\u2019t as essential if you find yourself getting overwhelmed. Use this ranking of Marvel TV shows based on their importance within the MCU to help you decide which to watch and which to skip.<\/p>\n

Marvel\u2019s history with television has been a bit wonky. In the modern era, it technically began with ABC\u2019s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. <\/em>in 2014, followed by fellow network shows Agent Carter <\/em>and Inhumans<\/em>. But, although those shows starred characters featured in the MCU movies, there\u2019s been an ongoing debate about whether they\u2019re actually canon to the films<\/a> or not, given some inconsistencies between the shows and the movies\u2019 timelines.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the Hulu and Freeform YA shows, Runaways<\/em> and Cloak & Dagger<\/em>, neither of which connect to the MCU in any meaningful way. It wasn\u2019t until Disney+ launched and began releasing shows very explicitly tied to (and even influencing) the events of the Marvel movies that Marvel TV became required viewing for keeping up with the important details.<\/p>\n

But some of the shows aren\u2019t such a big deal to skip. Let\u2019s start with the ones you don\u2019t really need to see to still understand the MCU movies, and work our way up to the shows that are imperative to the core story on the big screen.<\/p>\n

9. The Defenders<\/em> Collection<\/h2>\n
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