IYO, what were the top 10 "Jump the Shark" moments from anyone of your favorite sitcoms? If there's more than one from a particular show feel free to list it.

1. Little Nicky Banks becomes 5 yr. old in one year (Fresh Prince)
2. Seven (Married with Children)
3. Jr.'s girlfriend is pregnant (My Wife and Kids)
4. James Evans dies (Good Times)
5. Principal Skinner/Armond Tanzarian (The Simpsons)
6. Harriet # 2 (Family Matters)
7. Barney Fife leaves (Andy Griffith)
8. Judy disappears (Family Matters)
9. The New Class (Saved by the Bell)
10. Lionel # 2 (The Jeffersons)

10. Hariette #2 (Family Matters)
9. Season 8 (Full House)
8. Sandra Leaves (227)
7. Becky #1 comes back and leaves again (Roseanne)
6. McGovern (Murphy Brown)
5. Tara dies (Buffy)
4. Moves to UPN (Buffy)
3. Miles leaves (Murphy Brown)
2. Day One (According to Jim)
1. Lowell leaves (Wings)

ranked, but not really in a particular order

10. Cousin Pam (The Cosby Show)
9. where are Fred and Cora? (Mork And Mindy)
8. the whole series has been a lie (Roseanne)
7. Monica and Chandler, you know... (Friends)
6. Pippa (The Facts Of Life)
5. bye bye Richie and Ralph, hello Ted McGinley and Cathy Silvers (Happy Days)
4. the potential slayers (Buffy)
3. shift to dramatic soap (Sex And The City)
2. Sam (Diff'rent Strokes)
1. Prue dies (Charmed)

Radar leaves-"MASH"
Lionel #2-"The Jeffersons"
the GODAWFUL live audience is added, and the series becomes "The Fonzie show"-"Happy Days"
The girls move to California and half the town moves with them-"Laverne & Shirley
Cindy Willaims leaves-Laverne & Shirley
Mike & Gloria leave-"All in the Family"
Barny Fife leaves-"The Andy Griffith show"
Beaver grows up-"Leave it to Beaver"
Max and 99 get married-"Get Smart"

1. Franklin (My Wife & Kids)
2. Sherwood Schwartz: A Loving Tribute/Jackie & Fred Divorce (Roseanne)
3. McGovern (Murphy Brown)
4. Niles & Daphne get together for real (Frasier)
5. Fran & Maxwell Marry (The Nanny)
6. Final Season boring as hell (Mad About You)
7. Terry Farrell fired (Becker)
8. Girlfriends' weight gain - pathetic fat suit schtick (Drew Carey Show)
9. Move to Pro Leagues/appearance of Katherine Helmond (Coach)
10.Harry Connick Jr (Will & Grace)

10. The Ricardos and the Mertzes keep leaving the apartment and travel the world.

9. "M*A*S*H" turns from being a sitcom to a dramedy.

8. The fifth season of "Ellen." Her being gay had nothing to do with it. It was that Ellen moved from her apartment to a house. Her friends, which had been in every episode were now pushed back to recurring. Ellen quit her job at the bookstore. It was all too much for one season.

7. John Ritter dies and takes his character, Paul Hennessey, with him. "8 Simple Rules" was still good afterwards, but not the same.

6. This is a two-part Shark Jump. First up, Uncle Jesse gets married to Becky and lives in the attic, opposed to a house of their own. Second, the addition of Nicky & Alex. They were beyond annoying.

5. Don Knotts (Barney Fife) leaves Mayberry and the show goes to color.

4. Gabe Kaplin & John Travolta hardly appear in the 4th season of "Welcome
Back, Kotter."

3. Thomas Haden Church (Lowell Mather) leaves Nantucket and "Wings."

2. Phil Hartman was murdered. His character was written out of "NewsRadio."

1. Death of Freddie Prinze and his character, Chico Rodriguez (Chico and the Man).

1. Chrissy leaves (Three's Company)
2. Jo and Blair graduate Eastland (Facts of Life)
3. California (Laverne & Shirley)
4. Chachi (Happy Days)
5. Sam (Diff'rent strokes)
6. Stephanie (All in the Family)
7. The sandwich shop (Roseanne)
8. Flo leaves (Alice)
9. Robin Colcord (Cheers)
10. The final season (Kotter)

10- Mickey (Slight Shark jumpage by seinfeld, but i can stand him now)
9- Radar left...(mash)
8- olivia (the cosby Show)
7- Celebrity guest stars EVERY week (Will & grace)
6- The original girl leaves, then is replaced, i stopped watching after that (sliders)
5- Ugly Chris joins the show & Reggie Leaves (Becker)
4- Seven comes & goes...(Married With Children)
3- Hector replaces bob....(Becker)
2- James dies (goodtimes)..
1- Hayden fox...NFL coach of a very corny team called the 'breakers' yeah i liked the first few episodes, but i could'nt get used to Coach without the cabin....

1. Cousin Oliver (Brady Bunch)
2. Olivia (Cosby Show)
3. When Sabrina went to College (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
4. When Eddie got killed (New York Undercover)
5. Sam and Maggie (Diff'rent strokes)
6. Fran & Maxwell Marry (The Nanny)
7. The Final Season (Roseanne)
8. Eric and Kelso leave (That 70's Show)
9. Wendell leaves (The Parent' Hood)
10. They changed the actress for Aunt Vivian (Fresh Prince)

the GODAWFUL live audience is added, and the series becomes "The Fonzie show"-"Happy Days"


:rip: SECONDED! :rip:

IMO Happy Days was best in its first 8 seasons. The next 3 were just abysmal even though I did enjoy Flip- we should have seen him way more along with Potsie!

When Simon Cowell left American Idol!!!!!

AMerica's got talent when howard stern was judge!!
when red fox left sanford & son then they just had graddy & when sanfrod starting renting his Apartments!!
7th heaven i think it started when matt stated dating this jewish girl then when mary gets into trouble like every epsidoes! then when they started dating & when it became an soap opera!!
family matters when steve urkel starting going back in time when steve urkel & stefon split into 2 people!! when steve & laura got married!!
happy days when they started adding new people then when fonzie dating this lady with girl and when fonzie becomes an teacher!!
i love lucy when they moved into the country!!
family ties when mallory's boyfriend nick came into the show!!

The Ricardos move to Connecticut (I Love Lucy)
Diane leaves Boston (Cheers)
Niles and Daphne marry, Daphne becomes a bitch (Frasier)
Mr. Drysdale becomes obsessed with money (Beverly Hillbillies)
Beaver and Dennis outgrow their cuteness (LITB/DTM)
Dick York out/Dick Sargent in (Bewitched)
Hamilton Burger disappears (Perry Mason)

IMO Happy Days was best in its first 8 seasons. The next 3 were just abysmal even though I did enjoy Flip- we should have seen him way more along with Potsie!
HAPPY DAYS was the best in its 1st season when they were what Gary Marshall had created-a nice, gentle sitcom about a "nuclear family" growing up in the 50s.

when Fran Ryan replaced Barbara Pepper as Mrs. Ziffle on GREEN ACRES.