They're are several out of the many sitcoms that change something drastically onto the show, (like when the cast moves to location, characters have a new baby, characters are changed etc.)What sitcoms burnt out, and run out of Ideas? What are some other kinds of changes or tell us that they run out of ideas? and give some of examples that take part in this "phenomenon" just to name a few (Get Smart, Laverne & Shirley and The Cosby Show, and many many others) What shows loose there touch, what shows hopelessly run out of ideas? Give some examples of show "run-outs" and what they do and try to make the series better, (but they never work) a better world for their audiences?

Coach- Hayden and crew move from the cold and dreary Minnesota to the warm and sunny state of Florida.

Diff'rent Strokes- adds Sam & Maggie McKinney and redecorates the penthouse

Facts of Life- adds several different characters like Sean Astin, George Clooney, Cloris Leachman and even a happy go lucky Austrailian kid.(Crocodile Dundee was big at the time) They also change the warm and cozy set of Edna's Edibles to the cold and modern set of Over Our Heads.

What's Happening?- moves the gang to their own apartment and adds Big and Little Earl to the cast.

The Drew Carrey Show- does way too many improvisational and musical episodes!

Roseanne - When they won the lottery and did all those stupid fantasy-like episodes. I really missed the comical real-life feel the show had when it first started.

I agree with Roseanne. I dont know its like the atmosphere changed. I think the show went bad when they went from being a funny family to being a screwed up family, Roseanne went from a generally caring and loving mother...to well, not....Its sad, the show also got too gay. I know, i had some person complain about that comment before, but comon, 4 gay people in a non gay themed show! there are too many examples to count, of shows running out of ideas, I think right now it is happening to The Simpsons. Im a huge fan, but damn the last few episodes i cant watch!


Bus_Stop :crazy:

Originally posted by bus_stop
I agree with Roseanne. I dont know its like the atmosphere changed. I think the show went bad when they went from being a funny family to being a screwed up family, Roseanne went from a generally caring and loving mother...to well, not....Its sad

Exactly! Although Roseanne was still a caring mother, she just didn't act like it. Instead she was just always bragging about being a "white trash" family. It was a real turn-off.

Bewitched! They kept remaking old episodes. It was irritating.

Originally posted by Cloris Leachman Fan
Bewitched! They kept remaking old episodes. It was irritating.


Exactly. That got very old. They should have just ended the show instead of dragging it out like that!

Originally posted by briandamage
Sean Astin

Don't you mean MacKenzie Astin?

Be sure to watch Drew Carey this season - Kate is leaving the show, also the Winfred Lauder store gets changed into some sort of online home shopping thing. Man, they are running out of ideas.

Any time a series or sitcom does a clip show- that means they are running out of things to do.
Any time two characters hook up or become romantically involved - they are running out of ideas.
Any time there is a singer on a show that performs a song - that show is running out of ideas.
Anytime Dawson looks lovingly at Joey and they contimplate running off together and be happily in love - they are running out of ideas, and I want to hang myself...

Originally posted by TJL

Anytime Dawson looks lovingly at Joey and they contimplate running off together and be happily in love - they are running out of ideas, and I want to hang myself...

ROFLMAO! How long has Dawson's Creek been on? Hasn't that been the main storyline since day 1? I'm not too big of a fan of DC. I watched one episode that had Andy Griffith in it, and believe me it was plain torture sitting through 45 minutes of crap just to see Andy for 3 minutes. No offense to DC fans.

Maybe on the Drew Carey Show they get confused and think
it's his OTHER show!:lol:

Originally posted by JT


Don't you mean MacKenzie Astin?

You're absolutely right, I apologize.

Drew Carey, while it's still an okay show, it's really not as good as it once was. I am sad to hear Kate is leaving the show, she was very much a big part of the show. At least we can watch the old episodes in syndication. Roseanne was absolutely horrible it's last season, I think she forgot to draw the line between her tv character and her real self, and that last episode seemed like the show was no longer about the fictional Roseanne. Three's Company got pretty bad in it's last few seasons. They began repeating plots, "Late for the rent what will we do?" "Oh no we can't have puppies, better hide the puppy from Mr Furley!" I also used to be a big fan of Family Matters, it was a really good show until they started focusing more on Steven Urkel, and the storylines got really bizzarre. Full House was always kind of a cheesy show, but it was tolerable. That is until the last few seasons when the show focused on Michelle, and we had all these flashback episodes of her from when she was a baby.

Happy Days suffered the most as it went on. That show was excellent, and good idea of what it kind of was like in the 50's. Unfortunately they started to forget they were in the 50's, and we saw, at the time, 70's fashions in the show. Then when Ron Howard left, we got a revolving door of new cast members coming and going. After a while you forgot it was about the 50's and it just became another show on tv.

Originally posted by alf8mycat
Happy Days suffered the most as it went on. That show was excellent, and good idea of what it kind of was like in the 50's. Unfortunately they started to forget they were in the 50's, and we saw, at the time, 70's fashions in the show. Then when Ron Howard left, we got a revolving door of new cast members coming and going. After a while you forgot it was about the 50's and it just became another show on tv.

I agree with that wholeheartedly. When they renovated Arnold's from a 50's looking malt shop into that modern/western looking place, it killed a lot of the 50's feel to it.

Originally posted by alf8mycat
Drew Carey, while it's still an okay show, it's really not as good as it once was. I am sad to hear Kate is leaving the show, she was very much a big part of the show. At least we can watch the old episodes in syndication. Roseanne was absolutely horrible it's last season, I think she forgot to draw the line between her tv character and her real self, and that last episode seemed like the show was no longer about the fictional Roseanne. Three's Company got pretty bad in it's last few seasons. They began repeating plots, "Late for the rent what will we do?" "Oh no we can't have puppies, better hide the puppy from Mr Furley!" I also used to be a big fan of Family Matters, it was a really good show until they started focusing more on Steven Urkel, and the storylines got really bizzarre. Full House was always kind of a cheesy show, but it was tolerable. That is until the last few seasons when the show focused on Michelle, and we had all these flashback episodes of her from when she was a baby.

Happy Days suffered the most as it went on. That show was excellent, and good idea of what it kind of was like in the 50's. Unfortunately they started to forget they were in the 50's, and we saw, at the time, 70's fashions in the show. Then when Ron Howard left, we got a revolving door of new cast members coming and going. After a while you forgot it was about the 50's and it just became another show on tv.

I agree with you about how Happy Days suffered.

Here is a list of my favorite shows and when they jumped the shark:

The Andy Griffith Show- (It went to filming in color. Don Knotts left. Andy got grumpy)

Batman- (Season 2 had a few jumpers with some of the poor criminals, but the Batgirl season was just an entirely different show. It seemed like it was more of the Batgirl show then Batman and Robin)

The Twilight Zone- (Season 4- The hour long episodes. Season 4 had a few good hour long episodes, but most of season 4 wasn't that great. It got better during the 5th season and went back to the 30 minute shows.

Diff'rent Strokes- (Exit Dana Plato- Annoying characters of Sam and Maggie are added)

Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (Became the Jim Nabors voice show. Jim can sing, but a bunch of the episodes towards the end focused on his singing a little too much)

All in the Family (Exit Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner- Introducing the Stephanie character)

Sanford and Son- ( I don't think this show jumped. A few of the episodes weren't that great. Example of that would be when Redd Foxx left the show for a few episodes because he wanted more money. Grady lived in the Sanford household while Fred was away)

Happy Days- (Exit Ron Howard)

Batman- (Season 2 had a few jumpers with some of the poor criminals, but the Batgirl season was just an entirely different show. It seemed like it was more of the Batgirl show then Batman and Robin)

I liked the fact that they added Batgirl and prefer the second season over the first...thats just my opinion.