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Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997 to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes produced. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the show's executive producer.

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  After the first episode. The first episode, Maya had badly died hair w/ dark roots, a horrible outfit, and a coat that concealed her chest quite nicely. Al of this made us believe that she really didn't read those types of magazines and didn't care about fashion; the ultimate feminist. But after that, her hair looked good (so did her makeup) and she was wearing short skirts and figure hugging shirts.
  This show jumped the shark right away, when the writers decided not to create a solid character, or give good lines to, the best actor in the cast, George Segal. They waste his talents, instead of using them to benefit the show. Give Segal a better part, guys!!
  This show is not funny. George Segal sucks. And this is must see tv?
  Segal's good, but the show could never decide whether it wanted to be a star vehicle for Segal, or an ensemble piece. Many sitcoms of the 90s suffer this same ailment. Ellen, Foxworthy, Larroquette.. And those were named after the star so it should have been obvious. "Just Shoot Me": even the title spells impending doom.
  This show has not jumped, nor is a jump pending. This show features one of the top ensemble comedy casts on tv today. They understand the importance og comedic timing. Oh, and Segal is just fine in his role as the bumbling magazine boss. He needs no more screen time.
  This show has never jumped -- it gets funnier every time I see it. As for Segal not getting anough lines, his and maya's relationship is the worst subplot of the entire show. Give us more Finch!!! David Spade makes this show.
  Great cast, great writing! The caracters of Finch and Nina alone make it worth watching.
  David Spade and Wendie Malick make this show, but the other actors are fabulous as well and help to make this the best ensemble cast around. The show is the most consistently funny sitcom I've ever seen.
  This is the funniest show I've ever seen. I love it. The cast is outstanding and every episode is hilarious.
  This show's title sums up the prospect of being forced to watch this or any other so-called comedy on NBC, which should stand for "Nothing But Crap."
  The show is funny, I really like Finch and Eliott! But the show, in my opinion jumped when George Segal opened his mouth, he is so not funny! How did this guy who has a such a great reputation as a character actor slide so badly? Really now, listen to how he says his lines, I mean come on, it is so obvious that he is "acting" it is really bad........
  Definitely jumped when Finch stopped wearing his nylon jacket and started wearing a dark leather jacket.
  I tried to watch this piece of crap once. If I try again, will someone please just shoot me?
  I didn't like this show at first, but I love it now. Very funny, especially since adding the brilliant and hilarious Woodard/Maxwell writing team from "Dream On." Keep up the good work, guys!
  never jumped. the donny episode is brilliant "chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot piiiiie"
  One of the few instances where a marriage actually made the show funnier. Finch and the model babe make for such an awkward pair, it has created a whole slew of new material. It appears the marriage is through, though, from the way the last episode ended. Too bad.
  When Finch married the supermodel, I quit watching. That season finale was so bad!
  Laura San Giacamo is so hot. What a rack that babe has.
  I watched this show for nearly a year before I found out that Maya is Laura San Giacomo ... I was thinking the whole time she was Justine Bateman grown up! All that time I was so happy Justine had a life after "Family Ties" and then it was some one else ... too trippy, man.
  Never Jumped. A fantastic show. THE best comedy on TV now, and it ranks up there with some of the best ever. David Spade and the rest of the cast blend wonderfully in a creative comedic style. If someone from NBC decides to dump this show, please just shoot them. This show is consistently funny!
  David Spade? Just shoot him!
  Maya and Elliot started dating and lost the sexual tension that made their relationship interesting. It's Who's the Boss for the 00's.
  just got old same comedy over and over
  After Maya & Elliot got together they may have well just called it "Just shoot Maya & Elliot"
  Just Shoot Me was a great show until they tossed some Romijn into the mix. She did absolutely nothing to enhance the show, and totally brought down David Spade's character from bitterly sarcastic to whiney-unfunny newlywed.
  I agree about George Segal. He is more of a "line reader" than an actor. Annunciating every word in a manner more befitting a English lesson than a character speaking naturally. Candice Bergen could also be accused of the same thing to a large degree. The worst perpetrator of this is Garry Marshall. That man is completely unnatural. I suppose he's not primarily an actor (what the hell am I saying, I wouldn't call him much of a director either)
  Just Shoot Me is one of the funniest shows on tv. David Spade and Wendie Malick are the most hilarious, but all of the cast members are great. They should have another episode with Donny, Elliot's brother. Chicken Pot, Chicken Pot, Chicken Pot Piiieee!!!
  What's up with the meetings they have that are only attended by Jack Gallo, Maya, Nina, Elliot and Finch? Who are all those other people milling about in the background? Finch is a RECEPTIONIST - last time I looked around my office, the only thing the receptionist did is ANSWER THE PHONE! I think that's why I hate shows about schools or large corporations - they can't have hundreds of actors so they focus on a handful and they seem to be the ones who do EVERYTHING. Totally unrealistic.
  This show never jumped the shark. Nina Van Horn (Wendy Mallick) is ace! She has the best lines, and delivers them the best. She was fantastic when Finch and Elliot substituted her desk calender word of the day things, with their own made up words. She went around saying things like "arent you the propipity one!" and "personfunctant" and other words such as "bitzlecocker" LOL> So funny. Also another funny episode with the temp Cindy (acting like a puppy!) she was clearly fantastic. I loved those 2 and also when Nina, was on the radio vs the femo-nazi, and flirted with the radio host. What a pisser!!! YAY
  Just shoot me is excellent - a real fresh and different comedy. Nina kick's ass. This show hasn't jumped yet at all. Not even teetering!
  It pains me to say that it's been lousy from day one,but,this show has always been sooo lame.I think it's a shame, because I like the entire cast.But every line reeks of cliches,and it makes me squirm. With a cast like this, they deserve so much better.
  I find the characters great.David Spade is a funny bugger in any thing he does.The rest of the characters are interesting and unique.Top writers make the most of the actors.This show will never go under.
  Never Ever Ever Ever!!!!! Finch, Nina, Maya Rule!!!!!! Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot pieee!
  Getting Finch and Nina together. A crappy capper to a really crappy season. The show, once promising, is just a jokey crapfest right now. Making Finch and Nina a romantic couple just highlights the fact that the writers are out of juice. It's warmed over Veronica's Closet. THIS SHOW DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE ON THURSDAY NIGHT!
  "Just Shoot Me" is a great show and gets better all the time. They've attracted some of the industry's best writers/producers -- such as Woodard/Maxwell of "Dream On" fame -- and continue to create episodes that leave me roaring in laughter. It's a shame the cast, writers, and the show itself doesn't get more attention from the Emmy's and other awards shows.
  This show can be QUITE funny, occasionally silly, but overall it hasn't come close to JTS. Wendie Malick has a tendency to steal the show. She's almost too good, not unlike Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz on 'Newsradio' and SNL. The Maya/Elliot relationship needs to devlop more; maybe they'll be the next "Sam and Diane". George Segal rocks. Spade's annoyingly endearing (or is it endearingly annoying?) Great show!!!
  Just Shoot Me is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen.
  Can a show be called a comedy if it doesn't make you laugh? Watching this show makes me want to scream out its title to end the pain mercifully. Props to an above poster for his/her "Nothing But Crap" comment, probably the best way to define NBC's prime-time lineup.
  This show arrived on the shark. David Spade lusting after women is entirely unconvincing. He is such a little swish. They should have just made his character sexually ambiguous.
  Hasn't jumped yet, if jumping means it's never as good as it was. Last year at the beginning there were some real dud episodes, so bad that I crossed it off my must-see list. Then after a few weeks I started watching it again and it was back up to it's old level. I think there is kind of a romance period where we are falling in love with a new show, and getting to know the characters and the writers have freedom to do all kinds of different things with the characters. Then after about 3 years, your characters are pretty much established so the writers don't have as much freedom to be creative and our romance goes from the infatuation stage to the comfortable stage. I think that's why shows like friends, and this one and even seinfeld and the simpsons, the real class shows, sometimes seem to jump the shark when, in reality, their as good as ever. Rant over. I do have a problem with the way George Segal delivers his lines. I don't think he "gets" the idea of TV comedy. He does everything BIG, like he's on the stage. I'll bet he doesn't watch sitcoms and therefore doesn't know how to tone down his performance for the small screen. Also, David Spade is a pretty bad actor, but he's funny so you don't care so much. Laura San Giacomo IS hot but like the first poster said, her character has become what she used to despise. The chicken pot pie episode was pure genius. That character was on again last night. They HAD to bring him back.
  Why does Elliott seem to have storylines that will make viewers feel sorry for him? They learn he was a high-school geek; he becomes a victim of a birthday prank; he gets cheated (by Jack) out of playing the safari hunter at Maya's murder-mystery party and has to be the warden of an insane asylum; he reveals he has a criminal past; he reveals losing a love by getting hit by a car (which Nina reveals she was driving). Elliott is my favorite character, and I didn't like to feel sorry for him. Why do al these things happen to him?
  Yeah could someone drop me at the office's of nbc's must flee tv schedule. If it were not for David Spade this one would have the respectability somewhere between the single guy and veronica's closet
  The show is titled as such because after two minutes of watching this crap, the viewer screams out "Just shoot me!" in hopes that the pain will be over. If David Spade is listening, PLEASE go back to being a lovable smartass in movies.
  Just Shoot Me is on it's way out. It has already Jumped The Shark so to speak. It was over as soon as Maya and Elliot got together, it took all of the sexual tension out of the show, and it was also on its way out when Finch and Nina get together, then they are clutching at straws. The other thing was, every show has an unraveled character in it and there is Nina's friend Binny, and when they revealed her that was a bit of a clue. You can tell when they are going to finish when they get together or have a baby, and that was what made it so obvious that the Nanny was about to finish. Anyway that is my opinion i love the show and i watch it every time and have seen every episode and the quality is beginning to drop. Bye and i hope this counts for something
  Making Maya and Elliott a couple reduced this show to the same level as all the other shows that pull this lame crap. It's a shame, too, because the first couple of seasons this show was f*#king hilarious. That Japanese businessman dancing around in Nina's fur bikini in the supermodel restaurant episode and Finch's immortal line "Five bucks says the lesbian decks her" in the desk calendar switch/radio debate episode were two of the greatest TV moments of the 90's. What a shame this show has settled for less.
  After some close calls ie: Nina and Eliot getting together. Just Shoot Me just keeps on being one of the funniest shows on T.V.
  Maya and Elliot's blooming relationship completely changed the dynamic of the show. Elliot's relentless pursuit of supermodels and his uncanny ability to land one now and then was a funny part of the show, as was his interplay with Finch. After he became maya's boyfriend, he was just another henpecked male. Took an outstanding show and made it average.
  Kathy Lee Gifford!!!! need I say more, like we were all happy when she just went away! I never noticed how Bow Legged she is! she needs to be on BLUES CLUES, "hey kids, what needs to go away for a long time"?
  This has been a problem from Day One, but the show has always been more punchline-driven than plot driven. Sometimes the jokes are funny, but lately it seems you can tell what the punchline is going to be minutes ahead. To me, a big part of a good joke is the jolt it gives you the first time you hear it.
  I almost thought the show was on the verge of jumping because Rebecca Romjin-Stamos' character was SO annoying, but they knew to get rid of her. She took away from Finch, and we all know the show would be nothing without the womanizing Finch. Pinning Finch and Nina together was a bad idea, they realized that quickly enough. I still watch the show, and I still love the show. I can safely say it never jumped. Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot piiiiiiie.
  Started off a real stinker, but did improve. Why then did Maya and Elliot have to go out? Nothing screamed 'We've run out of ideas' more than getting the two least likely characters together. When they broke up, I thought 'good, maybe the boat turned just before the ramp', but Elliot still complains about not having her, leading to a secondary and more fatal shark jump. Just shoot me: what the writers said when handed this schlock.
  I have a question. Can a show jump the shark, then come back? Just Shoot Me was starting to suck during the second season, but has bounced back better than ever this year
  Who is the creepy mail guy who showed up? He's depressing and can't act. I quit watching after I saw three episodes with him in it. His voice makes me sick. Is he still on the show? Is it safe to turn it back on? I love the original characters and used to think the show was funny and original...until weirdo mail guy...
  The show jumped the shark when the least talented person on that show started to become the star. Finch work best as a supporting character, not a lead. From the pilot and the first season I got the impression that the show's main focus was on Mia Gallo and her father Jack. Now the show is almost always about Finch. This show was actually a great comeback for George Segal and if he is smart he will not hitch himself to David Spade's wagon.
  For some reason, brilliant comedy writers (and Just Shoot Me exec producers) Don Woodard and Tom Maxwell left the show before the 2001-02 season and the series has really suffered. I've followed these guys through their hits (like Dream On) and yes even their flops, and a show takes a serious comedy hit when they leave. I hope they are just on vacation and come back soon!
  I'm shocked!!! Tiffani Theissen??? Why would they ever want a Saved By the Bell, 90210, 2 guys a girl and a Pizza place reject on there show. She has been in sooo many sitcoms, will she even stay on this one? The show was great...then they did this. What were they thinking. All it will do for the show is lower the ratings and if I have to watch her chest stick out again....puke.
  It's still great, I like the mail guy, a good addition.
  Oh Lord. Let's just shoot whoever thought adding Tiffani Amber Thiessen to this cast was a good idea. It's just a sure sign this show is slipping. And it's sad. That talent on "Just Shoot Me" deserves better than Thiessen. And Lord knows we don't need anymore slutty women and/or sex discussion on this once fabulous TV show.
  Should be a new category--bring in the new character, e.g. aerobics instructor in LA Law, who has no personality, changes the whole tone of the show, and is ONLY there be a source of embarassingly obvious sexual titillation.
  Oh, hell yeah, TAT is in the mutha f'in house. yes mia and that other older broad are hot, but tiffani is hella hot. thank goodness they brought her on, and are now focusing some on the mail guy. his skit with elliott in the theatre telling him to leave (to impress his girlfriend) then whispering "don't go" was classic. the only thing that would have made that better is if TAT would have been there doing jumping jacks.
  It jumped when Tiffani Amber-Theissen joined the cast this season. Tiffani now merits her own category to rival Ted's. She has been the death blow to her last two series (90210 and Two Guys, Several Girls, and No More Pizza Place). If she lasts on JSM, the shark is as good as cleared.
  I really cannot watch this show after the Episode where Finch revealed that he stole his personality from some annoying chick in his college. Seriously I have never seen him do anything like he did in that episode.
  Tiffani Theissen: Didn't NewsRadio have almost this exact same episode in its last season? Theissen shows up, two male workers lust and compete for her, neither one really gets her in the end.
  This show jumps every time Laura San Giacomo doesn't get naked. OK, I know, it's a network show so she can't. But she doesn't anywhere, and she has the body that needs to be seen, especially her chest.
  David Spade is tired already. Get a new do David you look so wimpy! What woman would be attracted to you??? The show is nothing but T & A and horrible sexual innuendos!
  Maya made it jump the shark. What a whiner! She chased Elliot off with all her "communication" stuff. One episode he just wanted to go to a basketball game and she choose that night to talk about their relationship. Then they made Elliot into a wimp. I liked him when he was aloof.
  Forced zaniness...or, more specifically, talking socks, like the ones used in yesterday's show. It's a sure sign that things are taking a turn for the worse when the writers introduce stupid gadgets to generate yuks.
  First of all, I love this show, it's my absolute favorite! However, I just saw the horrible x-mas show with Ray Liotta; to quote the Comic Book Store Guy on The Simpsons "worst episode ever!". Why was he on this show? 'Special guest star' warning!!! It was contrived; it was like a different group of writers did this one, as thought they had never written for these characters before. It Certainly wasn't a "Finch who Stole Christmas"! I fear this show might be headed up the ramp preparing to jump. I hope it was an isolated bad episode, but BOY was it BAD!!!!!! Steven Levitan needs to be more hands on with JSM again. BTW, Laura San Giacomo is a MAJOR HOTTY!!
  All through Season 5 the show remained funny and witty, with cutting edge sexual comedy. Besides, Laura San Giacomo is one hell of a nice piece of eye candy.
  I'd rather someone Just Shoot Me than make me watch anything with the likes of David Spade, Paulie Shore or Adam Sandler...all major losers!
  The moment someone thought David Spade could be funny on a sitcom. The only thing he was good at was being Chris Farley's straight man. And the Hollywood Minute, of course.
  This finally jumped. Anyone catch last night's sweeps week crap with Ray Liotta II? I use to love this show, and who didn't love Ray in Goodfellas? That X-Mas show with Ray was BAD. This was THE worst. Bringing back a "Special Guest Star", who sucked the first time, is a sure sign of JTS.
  I posted a comment on JTS the last time Ray Liotta was on this show at x-mas. I thought it was the 'worst episode ever', but after watching tonight's painfully unfunny episode I stand corrected. Again I ask WHY WAS RAY LIOTTA ON THIS SHOW (as Ray Liotta no less)? Is his career in the dumps or what? Is his uncle or agent connected with the producers or the network? This contrived episode showcased Mr. Liotta's painful lack of comedic ability. This episode was unfunny and contrived. It is a terrible moment when you see your favourite show jump the shark right in front of you! It's all downhill from here, folks!!!
  So many people have just raved about how funny this show is, yet I watched it and wondered what the hell everyone finds so funny. I love biting sarcastic humor, slapstick, you pretty much name it, but this show has precious few genuinely funny moments. It's like watching SNL...you spend 30 minutes waiting for one good laugh. Finch is nothing more than David Spade is playing every character he did on SNL all rolled into one. Spade isn't a good comedian, he's a great straight man. George Segal plays every character he's always played and the rest of the cast is bland, unremarkable and forgetable. Hands down this is the weakest show on "Must See TV" Thursday.
  Absolutely one of the funniest shows in the last 10 years! This show is both excellently written and well performed by an ensemble cast. The other shows that comes to mind in such a way are Newsradio and Frasier. Each character has specific quirks that are explored in different episodes that give the show continuity. These characters, though certainly exaggerated at times (this is comedy, folks), also demonstrate very human qualities that can be endearing. This can be tough to see through the "callous front" that the show seems to exhibit at first glance. If this is a show you have seen once or twice and don't care for, I would invite you to catch a couple more in consecutive nights on syndication.
  I never thought Just Shoot Me would jump. What is Ray (God love him--Domenic and Eugene, Goodfellas, etc.) Liotta doing???? I'm sorry--it was just too painful the first time around. Why a second appearance? Another one bites the dust.
  When Maya breaks up with Elliot over his inability to propose. He faints at the dinner, but then, later that night, Maya all of a sudden wakes up and tells Elliot to leave. Now Elliot is acting like an idiot (like Ross on _Friends_). And now Maya seems to fighting for screen time with Kevin. I thought Maya was the central character. Isn't Laura San Giacome (sp?) the first name you see in the opening credits? She seems to be doing a reverse-Fonzie (Henry Winkler was the fifth banana on _Happy Days_ until his character became a breakout favorite). I guess they can't come up with a new storyline for her now. First, it was her struggle to accept working at Blush, then it was her attraction and then romance with Elliot. Now what? As for Finch, did you know that David Spade was never even in the original pilot? When the show was picked up as a mid-season replacement, they hired Spade and shot a new first episode. He's string to become the most annoying person on the show. (Witness the past 2 episodes before and after the Olympics.) Nina is the only character worth watching. Can this show please become more of a workplace comedy like _Cheers_ or _Wings_ (Levitan's previous job)?
  I think the show jumped the shark when everybody began to phone in on their comical abilities. It is sad to think that the most consistent characters on the show are Finch and the mail room guy (who, by the way, is hilarious!)
  It jumped when I realized nbc made another newsradio. Just Shoot Me: in a magazine place, about 6 people run the whole thing, the owner of the magazine is a crazy fool, a former snl cast member (David Spade). Newsradio: in a radio station (both media products), about 6 people run the whole place, the owner of the station is a crazy fool, a former snl cast member (Phil Hartman/ Jon Lovitz, plus maybe honorable mention to Dave Foley with Kids In The Hall). And the idiots at nbc cancelled newsradio. I guess every show at nbc has to be "Friends-like," which is what Just Shoot Me has become now (Maya and Elliot, Nina and Finch).
  I can't believe so many people are saying that the mail room guy is actually funny. I hate his character. I use to watch this show every week, but now as soon as the mail room guy shows up, I change the channel as fast as I can. What is so funny about a monotone geek with NO good lines?
  This show is uniquely written and deserves more recognition than it receives. As a previous reviewer wrote, this is comedy, and without the exaggerations, you have a lifeless show, swimming with a shark. My only problem is that when this show ends, like all shows, it will throw away the good writing and do some big "Oh my god, I can't believe it" series finale. That will kill it, but at least on it's last breath.
  The first two seasons were excellent, and the show seemed to be off to a good start. But sadly I realized that almost every episode seemed the same. The plotlines became weaker as it became apparent the writers were running out of ideas. The show became almost as forgettable as Suddenly Susan after the end of season three. In fact, I'm quite taken with TV history, and I wasn't even sure the show was still running until tonight.
  I used to love this show, but it's steadily been going downhill. The turning point for me? Finch gets into college. Are they trying to pull in a younger audience or something? It's lame, sad, and smacks of desperation for storylines. Definitely not funny.
  This show jumped the shark April 10th, 2002 with the "group therapy" episode. I think it is just finally over... I always knew Elliott was spineless, but come on! They were all a bunch of idiots. It is just no longer funny, they are definitely struggling. I think I am finally through with this show.
  David Spade makes my skin crawl. I simply cannot STAND HIM! This show never made me laugh once, (not that I gave it much of a chance to), and insult was added to injury when I saw Spade on Conan O'Brien or something, and he was dressed in this fakey, hip hop style with his feet up, talking about how he liked the group Hansen. I'm not encouraging violence, but it's no wonder that this insect's assistant attacked him with a stun gun. Uggghhhh.
  I have always been a BIG fan of this show for years, but its starting to jump now producers have decided to unofficially change the show to 'The David Spade Show' starring David Spade, written for David Spade and oh co-starring 4 other (and in my opinion way qualified) actors. The stories they are giving Spade are just unbelievable and obviously an attempt to glorify his ego and please somebody cut his hair!! Wendie Malick is at times too good for the show and I think Laura San Giacomo, George Segal and Enrico Colantoni are good but at times arent given much to do when the show is all about Finch. A great show and always a classic to me, but its never going to reach its once great heights.
  JSM has a great cast, but is the victim of old age. It has now become 'yeah, the cast is A-1, but can't someone find something better for them to do?' Just give them their damn emmy award and maybe they'll pull the plug themselves.
  This show used to be very funny. It became pathetic when the mail guy (Kevin) became a main character. It peaked when Elliot's brother was pretending to be slow so he didn't have to work. I forget the actor but he was brilliant. The show is just unwatchable now. Spade is just ridiculous now. His act got old a long time ago.
  I would say that this show never jumped because I never had expectations for it. But it has gotten better each year. Kevin the mail guy is without question, a very funny character. I hope they utilize Kevin more often. As long as Maya, is kept to a minimum (no marriages, or real serious stuff) the show really cannot jump - because it does not have enough substance to jump.
  David Spade becomes central player When the focus went from Maya to Finch - Spade is good as a suporting character but FAR too smarmy to stand as a 'lead.' Also when everybody started being 'nice' to each other - it seemed to lose the satirical, genially nasty bite it once had & became another sitcom. (A magazine run by 5 people, 6 if there's a walk-on or guest star?)
  I agree with the poster who said, "What a rack that babe has" in reference to Laura San Giacomo! She is really hot, especially because she doesn't look all glamored up. I just realized that she also played Kit in the movie "Pretty Woman" - that's the hooker friend of Julia Roberts - the one who spots the Lotus first.
  Say want you want about Ted McGinley, Paula Marshall is much more of a showkiller than McGinley has ever been. I love her, but I cringe every time I see her on something I like. It didn't help the next week when Finch told Marshall's character's daughter that in his spare time he jumped his motorcycle over pools filled with sharks. I mean that goes way beyond tempting fate into the realm of taunting fate. Bad News.
  I still LOVE the show! Okay so I haven't been as impressed with *some* of last season's plots (I think they drag most of the college plots on too much, and the lighting! Make it bright again!) But, they've also had some good ones (loved the Nina Van Mom/Grandma episodes!) and it still manages to make me laugh every time! The show will never completely "Jump the Shark" as long as it has such talented and hilarious actors as David Spade and especially Wendie Malick. She is absolutely brilliant and I'd keep watching simply for Nina any day!!
  When they brought in David Cross as Elliott's "special" little brother Donny, who only pretended to be ******** because he was lazy and didn't want to get a job . . . then "revealed" himself to Maya because he wanted her! I still watch the show, when I'm bored occasionally, but this moment really made me realize how far they were stretching for plot lines.
  Can't shark a show that has given so many fine comedy moments, ie., Nina left gold by Elliot, Dennis and his ice skating past story lines, Dennis and Elliot tag team pranking Nina, Jacks odd, flighty passions of ego (fisherman/masturbating man piece of art that he just can't quite see), Maya anytime she realizes she's joined the dark side of her beliefs, Dennis and Elliot BOTH experiencing the cage, and especially...CHICKEN POT, CHICKEN POT, CHICKEN POT PIE!!!
  Brian Dennehy as David Spade's father? WTF? How? They are separated by one foot and at least 100 pounds. And of course Nina goes for him. Oh, give me a goddamn break! And even though I haven't watched a full episode since then, has Dad ever been back on or even mentioned on the show? I bet not.
  There is nothing worse than watching a once hilarious and innovative show become a pile of crap. The Blush offices are shark-infested! Ray Liotta playing himself -- in more than one episode, no less -- was horrible like a 5 car collision. It hurts to watch its simpering death.
  The eternal question with this show...Do I like Laura San Giacomo more than I loathe David Spade? Usually watch about fifteen minutes, in the hope Laura wears something short.
  This show isn't all that funny and it has David Spade as a regular to boot. All I will say about David is that he reminds me of the little snot that everyone (jocks, geeks, teachers, etc) in high school wanted to beat up. If the producers had any sense, they would get rid of the rest of the cast and just have Laura San Giacomo. I would watch that.
  October 8th 2002 as a new character was added to the mix for absolutely no reason. She looks like an even skinnier, manlier Courtney Cox with an accent akin to Jo from the Facts of Life. Sayonara Just Shoot Me...what a waste...
  The title of this unfunny comedy speaks for itself. How this show is STILL on the air baffles me. David Spade was only funny because of CHRIS FARLEY, and now that he is gone, there is no reason for him to move on.
  The new New York girl is suppose to be spunky but instead she's just annoying! not to mention a psychopath. I luv Just Shoot Me, but the storyline is weak with The new girl involved!
  Funny, Creative, and great cast that works well together. The new girl just might need some time. Like most sitcoms, some episodes are better then others. AND not ALL TV shows appeal to everybody, but MOST of the criticisms above are just NITPICKING. WHY does the show have to be more realistic?? And David Spade IS one of the stars. The plots are NOTHING like News Radio and if you don’t like RAY LIOTTA, how could only 2 appearances in 5 + years ruin the WHOLE show for you??? BTW, tonight’s show was great!! – “Sam Donaldson” in the bathroom and then Nina’s boyfriend from the tub –funny stuff!!
  Just Shoot Me is what you'd say after watching this piece of rubbish. I was quite surprised when I heard this dung heap was still on. On NBC, mind you, not rerun syndie. It fits its time slot perfectly, when nobody's watching.
  With the Christmas special How the Finch stole Christmas. Timeless classic. Could not get any better.
  Ted McGinley has nothing on Rena Sofer. Rena needs her own category. She appeared on these shows before they ended: Herman's Head, Caroline in the City, Ellen, Seinfeld, Two Guys and a Girl, Spin City, Cursed and Friends (will end this year). She also starred in these short-lived shows: Oh Grow Up, Opposite Sex and The Chronicle. And, she has came in on the last season on two shows: Melrose Place and Just Shoot Me (the ratings are terrible). She is the female Ted McGinley, and thus deserves her own category. RIP Just Shoot Me.
  hasn't yet jumped the shark. has transformed from a series trying to have an underlying storyline to a punchline-athon, but that's ok. it puts it on a short road to the shark as the writers will eventually run out of original lines, but for now it's still classic comedy. as for the poster above, just cos someone is on a lot of shows that eventually get cancelled, you can't say that they jinxed all of the shows. it just means that they do a lot of bit parts on a lot of series. (ps also i personally think ted mcginley gets a tough call in being blamed for Married with Children - he was on it for ages, you can't really say he killed the show there). and further to the NewsRadio comments above, has anyone noticed that almost every character from NewsRadio has at some point guest starred on Just Shoot Me? [obviously not Phil Hartman, and i don't think the lead female role (the ER/Chicago Hope chick) has yet, but a lot nonetheless]
  There was a brilliant "Family Guy" bit that went something like this: It showed an NBC network meeting and one of the execs pitches a show about a single girl living in New York and working at a magazine. Another guy finally speaks up with exasperation "Don't you people get it, this is just the same old crap over and over!". The first executive pulls a framed poster of "Just Shoot Me" off the wall and beats the rebel to death with it. Pretty much sums it up.
  The chemistry with the cast was so wonderful. They had to go and blow it with this NY gal who seems to dominate the storyline and ruins the rest of the characters. She coincides with the show's move to Tuesday nights.
  Sudden cast addition this season (fall 2002) of new brunette Rena Sofer made no sense and has diminished the humor on the show. She brings nothing to the show. The shark has been jumped...
  Spade without Farley is like Chong without Cheech. He isn't funny without his wacky partner.
  This mildly pleasant, occasionally funny show didn't have a true JTS moment, because it was never good enough to raise those sort of expectations. It has always been an old-line sitcom, always willing to sell out character or plot logic in hopes of getting a laugh. So the drop-off isn't really the fault of Rena Sofer, who's shown herself elsewhere to be a proficient actress and fairly cute in a Calista-Flockhart-Night-of-the-Living-Unfed way. It's just that there was no need for her character. So the writers didn't take time to develop a real one for her or introduce her in a remotely plausible way. Sofer just highlighted the show's shortcomings. What `Just Shoot Me' had going for it is a cast of likeable pros who know how to put on a show _ and David Spade, who knows how to make a show insufferable. It already has enough wacky characters straining to find punchlines. To really shake up this formula, the show would need some character growth and unforced humor. But the writers couldn't even get through one episode before resorting to snide lines about how flat-chested Rena Sofer is. Sure, `Will and Grace' harps on that constantly with Debra Messing, but that show also has better jokes and the occasional affecting moment. Maybe Rena Sofer will fit in beside Messing and Parker Posey after `Just Shoot Me' goes off the air.
  What the hell was this train wreck? Mya and Ray Liotta [as himself] cavort about for 30 minutes pretending to have some form of a relationship that's so meaningful to Ray that he quits show biz publicly to Mya and the world on a staged episode of The Tonight Show...Now, I absolutely love Just Shoot Me. The show has a great chemistry that's hard to find and all of the pieces of the puzzle seem to fit very well. But! Ray doesn't belong on this show. Nor does he need to quit show biz to win the heart of the dumpy frumpy Mya. I had hoped its new home on UPN would pump some life back into the show, but, alas it's jumped more than a shark because of it...It jumped a Great Blue Whale.
  OK, let me get this straight. Blush is supposed to be this internationally renowned magazine. And yet every board meeting consists of only the 5 principal characters. Not only that, these meetings take place not in an actual boardroom (which a company of this magnitude would obviously have), but out in the bullpen/reception area amongst the cubicles with phones ringing, the public going in and out, coworker extras talking, etc. I know this was obviously done for convenience, but sometimes I just can't get past these details that the producers think are so inconsequential and minor to the audience.
  i personally cant stand when this show has guest stars, and that's about every week. the addition of Brian Posehn to the cast was great, but i could definitely see how some could find him unfunny. basically, every time i turn the show on, i'll stay tuned just long enough to see if it's one of the two episodes featuring David Cross, the most talented comedian ever. otherwise: show sucks.
  I thought the show was great for the first few seasons, but then the writers turned almost every single episode into something about Finch. for months it was like the other actors didn't even matter anymore. it's only gotten slightly better since then [about 3 seasons ago], but it's still obvious that the writers prefer his character over almost all the others.
  Most of the time, i could take or leave this show. But the two episodes with David Cross as "Donny" are amongst the funniest single episodes of any sitcom ever. "Donny's pretty sure it's a vacuum..." Classic.
  After Elliot lost the beard it was all over. There should be a law against forcing bald men to shave their facial hair.
  Just shoot me should've never been on the air! It's like a toilet that was too smelly and filthy to flush, like someone was afraid to go in the stall to hit the flush handle.. Keeeripes, David Spade is so sad and lost without Farley! You should've seen his sad sack character on a weird episode of "Facts of Life" where Mindy went to the "Big CitY"!! I've seen better actin' in tough actin' Tinactin!!
  Why why why did they need to add Rena Sofer w/ a fake Brooklyn accent?? I loved this show but can't stomach it. If they had to add a new person did they have to have a fake accent? It's ridiculous.
  If the TV world were just like the sports world, Andy Dick is a minor league prospect who is a Ted McGinley in the making. He killed News Radio, his MTV show torched that network and the channels above and below MTV on my set, and he sank Just Shoot Me. We all knew the Rebecca Romijn (I refuse the Stamos part) thing wouldn't work for Finch, but did they really have to use Andy Dick to bust it up? That was the beginning of the end...
  It's official; on 5/11/03 announced that JSM had been officially cancelled. Yet another witty, once great show has gone to rerun heaven. Just Shoot Me, RIP.
  This was a great, great show with a great, great cast that got killed by the idiots that run network television. First, they moved it from its highly successful Thursday night time period to some other night and did little to promote the move (I thought it had been cancelled for a while). Then, they threw some hot chick into the cast, whose sole purpose appeared to be to attract the "lecherous male" demographic, as well as to upset the established dynamic between the superb cast members. Great scripts, great cast, really really dumb business decision-making. It's the way of the world.
  the show was just fine without adding this un-needed extra character. i stopped watching after i knew they added her. rena's pretty and all and i'm sure she's a fine actress. but i was mad that it seemed like the writers were just trying to generate more story line or something by adding her. i liked the original characters best.
  I think the series finale was one of the most touching saddest finales ive ever seen. Its like they weren't acting at all they really meant what they were saying! I really am going to miss this show so much! To me David Spade is the best one on the show but they are all great! I will never forget JSM it will live on forever inside of me.
  This show came close to jumping multiple times. Elliot and Maya did it, Finch married a model, Rena Sofer joined, but it still remained as funny. This was never a laugh out loud show, this was always more of a good consistent laughing show.
  Although i enjoy the show a lot, i would have to say that the downward spiral began with the irritating guest spot by Dana Carvey. Milos, i think was his name, and he played an over-the-top, unfunny designer with a horrid accent. I can't believe Dana Carvey used to be funny! The episode left a bad taste in my mouth that could never go away. And yeah, the Maya/Elliot thing was useless.
  When they brought in the "street-smart" NYC girl to join the cast. I found her to be the most annoying character on television.
  I was never a big fan of the show,but it had some very good episodes(David Cross),but Rena Sofer killed the show.Her character sucked.Now I think they should have kept Tiffani Theissen,she can't act for **** but who cares,I think she's the best looking broad on TV.I put on the mute button when she talks and just stare at her.No matter how many shows she kills,I always watch her.
  This show is the most hilarious tv show i have seen in a loooong time. George Segal(Jack gallo), David Spade(Finch), Wendie Malick(Nina) are absolutely and undoubtedly hilarious totally funny and act extremely well. Elliot is not too funny but is bearable. Laura San giacomo needs to be shot in the face.... what were they thinking when they cast her??? She looks extremely extremely extremely baaad and cannot act also the character she plays is a massive pain in the ass... with her continuous whining and excessive feminism..they should JUST SHOOT HER. Apart from that the show is just great...it would have been better still if only maya didnt exist or was played by a decent looking character who can actually act and say her lines without sounding like she is vomiting them out.
  This show was really fresh and funny for the first few seasons. Those trashy mags deserved a pasting. But then after Maya and Elliot did it, it just turned into one of those same old sitcoms where plots are just an affront for b-grade putdowns
  For me, David Spade MADE this show. Without him, I doubt I would have watched JSM at all. His sarcasm parallels my own, so it's no wonder I follow his every move. Wendie Malick did a great job as Nina as well. I'd be lost without syndication.
  This show never jumped IMHO. The characters are great and varied. David Spade is just zany. Maya (Laura San Giacomo) has good comedic timing, not to mention her chest grows every time I watch another episode. So many good episodes, the one with the birds attacking Nina, Jack's office is used to shoot a porno movie, Elliot's brother just pretends to be mental to get out of supporting himself, Finch's quirkiness, and Finch's girlfriend, Rebecca Stamos (Mystique from the X-Men) wow is she hot. I still can't get over Maya's breasts tho....
  Rena Sofer stuck out like a sore thumb. The Vickie Calisto character is loud, brash and smart all rolled into one. All she did is kill the role the Wendie Malick held so well before. Wendie Malick finding out she's a grandmother was funny but then why have her engaged to a rock star afterwards. It just didn't gel. There didn't seem any point in Finch wanting to go back to college either. Still this show easily held it's ground until the introduction of the vivacious tough talking Rena Sofer as Vickie Calista/Calisto(?). From that point on any scene she was in got so irritating, sad because... that was about 50 percent of each episode. I don't watch this show anymore because of her so I don't know what developments there are now. She's like 'Poochie' in the Simpsons. The episode where Bart's favourite TV cartoon added a street smart dog into the cat/mouse mix and in the end had to quickly kill him off because it stunk the whole show. A valid lesson for all shows to absorb, but don't.
  I absolutely loved this show; even the ill-conceived story lines were okay as long as It had Elliot or Finch. I think what ultimately blew it for the show was when the network started to change it's regular time schedule. Made it hard to make it a regular thing to count on and look forward to. But now I'm happy because I get to watch it five nights a week at 11:30 PM. My all-time favorite show that is no longer on the air! I MISS THAT CRAZY CAST SO MUCH!
  Never jumped, but too much David Spade. Why does this guy get to go from show to show, always the same character, guaranteed work for his one note persona? The cousin Donny (David Cross) show where he pretends to be mentally challenged was the funniest thing I ever saw in my life. They should have given Cross his own series with that character. Yes, Maya was indeed a comely wench.
  When Maya and Elliott hooked up. Puhleeze! A gorgeous woman like Laura San Giacomo giving a bottom feeder like Elliott the time of day? As high maintenance as Maya was she was not THAT desperate. This coupling was not especially pleasant to gaze upon, let alone stomach week after week. The energy that she exerted playing to his neurosis exhausted me, and the fear of commitment scenes were the sounding of the death knell for this previously enjoyable sitcom.
  Just Shoot Me was terrific! Underappreciated, but that is helpful to it's legacy. Wendy Malick was terrific as Nina. George Segal was perfect as someone successful that thought he knew it all- but was just wrong! I truly miss this show because it was an original in a sea of copycats. The chemistry between Spade and Malick is unrivaled in modern sitcoms! Too bad the show was unable to survive after the time slot changes.
  i personally cant stand when this show has guest stars, and that's about every week. the addition of Brian Posehn to the cast was great, but i could definitely see how some could find him unfunny. basically, every time i turn the show on, i'll stay tuned just long enough to see if it's one of the two episodes featuring David Cross, the most talented comedian ever. otherwise: show sucks.
  When they added Vicki to the show, she became the Maya-type character (doesn't fit in, wants to change the magazine), Maya turned into a jealous princess with daddy issues, and the others just became stereotypes of their old characters for the most part. It was still watchable after it jumped, though, because it was very good to start.
  This show DEFINITELY Jumped The Shark with the sudden addition of Tiffany Amber-Thiessen as the "new star!" It was bad enough even for a "new character," but the way the producers just pushed her on the cast was just horrible! Let's get this straight: this so-so looking "Saved by the Bell" reject, just pop up out of nowhere as a SECRETARY, at a magazine that's got supermodels everywhere (with Jack, Elliot and even FINCH bagging them ten at a time), but suddenly SHE becomes the center of attention, with everybody all lusting after her and eating out of her hand-- including MAYA? And then she suddenly goes from psycho to straight-person, talking about "looking for long-term relationship potential" with Finch or Elliot (as if EITHER ONE is a candidate for that)? Tiffani must have been really giving the NBC president one helluva hummer to get this much ass-attention-- and I DON'T mean she was presenting him with an SUV!
  Fact - 95% of all sitcoms blow. This one, however, was an under appreciated gem (as most truly good comedies are). Thanks to David Spade, Wendie Malick, George Segal, and Brian Posehn (playing Kevin Liotta), the first six seasons of Just Shoot Me were as consistently funny as any sitcom I have ever seen (except, of course, for Seinfeld). I never really liked the Elliot character, and was indifferent to Maya. But David Spade and the others I mentioned earlier were brilliantly funny in virtually every episode. I didn't like the Rebecca Romijn Stamos storyline, or the Ray Liotta guest appearances. However, without question, the show jumped the shark on 10/08/02 (the start of the seventh and final season), with the first appearance of Rena Sofer (playing Vicki Costa). I don't know who the jackass was that thought adding a “street-tough” woman (with arguably the phoniest Brooklyn accent in the history of television) to the mix would help the show, but his idiotic decision dealt JSM a death blow from which it would never recover.
  The day that Finch fell in love with and married the supermodel. Sure it was totally unbelievable, but worse than that it wasn't funny. I think Spade must have asked for more camera time.
  No doubt about it, JSM jumped the minute Rena Sofer was cast. However, it did have some life left in it, and had NBC not treated it like crap (their scheduling that last season was an absolute joke), it probably would've made it another year. 'Course, even at it's worst, JSM was better than Will & Grace.
  This show never jumped. Its very funny. Initially I didn't care much for it, but as it progressed, it seemed to become funnier. David spades character really held the show together, but they all kept it together so well. Great show. The Tiffany Thiessen and Ray Liotta guest star shows were a bit hmmm though.
  This show jumped many times, several guest appearances didn't work, new characters that were dodgy to say the least, Finch's marriage and Maya/Elliott's romance.
  The faux Woody Allen episode was shark bait. This an episode where Maya dates or befriends this mental patient who thinks he's Woody Allen. It was some writer's homage to Allen with cutesy Annie Hall-type scenes and jazzy music. The actor who played the mental patient did a good voice imitation but his lines were painfully unfunny and it was just a lame plot. Never believed Maya (who was a smart woman who the writers' eventually made weak) or any woman would have given the guy the time of day. Granted, I am not a fan of Allen, but that was too much. Then again, I agree with the others who cite the 90210 actress or the actress from 'Brooklyn.' If I see one of them on the screen, the channel gets changed.
  This show is playing early morning every day here in the UK, which is why I rarely catch it. Out of the handful I have seen I would say the Finch marriage was the jump, although the following episode was hilarious, so what do I know? Out of all the US sit-coms I've sampled here I would say Just Shoot Me is the only one that makes me laugh out loud most of the way through. Very brave of them to name it that way, what with all the nutters and stalkers about. Anyway, it's good to start the day with a laugh, which is why it's best not to get married. The sit-com that follows it in the morning is Will and Grace which is grindingly dire.
  This jumped because there were too many special guest stars and the writers didnt focus enough on the main cast. This is the only show I know that suffered because of its special guest stars. Even storylines involving non-special guest stars were more interesting. To me this was beauty of this show. They had storylines involving hot women who you've never heard about up to that point. Also, they underused the main cast in my opinion.