"Jump The Shark" has truly jumped the shark!!! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

James · 01-31-2009, 01:01 PM

Have you tried logging on to JumpTheShark.com lately? Two things:

1. It's now powered by TV Guide (or, as I like to call it, TV CRIED!

Hopefully this economic mess can drag TV Guide down with it just like it did Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, etc., so that it's forced to unload it and make it independent again), as in tvguide.com/jumptheshark

2. You can no longer read the comments about individual shows. That bites!

robyrob · 01-31-2009, 03:02 PM

water it down, put it in a standard wrapper, watch the uniqueness that made it special die.

dawsongirl · 02-01-2009, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by James

2. You can no longer read the comments about individual shows. That bites!

That's what makes me

.

catlover79 · 02-01-2009, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

That's what makes me

.

Ditto. Call it TV CRIME!!!!

Mr. Television · 02-01-2009, 01:13 AM

TV Guide can't even run their own magazine right.

hno:

MikeLutton · 02-01-2009, 02:33 AM

wont even let me leave a comment i registerd and everything it not fair wont even let me submit

jehobden · 02-06-2009, 07:12 PM

Arrggh! You're right! Apparently, unless they've been hidden somewhere, all the comments are gone now, and there are just the various JTS categories w/ just a brief description of what they meant, and NO examples! Then the rest of the page is just some sort of news/gossip page. TV Guide has ^^&*&^%-up this website more than it did its own magazine, and this is from a former 26-year subscriber and collector of the magazine. I let the subscription die when the magazine turned into a pathetic version of Entertainment Weekly.

Goldilocks · 02-06-2009, 07:26 PM

Here's the other thread that was started in "Chit Chat" about JTS! I'm still reeling from the loss of this once-great website!!

I mean, how could they sell out to TV Guide?!

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=240127

repeatshistory · 02-06-2009, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Goldilocks

Here's the other thread that was started in "Chit Chat" about JTS! I'm still reeling from the loss of this once-great website!!

I mean, how could they sell out to TV Guide?!

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=240127

Simple. FOR A LOT OF MONEY.

Marvo301 · 02-06-2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by repeatshistory

Simple. FOR A LOT OF MONEY.

Ubfortunately, it all comes down to $$$$$$$$$.

catlover79 · 02-06-2009, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

Ubfortunately, it all comes down to $$$$$$$$$.

Sell-outs.

Marvo301 · 02-06-2009, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Sell-outs.

TMC · 02-07-2009, 05:46 AM

I've decided to create my own "Jump the Shark" discussion forum. It isn't perfect by any means (it's quite bare bones right now), but I consider this a start of sorts:
http://www.tangler.com/forum/the-shark-jumps-back/

ekkostar · 02-07-2009, 09:24 AM

TV Tome and Jump The Shark were once great websites that have gone under.
Welcome to the hell that is Web 2.0.

browneyes106 · 02-07-2009, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

Have you tried logging on to JumpTheShark.com lately? Two things:

1. It's now powered by TV Guide (or, as I like to call it, TV CRIED!

Hopefully this economic mess can drag TV Guide down with it just like it did Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, etc., so that it's forced to unload it and make it independent again), as in tvguide.com/jumptheshark

2. You can no longer read the comments about individual shows. That bites!

I misses the comments too. On days when I didn't have much to do I used to read the comments and get a few laughs out of it.

01-31-2009, 01:01 PM	#1
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	"Jump The Shark" has truly jumped the shark!!! Have you tried logging on to JumpTheShark.com lately? Two things: 1. It's now powered by TV Guide (or, as I like to call it, TV CRIED! Hopefully this economic mess can drag TV Guide down with it just like it did Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, etc., so that it's forced to unload it and make it independent again), as in tvguide.com/jumptheshark 2. You can no longer read the comments about individual shows. That bites!

01-31-2009, 03:02 PM	#2
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02-01-2009, 01:13 AM	#5
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02-01-2009, 02:33 AM	#6
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02-07-2009, 09:24 AM	#14
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02-06-2009, 07:12 PM	#7
jehobden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: DFW Area, TX Posts: 2,006	Arrggh! You're right! Apparently, unless they've been hidden somewhere, all the comments are gone now, and there are just the various JTS categories w/ just a brief description of what they meant, and NO examples! Then the rest of the page is just some sort of news/gossip page. TV Guide has ^^&*&^%-up this website more than it did its own magazine, and this is from a former 26-year subscriber and collector of the magazine. I let the subscription die when the magazine turned into a pathetic version of Entertainment Weekly.

02-06-2009, 07:26 PM	#8
Goldilocks Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 08, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 693	Here's the other thread that was started in "Chit Chat" about JTS! I'm still reeling from the loss of this once-great website!! I mean, how could they sell out to TV Guide?! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=240127

02-07-2009, 05:46 AM	#13
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,962	I've decided to create my own "Jump the Shark" discussion forum. It isn't perfect by any means (it's quite bare bones right now), but I consider this a start of sorts: http://www.tangler.com/forum/the-shark-jumps-back/