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TMC · 10-02-2017, 02:28 AM

What show, when you stopped watching (season), and why? Maybe it jumped the shark, or maybe it degraded in quality in some other fashion.

RetroGuy2000 · 10-02-2017, 03:22 AM

Happy Days - the slow, painful death of this show has been chronicled in detail elsewhere, so I won't go into it again, but what a shame the producers dumped the 1950s/1960s theme, sent Chuck to 'Nam, and gave Joanie the worst '80s perm ever.

The Facts of Life - I only consider the four Eastland years canon. Everything after that -- the bakery years, the gift shop years, the post-gift shop years -- was some spin-off show. The producers moved from telling serious stories to producing a farce like Three's Company.

Family Matters - This show devolved into an unwatchable mess sometime around season four.

MASH - It seemed like most of the later seasons revolved around Alan Alda getting preachy. It's hard for me to pinpoint when it happened, but it ruined the show.

Roseanne - the awful final season.

Little House on the Prairie - when this dirt-poor family adopted "Albert Ingalls". Didn't they have a hard enough time feeding everyone already? Why would they adopt?! And then they adopted two more!

The Lucy Show - When Lucy no longer had kids. WTF?!

RetroGuy2000 · 10-04-2017, 08:47 PM

Forgot to mention: on The Lucy Show, after Lucy dumped her kids, she even apparently forgot their names. She started calling her missing son "Jimmy" (he was played by actor Jimmy Garrett, but the character was named Jerry).

Retro4Life · 10-04-2017, 08:54 PM

Frasier; great first few seasons, but the last four or five were largely laughless for me.

Heroes - Decent first year, so/so second, then the bottom fell out.

Torgo · 10-04-2017, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Retro4Life

Frasier; great first few seasons, but the last four or five were largely laughless for me.

Same here. I pretty much gave up on it towards the end.

tlc38tlc38 · 10-04-2017, 09:03 PM

2 Broke Girls: I liked the first 2 seasons then it got to be too much of the same.

Scandal: first 3 seasons were good then went off the rails.

Once Upon a Time: first few seasons good. Started to get bad with the addition of Hook. Then, the Frozen storyline sunk the boat for me.

Revenge: first 2 seasons were awesome then it went South quick.

howierules86 · 10-04-2017, 09:20 PM

Glee - The first two seasons were great, season three was okay, got ridiculous in season four.

New Girl - The first season was great, was boring after that

Brooklyn Nine-Nine - See above

visaman666 · 10-04-2017, 11:50 PM

Married With Children. I can't even watch the episodes on-demand.By the last season, I didn't even know it was still running.

MikeLutton · 10-05-2017, 01:51 AM

NCIS once tony left it was not the same now abby is leaving

Dale Key · 10-05-2017, 04:18 AM

Law & Order: SVU - way too many ripped from the headlines cases that are boring compared to the cases when Chris Meloni was on it.

The Walking Dead - it's just too boring at times and not worth the patience.

Two and a Half Men - after the first five years it became unfunny and more mean spirited, the Ashton Kutcher years were an abomination.

House of Cards - after the first two exciting seasons it's been excruciatingly awful.

Arrowverse shows (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow) - Not worth the time investment due to mediocrity.

Modern Family - starting with season 4 there were more bad episodes than good.

Family Guy - started focusing way more on mean humor instead of the silly humor that made me love it, and the scripts are mostly very lazy.

True Blood - The later seasons were all filler, badly directed and written.

I could probably do 200 more but I'm tired now.

icecream · 10-05-2017, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

Once Upon a Time: Then, the Frozen storyline sunk the boat for me.

The characters from Frozen are long gone.

um · 10-05-2017, 09:13 PM

"One Day At A Time" is one that I gave up on even though I stopped watching it not strictly because it was slowly Jumping The Shark more than, at the time, I was slowly getting more busy with preparing to go to college and I just was at an age in which I was watching less TV overall.
It did change very much and JTS though.

Tubehead · 10-05-2017, 10:17 PM

ones i gave up on are:
star
empire
blackish
marvels agents of shield then i got back into it recently!!
super girl
nisc lose angles
nsic new orleans
the big bang theory
ben 10 the newest reboot cartoon
disney's xd unlimited spider-man
power rangers dino charge
power rangers super dino charge

show i couldn't get pasted the first epsidoes
the walking dead
lost
2 broke girls
bull
the original nsic
house
Elementary
chicago fire
chicago justice
csi the orignal
csi new york
alisa
doctor who
the voice

classic sitcoms gave up on
fresh prince of bel air
full house
family matters
home improvement
step by step
fariser
i love lucy
any of the older westerns
the brandy bunch
Gilligan's Island
alf liked it then it became the same old sitcom!!
happy days i don't like the older shows but i still enjoy the first few seaons!!
sabrina the teeange witch i gave up after the second seaon!!
good times i seen mostly all of them i just kind of gotten sick of the show!!
the jeffersons i seen mostly all of them!!
sister ,sister like it for little while then it became the same old sitcom!!
the steve harvey show sorry i couldn't find it funny!
the jamie fox show i couldn't seem to get into it!!
roc i enjoy it for while!! i probably watch it if it came back on tv!!
fathers knows best it become the same old sitcom!!
the patty duke show it become the same old sitcom!!
i dream of jenania
bewitched
mork & mindy
star trek

MetalKiwi · 10-06-2017, 02:40 AM

The Office and Shameless(both USA), much prefer the UK shows.

Torgo · 10-06-2017, 09:06 AM

Supernatural - When they started the whole angles vs demons thing I lost interest.

Desperate Housewives - The season started and it was suddenly 5 years into the future, the wife and I tuned out.

Lost - Somewhere along the line just stopped caring about the characters, then hearing about the finale and realized I didn't miss anything.

Under The Dome - Strong first season, then it just went down hill, obvious the writers had no idea what to do.

10-02-2017, 02:28 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,703	Shows you once loved but eventually gave up on What show, when you stopped watching (season), and why? Maybe it jumped the shark, or maybe it degraded in quality in some other fashion.

10-02-2017, 03:22 AM	#2
RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	Happy Days - the slow, painful death of this show has been chronicled in detail elsewhere, so I won't go into it again, but what a shame the producers dumped the 1950s/1960s theme, sent Chuck to 'Nam, and gave Joanie the worst '80s perm ever. The Facts of Life - I only consider the four Eastland years canon. Everything after that -- the bakery years, the gift shop years, the post-gift shop years -- was some spin-off show. The producers moved from telling serious stories to producing a farce like Three's Company. Family Matters - This show devolved into an unwatchable mess sometime around season four. MASH - It seemed like most of the later seasons revolved around Alan Alda getting preachy. It's hard for me to pinpoint when it happened, but it ruined the show. Roseanne - the awful final season. Little House on the Prairie - when this dirt-poor family adopted "Albert Ingalls". Didn't they have a hard enough time feeding everyone already? Why would they adopt?! And then they adopted two more! The Lucy Show - When Lucy no longer had kids. WTF?!
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10-04-2017, 08:54 PM	#4
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10-04-2017, 09:03 PM	#6
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10-04-2017, 09:20 PM	#7
howierules86 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 05, 2007 Location: Opelika, AL Posts: 29,720	Glee - The first two seasons were great, season three was okay, got ridiculous in season four. New Girl - The first season was great, was boring after that Brooklyn Nine-Nine - See above
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10-04-2017, 08:47 PM	#3
RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	Forgot to mention: on The Lucy Show, after Lucy dumped her kids, she even apparently forgot their names. She started calling her missing son "Jimmy" (he was played by actor Jimmy Garrett, but the character was named Jerry).

10-04-2017, 11:50 PM	#8
visaman666 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 818	Married With Children. I can't even watch the episodes on-demand.By the last season, I didn't even know it was still running.

10-05-2017, 01:51 AM	#9
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10-05-2017, 04:18 AM	#10
Dale Key Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 17, 2005 Location: Washington state Posts: 410	Law & Order: SVU - way too many ripped from the headlines cases that are boring compared to the cases when Chris Meloni was on it. The Walking Dead - it's just too boring at times and not worth the patience. Two and a Half Men - after the first five years it became unfunny and more mean spirited, the Ashton Kutcher years were an abomination. House of Cards - after the first two exciting seasons it's been excruciatingly awful. Arrowverse shows (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow) - Not worth the time investment due to mediocrity. Modern Family - starting with season 4 there were more bad episodes than good. Family Guy - started focusing way more on mean humor instead of the silly humor that made me love it, and the scripts are mostly very lazy. True Blood - The later seasons were all filler, badly directed and written. I could probably do 200 more but I'm tired now.
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10-05-2017, 09:13 PM	#12
um Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 26, 2015 Posts: 908	"One Day At A Time" is one that I gave up on even though I stopped watching it not strictly because it was slowly Jumping The Shark more than, at the time, I was slowly getting more busy with preparing to go to college and I just was at an age in which I was watching less TV overall. It did change very much and JTS though.

10-05-2017, 10:17 PM	#13
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	ones i gave up on are: star empire blackish marvels agents of shield then i got back into it recently!! super girl nisc lose angles nsic new orleans the big bang theory ben 10 the newest reboot cartoon disney's xd unlimited spider-man power rangers dino charge power rangers super dino charge show i couldn't get pasted the first epsidoes the walking dead lost 2 broke girls bull the original nsic house Elementary chicago fire chicago justice csi the orignal csi new york alisa doctor who the voice classic sitcoms gave up on fresh prince of bel air full house family matters home improvement step by step fariser i love lucy any of the older westerns the brandy bunch Gilligan's Island alf liked it then it became the same old sitcom!! happy days i don't like the older shows but i still enjoy the first few seaons!! sabrina the teeange witch i gave up after the second seaon!! good times i seen mostly all of them i just kind of gotten sick of the show!! the jeffersons i seen mostly all of them!! sister ,sister like it for little while then it became the same old sitcom!! the steve harvey show sorry i couldn't find it funny! the jamie fox show i couldn't seem to get into it!! roc i enjoy it for while!! i probably watch it if it came back on tv!! fathers knows best it become the same old sitcom!! the patty duke show it become the same old sitcom!! i dream of jenania bewitched mork & mindy star trek

10-06-2017, 02:40 AM	#14
MetalKiwi Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 01, 2017 Location: New Zealand Posts: 9	The Office and Shameless(both USA), much prefer the UK shows.

10-06-2017, 09:06 AM	#15
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,037	Supernatural - When they started the whole angles vs demons thing I lost interest. Desperate Housewives - The season started and it was suddenly 5 years into the future, the wife and I tuned out. Lost - Somewhere along the line just stopped caring about the characters, then hearing about the finale and realized I didn't miss anything. Under The Dome - Strong first season, then it just went down hill, obvious the writers had no idea what to do.