History hit the nail on the head. They had no idea what they were planning for the last show, but just like he said before.. it sure makes the repeats interesting to watch.

Except for ending slavery, fascism, nazism and Communism, war has never solved anything.

I think you could put 24 in this category. This show makes US law enforcement look feeble at best. How many times can a terrorist escape when surrounded in the middle of nowhere, when trapped on the 9th floor of an office building or when wandering down the street unarmed with an "I love Terrorism" Tshirt on. Geeze.

How incompetent is CTU if every season you have some evil-doer working in your midst. What kind of screening process are you using for your employees. I think my company screens their summer interns better than that.

Also, how unbelieveable was Edgar as anyone with any kind of intelligence to run anything involving counter terrorism. Geeze man, I wouldn't trust you put the stamps on the envelopes before the bills get sent out in the mail.

OK I'm done bashing 24 for now. Can't wait till next season!

I'd like to make one little point about some shows - they go into sydication way too early. I always liked the 70s show and now I never watch. Why? Cause it's too much trouble to find out which one in the listings is for the new show, or is it the syndicated repeats again. The new ones get lost in a sea of repeats, especially if you have a dish that gets stations from each time zone.

It makes me a little nuts.

I agree on this count too, whatever happened to the 100th show=syndication rule?

Except for ending slavery, fascism, nazism and Communism, war has never solved anything.

I was so surprised when they canceled The Drew Carrey show. I remember when it was awsome!

Alias does need to get some more writers on board to draw me back in... I've got the first 3 seasons on DVD; seriously considering Ebaying them...

Roswell- I'm probably the only one to watch this show, the first season was awesome- until Tess was revealed. HATE HER!! The second season was crap. Didn't even bother w/ 3rd season. WILL be ebaying seasons one and two.

X-Files- They lost me somewhere in the middle. I don't really remember much after Scully was infected with a baby? Or something along those lines.

courtesy of the talented Syren

Yes, Dear-- This show seems like it's going to go downhill now that Greg & Kim's House Set had to be wrecked down because of the new Big Brother House, and then writing it into the script was a bad idea.

That show was actually good at some point?

Will & Grace. The show has lost its focus. It was better before Grace married Harry Connick Jr. Having celebrity guests hasn't helped. The writing used to be more witty. No wonder this is the last season for W&G.

New Ones
Four Kings--Good Premise but all wanna-be chiefs no indians

Joey--could have done well (fraiser) but too many initial cast members and Joey was getting too old for some of his antics.

Teachers--Ummm just doesn't have the spark. Same message at the end of the shows

Not So Old
West Wing--Strayed off course (Aaron Left) the finale actually gave me the goosebumps like it used to.

Ally McBeal--Love interest dying, too many character and way too slapstick. THe first 2 seasons were great.

Older

Cosby--They kids got old and Cosby got too preachy...and that little girl...pain in my rear

Roseanne-The lottery, the diffrent beckys, the new babies, whew..must I go on.

"I'll tell you in another life when we are both cats"

Ally McBeal when the kid arrived

Buffy - after she died

Growing Pains - Leonardo ruined it.

I know I'm going to get laughed at for bringing this show up.

I'm a huge fan of Little House on the Prairie. But the show jumped the shark in the beginning of Season 9 when Charles, Caroline and the kids moved away from Walnut Grove leaving Laura, Almanzo, Rose, Jeeny and Mr. Edwards behind. A new family was living in the Ingalls home. The show wasn't the same anymore without the Ingalls. Season 9 was their last season. After that only 3 two hour movie episodes were made, the last one being the show finale.

Are there any Family Guy fans here? The shows before cancellation were comedic gold. The shows since cancellation have generally been more like silver...still good, but lost a step, with a few exceptions (the episode with Meg being sold into slavery and with Brian and Stewie singing at a nightclub some to mind.) Most new episodes started off pretty good...until recently. I don't know when the last good episode was, but I can guarantee I own it on DVD. Last week's episode, where Brian and Stewie tracked down Rupert the teddy bear, was completely devoid of jokes and terribly written. And it's becoming the norm.

Maybe we can just pretend those shows never happened and get the show on track...that or kill the show mercifully and start ramping up American Dad, which is still pretty well-written.

Count me as one who loved "Family Guy" during its original run and never understood why it was cancelled. Then it was revived and turned into the crassest most deplorable dreck ever. Imagine Fred and Wilma Flintstone making Pebbles in the tub, no firkin' thanks.

Of course, other shows have limped on long past their prime, M*A*S*H and All In the Family come to mind. The absolute nadir, though, was the Seinfeld finale.

Ah yes, the Seinfeld finale. It was infamous for its level of crappiness. I would couple that with last year's 3 hour Apprentice finale (the one with Kelly Perdu (sp?) and REGIS!) If that was the a tie for worst.finale.ever....I don't know what is!

Yeah, the Seinfeld finale was bad. In fact, I'm not exactly sure what Larry David was trying to get at in this episode. I think the idea behind it was that the four main characters have been so uncaring that they deserved to get some sort of punishment in the end. Yet, the foursome always got punished at the end of every episode. It's not as if they ever got away with their crudeness.

Am I the only one that liked the Seinfeld finale? It wasn't so much the story line but getting to see all those characters again that was the fun part.

I also liked that it wasn't the typical "and we lived happily ever after" ending.

I loved Seinfeld and still watch the reruns. But I never rewatch the finale. Whenever I see it is that episode I change the channel. I hated the way they ended it.