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"Shows that Lasted Too Long"
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08-13-03, 11:54 AM (EST)
 
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4. "RE: Shows that Lasted Too Long" |
Three's Company ran for far too long along with the sequels, i.e., "The Ropers" and whatever the stupid show was that John Ritter starred in after that.
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08-13-03, 04:05 PM (EST)
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14. "RE: seinfeld" |
THANK YOU. Never liked it. Too many friends worship it. Constantly being forced to watch reruns of it (for someone who hates this show I have seen an awful lot of it).
Have actually been accused -- semi-mockingly - of being a "self-hating jew" because I don't like it. Sheesh.
On the other hand, kind of like Larry David's show - probably what Seinfeld should have been all along.
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08-15-03, 06:09 PM (EST)
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25. "RE: seinfeld" |
*waves to her fellow "self-hating" Jew*
Never was fond of this show.
Elaine needed to be smacked.
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08-13-03, 12:06 PM (EST)
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6. "RE: Shows that Lasted Too Long" |
same with Family Ties after Alex went to college.
''Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong.''
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08-13-03, 03:53 PM (EST)
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11. "RE: Shows that Lasted Too Long" |
Twin Peaks (which I loved to the point of obsession the first season or two).
Wonder Years (star too old syndrome).
90210 (star becomes Tori Spelling syndrome).
Possibly Law & Order (okay, not possibly but actually - still, I keep watching).
Spin City. (No Michael, no spin. Sorry, Heather).
Knot's Landing (but it was the BEST of that 80s Dallas breed and no one knows eye shadow like Donna Mills)
Leave it to Beaver (star WAAAAAAAAAAY too old syndrome; Beav's voice was lower than Ward's by the time the show wrapped up)
Any show where an attempt to circumvent star-way-too-old-syndrome by sudden adoption of orphaned relative child (Donna Reed, Brady Bunch, Cosby, Family Ties, Growing Pains).
M*A*S*H
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08-13-03, 04:03 PM (EST)
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13. "RE: Shows that Lasted Too Long" |
Sorry...one more....First 15 minutes- spaceship meets unknown alien thingy Next 30 minutes- alien thingy chews on ship/crew. Someone has a bright idea just before the comercial break @ 20 minutes til. Last 15 minutes- magical modified MacGyver thingy kills the alien spaceship. This is only an original idea once!! Voyager did it over and over and over and over. Guess they jumped into a black hole.
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08-14-03, 11:54 AM (EST)
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17. "RE: Shows that Lasted Too Long" |
"Teletubbies"- Once you give up smoking weed, it just ain't all that deep!"West Wing"- Sad to say but after 9/11 show seems too contrived, through no fault of writers, or actors; America changed. "Mary Tyler Moore"- When Mary moved into new apartment, and she had a date with Mr Grant it was time to tell Mary she's not going to make it after all. "Gunsmoke" - Miss Kitty was starting to look like Miss Kitty Litter toward the end. "Will and Grace"- sure it was groundbreaking the first year, but years of PG camp gets old fast. If you need your queer fix, watch Queer as Folk, Bravo's Monday night line up, Christopher Lowell or go to a local drag show. "Bewitched"- just plane creepy when new (and gay) Darrin appeared (much preffered ugly drug addicted Darrin). "Sister,Sister" and any show with twins as premise-lets face it twins are creepy, and every possibility involving twins was done by Patty Duke (although they were identical cousins)
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08-14-03, 11:59 PM (EST)
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I'm too tired to make a definitive list, but here are some shows that definitely jumped the shark and hung around much too long:Cheers - This show was great until Sam and Diane actually started dating. After that, it was slowly down hill. By the end it was downright unwatchable for me. Mad About You - Also very fresh and funny for the first few years. Then they committed the cardinal sin of sitcoms: they got serious. That whole plotline where Jamie cheated on Paul? Who needs that? If I want infidelity, I'll look around my neighborhood or talk to my coworkers. I want my sitcoms to make me laugh for 30 minutes. Is that so hard? Don't even get me started on the baby. Happy Days - The original "jumped the shark" series. This show lasted waaaaayyyyy too long. Ron Howard had the sense to get out. It's a shame no one else did. Personally, I never cared that Joanie loved Chachi. M*A*S*H - That show lasted about 10 years longer than the war it depicted. It also got ridiculous at the end. Honestly, it was never right after Trapper and Blake left. David Ogden Stiers? Never was a fan. Give me Frank Burns any day. Northern Exposure - This one just makes me sad. God, I loved this show. But when the creaters bailed on it, it went into the toilet faster than a Coors Light. I don't even recognize the episodes made after Joel left as legitimate. They're just awful. But the King Shark Jumper? Friends - I was done with this show after Ross' second marriage. The only thing remotely funny about it any more is Joey, and it's been that way for at least 3 seasons. The irony there is that he's the one who started out as a caricature. Now he's the only one who isn't. Oh, and this show is a repeat offender of the cardinal rule above. Jeez, that irks me. If I want drama, I'll watch Fox 'News'. I'm sure I'll think of more. These just popped into my head.  Fester
And those are just the shows I watched on a fairly regular basis.
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08-15-03, 12:38 PM (EST)
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20. "RE: The short list" |
Yes, I think Friends deserves the top spot on this list. And now, in Happy Days tradition, they are taking the weakest character and spinning him off into ratings futures. Uk.
Haven't seen Friends in years (I think because Survivor is opposite) - are they about 49 now? They could all move into a skilled nursing facility together.
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08-15-03, 06:06 PM (EST)
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23. "RE: Shows that Lasted Too Long" |
Bonanza.The Brady Bunch. (and however many spin-off sequels they tried.) Murder She Wrote. Welcome Back, Kotter. Mork and Mindy.  SMILES ARE FREE
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24. "RE: Shows that Lasted Too Long" |
ER
Should've pulled the plug a couple of years ago. They can just put Queer Eye in it's timeslot and be done with it.
Fraiser
OMG... it's the same thing over and over (Fraiser has lousy luck with women... but Daphne and Niles are married.
Punk'd
I have no idea what it is about Ashton Kutcher, but he annoys the bleep out of me.
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28. "RE: Shows that Lasted Too Long" |
1) Simpsons: The show hasn't been funny for years. Keep the Treehouse of Horror specials; dump everything else.2) South Park: At first it was Daring and Edgey and Funny. Now it's none of the above. Butters isn't funny; Tweeg (the too much coffee kid) isn't funny. Even the so-called banter between the kids is starting to sound forced. Let it go. 3) Seinfeld: Okay, so it was funny; it even stayed funny for a while. But it just got to be too much of a good thing; every station seemed to have Seinfeld on 10 times a day. It's been cancelled and it's STILL on ten times a day. 4) Friends: My probability mathematics are a little rusty, but I think they've officially gone through every possible coupling between these people. And I've completely lost track of the number of weddings/babies/etc. And I CRINGE at the thought of a Joey spin-off. the Ghost Cat "God has created the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger."
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You know the shows Im talking about. They were great....and then died a slow, prolonged, painful-to-watch death. Mad About You jumps to mind. Friends is there now. Northern Exposure is another, it just stank to high heaven after Joel left. 
