Shows you think have "jumped the shark"

[JudynTX]

1) Heroes - I stopped watching after Season 2. :(

[Thunder Dan]

the office....sad to say it

[Gino]

the office....sad to say it

As long as Steve Carrel is still on I will be addicted. I just wish they'd bring Jan back. :p:

[Thunder Dan]

As long as Steve Carrel is still on I will be addicted. I just wish they'd bring Jan back. :p:

Steve is still great, but the topics of the show haven't been good in a long time. I think the only way to save it at this point is to have Todd Packer be a regular

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[Fpoonsie]

Is "jumped the shark" your phrase of the day, PS?:p:

[CosmicCowboy]

grays anatomy

[Mugshot]

Little known fact about Jump the Shark. Jon Hein, a Howard Stern Show personality and staffer coined the term and created jumptheshark.com. He sold it to TV Guide last year for what is believed to be somewhere between 5-10 million.

[JudynTX]

Is "jumped the shark" your phrase of the day, PS?:p:

:lol Yea

So answer my question. :p:

[Sp Ginobili 20]

1) Heroes - I stopped watching after Season 2. :(

I stopped after the first episode :lol
But, I stopped watching Jon & Kate :(

[da_suns_fan]

Big Love.

[Thunder Dan]

W-Ci_oopVTk

[da_suns_fan]

Desperate Housewives was actually a good show that first season then it just became stupid.

[JudynTX]

But, I stopped watching Jon & Kate :(

I never watched that show. :lol

[Fpoonsie]

:lol Yea

So answer my question. :p:

Scrubs HAD the last couple-a seasons...but then its FINAL season on ABC was excellent, sooo...

[Cry Havoc]

House jumped the shark in Season 4 and actually did it really really well, despite adhering to nearly every "shark-jumping" principle (new cast, death of a relatively major character, shift in dynamics of the show away from medicine). In fact, it might be a better show now than in Seasons 1-3.

[Frenzy]

simpsons... uh after season 8..9 i think.

[bobbybob0]

24, after season 3

[David Bowie]

Smallville

[Mister Sinister]

1) Heroes - I stopped watching after Season 2. :(
It picked up considerably in S3.

[Richard Cranium]

Lost

[hater]

the world jumped the shark on the phrase jump the shard decades ago

[shelshor]

The Closer

[mrsmaalox]

I read somewhere that the phrase came from an old episode of Happy Days where the Fonze jumped a tank of sharks on his motorcycle. Supposedly the worst ever Happy Days episode. Or something like that :lol

[florige]

Smallville

+1. I stopped watching after Lois Lane was added to the cast. It started getting to soapy for my taste.

[JudynTX]

No one thinks The Family Guy has jumped the shark yet? :lol

I do.

[v2freak]

Lost

How has LOST jumped the shark?

[florige]

No one thinks The Family Guy has jumped the shark yet? :lol

I do.



That show stopped being funny to me after season 2.

[Fonzie]

I read somewhere that the phrase came from an old episode of Happy Days where the Fonze jumped a tank of sharks on his motorcycle. Supposedly the worst ever Happy Days episode. Or something like that :lol

Aaaaay.......we got a winner!! :tu

[SonOfAGun]

Lost.

It jumped the shark for a while there. Now they have taken it to the farthest end of the sci-fi spectrum by making it a demigod god v. devil plot.

The great thing about Early Lost was not knowing wtf was going on and the directors promising the entire story could be explained through some-what plausible circumstances.

It's still an extremely interesting show though.

[Cry Havoc]

No one thinks The Family Guy has jumped the shark yet? :lol

I do.

Family Guy jumped the shark in it's first episode. :lol

[gatoloco]

i'm not feeling the Seinfeld reruns as much as i used to...

[Thunder Dan]

i'm not feeling the Seinfeld reruns as much as i used to...

I think they said that Seinfeld was one of the shows that had never jumped the shark

Jumping the shark is not when you stop liking it, it's when they do something in the show's original run that makes it unwatchable. Like once Fonzi jumped the shark on skis it ruined the rest of Happy Days. That's the definition of it, not when you are tired of watching reruns.

[v2freak]

Lost.

It jumped the shark for a while there. Now they have taken it to the farthest end of the sci-fi spectrum by making it a demigod god v. devil plot.

The great thing about Early Lost was not knowing wtf was going on and the directors promising the entire story could be explained through some-what plausible circumstances.

It's still an extremely interesting show though.

The reason I don't think it's jumped the shark is because it was already mysterious/ridiculous from season 1, beginning with polar bears and a smoke monster appearing. But, they've done a pretty good job explaining things - why the plane crashed, why there are polar bears and "hatches" on the island, why there are natives etc.

[PM5K]

i'm not feeling the Seinfeld reruns as much as i used to...

You can't jump the shark on a rerun, but I get what you are saying a bit, but eleven years later ain't bad, especially if you are like me and watch it all the time.

[mexicanjunior]

No one thinks The Family Guy has jumped the shark yet? :lol

I do.

Nah, it's still greatness...

[mexicanjunior]

Hell's Kitchen - The arguments and chef's mistakes are seeming more and more staged now. Gordon also is bitching just to bitch alot of times.

[Trainwreck2100]

Did anyone watch arrested development? There's a scene where Henry Winkler jumps over a dead shark, i thought it was fucking hilarious

[JudynTX]

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[JoeChalupa]

i'm not feeling the Seinfeld reruns as much as i used to...

I still watch them when I know there are some classic moments.
Sad, but I remember watching that Happy Days episode when Fonzie jumped the shark and Ritchie saying, "Fonzie, if you get your legs bitten off don't come running to me!" and I cracked up. :lol

[ploto]

Pretty much every show that involves sexual tension between the main female and male character jumps the shark when they finally get together.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Any show containing the words "Law and Order".

[PM5K]

Any show containing the words "Law and Order".

Fuck your mother.

[gatoloco]

Pretty much every show that involves sexual tension between the main female and male character jumps the shark when they finally get together.


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[Thunder Dan]

CSI Vegas Jumped the Shark when Grissom left. Now that show is unwatchable

[gatoloco]

Fuck your mother.


:lol


i'll still watch svu. love me some hargitay! (longer hair version)

[JudynTX]

CSI Vegas Jumped the Shark when Grissom left. Now that show is unwatchable

Yea, that show jumped too., actually it jumped when they came out with the Miami & NY version. :rolleyes

[Thunder Dan]

Yea, that show jumped too., actually it jumped when they came out with the Miami & NY version. :rolleyes

I actually like the NYC version for some reason. It's more graphic I guess

[JudynTX]

I actually like the NYC version for some reason. It's more graphic I guess

And don't get me started on David Caruso - no talent assclown

He's the stiffest actor I've ever seen.

[PM5K]

he's the stiffest actor i've ever seen.

lol

[eyeh8u]

Sopranos, the wire, madmen

[redskinfan]

Hannity, O'reilly Factor, The Glenn Beck Show...

[tp2021]

Megan Wants A Millionaire

[exstatic]

Actually, the entire genre of "Reality television" has jumped the shark.

[holcs50]

Nip/Tuck. I loved the first season and the 2nd-but i think it was somewhere in the 3rd it just became ridiculous and they changed Christian Troys character and all this BS...stopped watching it....then i guess they tried moving them to LA-didn't watch so don't know how they went, but im sure it was shitty

[Tits McGee]

Actually, the entire genre of "Reality television" has jumped the shark.

That Big Brother series. Pure trash.

[Jacob1983]

I would disagree about the original Law and Order jumping the shark. The show has been procedural from start to finish. It's not like Criminal Intent or SVU. The original usually sticks to the cases and trials and rarely ever has episodes centered around the show's characters.

I like House but I think it jumped the shark when House got the new guys for his team. In my opinion, a show has a better chance of avoiding the jump if it doesn't peak too soon. If a show gets better in a somewhat slow pace, then it probably won't jump the shark until later on. Just look at all of the shows that are around 5 years old or younger and see how many of them have peaked and are just going downhill.

[Xylus]

I don't think you can say Lost jumped the shark when it's been attempting to jump the shark almost from the get go. It's always been a weird show with its own mythology, only now the mythology is more entwined with the plot.

[antimvp]

I like when ritchie tells the fonz, "if you get your legs cut off, don't come running to me"

[antimvp]

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[JudynTX]

Actually, the entire genre of "Reality television" has jumped the shark.

I actually agree with that.


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:lol :lol

Fonzie was a man whore.

[Fabbs]

Rescue Me thru S4 is pretty good. Stop right there. Do not waste time on 5 & 6.

Previous jumpers
Soapranos steadily went downhill from 4 but the final season was a complete "jumped the shark".

[resistanze]

Family Guy since it's return from cancellation. Peter is unwatchable (too stupid, too obnoxious, no redeeming qualities), Stewie's character has changed considerably (he's queer, we get it), and Meg being the butt of every joke is quite lame.

The worst thing is that Seth McFarlane keeps getting new, shittier shows. I love Fox.

[TDMVPDPOY]

csi miami, carusso should appear on the bold and beautiful, everytime he puts on his glasses and looks out into the view and the camera closes up on him....fkn lame

any of u guys watch m*a*S*h reruns?

[SAtoDallas]

Weeds has totally jumped the shark, and Nurse Jackie as new as it is has already "jumped".

[JudynTX]

Weeds has totally jumped the shark, and Nurse Jackie as new as it is has already "jumped".

Weeds? GTFO

[Trainwreck2100]

Rescue Me thru S4 is pretty good. Stop right there. Do not waste time on 5 & 6.

Previous jumpers
Soapranos steadily went downhill from 4 but the final season was a complete "jumped the shark".

Yeah well that's mostly due to the fact that

Family Guy since it's return from cancellation. Peter is unwatchable (too stupid, too obnoxious, no redeeming qualities), Stewie's character has changed considerably (he's queer, we get it), and Meg being the butt of every joke is quite lame.

The worst thing is that Seth McFarlane keeps getting new, shittier shows. I love Fox.
As much as i hate ageeing with the guys that do southpark i enjoyed the family guy 2 parter, especially the part where the 2 guys are fighting and they go though the king of the hill set where it shows actual writers.

i stopped watching when McFarlane decided to use Brian as his own soapbox. Seriously in one episode he tries to convince Meg God doesn't exist and yet 2 weeks before he met Jesus

[Mugshot]

I think this thread has jumped the shark. :king

[JudynTX]

I think this thread has jumped the shark. :king

:nope Can you believe someone said LOST jumped the shark?

[HoratioCain]

csi miami, carusso should appear on the bold and beautiful, everytime he puts on his glasses and looks out into the view and the camera closes up on him....fkn lame

any of u guys watch m*a*S*h reruns?

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[David Bowie]

Nip/Tuck. I loved the first season and the 2nd-but i think it was somewhere in the 3rd it just became ridiculous and they changed Christian Troys character and all this BS...stopped watching it....then i guess they tried moving them to LA-didn't watch so don't know how they went, but im sure it was shitty

I completly agree. The first two seasons of Nip/Tuck (esp season one) were the best. My favorite show on TV. Then season 3 was crap, with the storyline revolving around Michelle, a very boring charecter . And the midget sex became ridiculous. Julia had sex with a midget and Sean got a bj from a midget. wtf? I didn't have cable by the time season 4 rolled around.

[mFFL03]

Monday Night Football analysis crew jumped the shark twice. When the put Dennis Miller and then Tony Kornheiser on TV.

and LOST. wait, wtf am I talking about. LOST is f'ing awesome.

[Mugshot]

:nope Can you believe someone said LOST jumped the shark?

If LOST ever did jump the shark it was during the writers strike, but personally I don't think it has. That show kicks balls. :hat

[bostonguy]

The O.C after season 2. What a horrible 3rd season and an even worse 4th season.

[bostonguy]

Lost is a GREAT show still. They just mindfuck you to death in that 5th season.

[Shaolin-Style]

Heroes- Basically throwing what made some characters what they were (their powers) out the window.

Prison Break- Well I loved the 1st season, then it just became a giant conspiracy kind of show and I never could get myself back into it

Pro wrestling in general- Too many bland steroid fueled muscle-heads who talk like they're just hitting puberty. What made me a fan of wrestling was the over the top personalities like warrior/macho man and then they'd just add to that with the crazy matches. Now it's terrible, just terrible.

[Jacob1983]

Monday Night Football should have stayed on ABC. It should have never been moved to ESPN. Its move to ESPN was almost as bad as the NBA's move from NBC to ABC/ESPN.

[Mugshot]

Lost is a GREAT show still. They just mindfuck you to death in that 5th season.

I truly believe that the 5th season was the best one.

[LnGrrrR]

No one thinks The Family Guy has jumped the shark yet? :lol

I do.

I don't know if it "jumped the shark" but it sure has lost speed on its fastball. Occasionally there's still a hilarious one, but I think current American Dad episodes are funnier than Family Guy ones.

[LnGrrrR]

Wrestling jumped the shark in 2001/2002 or so.

And Heroes pisses me off, because it had potential to be a great series like Lost. But the storylines just went to crap... and I've never liked the Ali Larter storyline at all. Why is she still on the show? Yeesh.