When did your favorite TV show "Jump the Shark" - Page 2

CrimsonRage · #16 05-23-2001, 11:50 AM

I think 90210 got bad when Brenda left, of course, but it got even worse and lost its worthiness of my viewership when they graduated from high school, went to this fictional university and brought all of these new people to the show. Everytime I tuned in it was a n ew character and the whole story line was just in a flux! I think there should be a new show like the original 90210...speaking of this, I am going to start a new thread...meet me there y'all.

JJSP01 · #17 05-24-2001, 11:20 AM

Alley McBeal- When Alley stopped dating Greg...you knew she was going to always be a loser!

Frasier- when Daphne was pregnant and they just ignored the fact that she was big.

and finally....

Bewitched-when they switched Darrens! LOLOLOL

CrimsonTide4 · #18 05-24-2001, 07:58 PM

You can go to http://www.jumptheshark.com to read and vote on shark jumpings on 1000'a of TV shows.

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#19 05-24-2001, 09:32 PM

Little House on the Prairie- When Nellie started being nice, when "half-pint" became full pint, and when they brought in Nancy as a Nellie look-alike. (that was kinda creepy to me)

Sanford & Son- When Lamont left and the show was just called Stanford.

Imperial11 · #20 05-24-2001, 10:29 PM

Okay, I just took a look at that "Jumped the Shark" website and it is soooooo funny and ironic that the same things that I said about the shows in my first post in this thread are also the feelings of others. Dag....and all this time, I thought that I was alone!!!

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99melodies · #21 05-26-2001, 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by jali0004:

Comic View: the white guy was the downfall..he was funny, but he marked the beginning of the end...

I never like DC Curry but I LOVE Rickey Smiley!!! But they went through hell after Cedric the Entertainer left!!!

carnation · #22 05-26-2001, 09:05 AM

There was an article in Mad magazine about 15 years ago concerning "jumping the shark"--wish I still had it! It had cartoons about how in the fourth season or so, a show will start adding charcters and by the eighth season, a show like "Happy Days" has 2 characters left--a Korean orphan and a monkey.

CrimsonTide4 · #23 02-17-2003, 10:31 PM

GIRLFRIENDS -- THIS WHOLE SEASON!!
It started with Mya and Darnell divorcing. Then this whole William dating Evil Black Barbie. Then Toni and her "ways" -- I do not like her. Tonight's ep irritated me. Oh and let us not forget Anna Marie Johnson playing the role of BYTCHY BOSS #1. I woulda had to tell that heffa and her friends to get the hayle outta my house. Boss or no boss. And if she wants me to call her Ms. Farley then she would HAVE to call me Ms. Clayton.

straightBOS · #24 02-18-2003, 01:38 AM

The Simpsons: "Worst Episode Ever!"

When they had that silly show of old clips for no reason.
It was a few years ago, but it wasn't an anniversary show or anything like that. Then the fat comic book store owner comes on @ the end and says, "Worst Episode Ever." I agreed.

Stilll can't remember why they were showing old clips in the first place.

FeeFee · #25 02-18-2003, 12:04 PM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
GIRLFRIENDS -- THIS WHOLE SEASON!!
It started with Mya and Darnell divorcing. Then this whole William dating Evil Black Barbie. Then Toni and her "ways" -- I do not like her. Tonight's ep irritated me. Oh and let us not forget Anna Marie Johnson playing the role of BYTCHY BOSS #1. I woulda had to tell that heffa and her friends to get the hayle outta my house. Boss or no boss. And if she wants me to call her Ms. Farley then she would HAVE to call me Ms. Clayton.

That heffa Boss and her crew should have been kicked out of Joan's house.
"You let your subordinates call you by your first name?" - Like Martin used to say, GET THE STEPPING!!!!!!!

9dstpm · #26 02-22-2003, 10:10 PM

Well, several shows have jumped the shark for me. Some have already been mentioned like A Different World, 90210, Little House on the Prarie, and Saved by the Bell. Here are some of mine:

The Cosby Show: when Denise came back from "Africa" married and with a stepdaughter.

Mama's Family: When Aunt Fran died suddenly and Ellen and Eunice stopped appearing on the show (this was around the time Rue McClanahan and Betty White went over to "The Golden Girls")

Married With Children: When Marcy married Jefferson, although that one episode where Steve comes back and finds out that Marcy has remarried was pretty funny.

In the Heat of the Night: When Virgil left the show then died and when Chief Gillespie married that councilwoman and became the sheriff and then they brought in Action Jackson to be the chief of police.

The Jenny Jones Show: when all her topics were about makeovers for a couple of seasons after one of her guests kills the other guest a few years ago after he revealed that he had a crush on him

Amen: When Thelma and Ruben got married. The plots got be so hackneyed after the wedding episode that I had to stop watching the show althogether.

Here are some shows that never really jumped the shark for me:

The Simpsons

The Golden Girls

#27 05-22-2004, 12:32 PM

This one was an interesting read. Wonder what else people would like to add to it.

RBL · #28 05-22-2004, 03:16 PM

1. Will and Grace- when Grace got married.. the has lost "something"

2. Good Times- when James died

3. Martin- when it was clear that Tisha & Martin weren't getting along and all the shows focused on Martin and Pam

4. I remember back in college when Thursday night use to be the night all of US got together to watch Martin, Living Single, and NY Undercover. I think all three sort of "jumped the shark" all at the same time and then all the scheduling conflicts started. I don't think I've watched TV in a block like that since.

CrimsonTide4 · #29 05-17-2005, 03:20 PM

ttt for ladylike. . . you might like this thread

Honeykiss1974 · #30 05-17-2005, 04:17 PM

Days of Our Lives - When Marlene was "possesed"
90210 - Yep, when Brenda left
Charmed - When Pru died
Good Times - when Florida left (when she and her new man moved to Arizona)
Dukes of Hazard - when Roscoe left

Everybody else pretty much covered everything else for me.