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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA special note from Henry Winkler on "Jumping the Shark"
Henry Winkler ?@hwinkler4real
It's important to remember : after jumping the shark, the show was number one for 5 more years
It's important to remember : after jumping the shark, the show was number one for 5 more years
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A special note from Henry Winkler on "Jumping the Shark" (Original Post)
SamYeager
Oct 2013
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brucefan
(1,549 posts)1. Love the Fonz!
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)2. Heeyyy!
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. @hwinkler4real Those reverse mortgage ads have jumped the you-know-what.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)4. Apparently we have 5 more years of them then.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)5. Aaaaayyyyy..that's not true
Shark was jumped on Sept 20, 1977, then...
Following the #1 rated season of 1976-77, it finished 2nd in 1977-78 with a 31.4 rating. A year later, Happy Days finished tied for 3rd with a 28.6 rating with Mork and Mindy behind Laverne & Shirley and Three's Company. It finished the 1979-80 season at #17 with a 21.7 rating. For the 1980-81 season, it was #15 with a 20.8 rating. 1981-1982 found Happy Days at #18 with a 20.6 rating. During the 1982-83 season, it finished #28 with a 17.4 rating.
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/diduknow.html
So post shark it was #2, #3, #17 and #15
SamYeager
(309 posts)6. He's probably using weasel words
It was probably #1 in its timeslot.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)7. All that post tells me
is how lame most TV shows were back then. I was trying to forget.
dawg
(10,624 posts)8. He jumped the shark on Arrested Development too.