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Great TV shows that lasted too long? [View all] WillParkinson Apr 2012 OP
Bonanza Go Vols Apr 2012 #1
Happy Days ohiosmith Apr 2012 #2
I served Henry Winkler... WillParkinson Apr 2012 #3
Isn't he a little old for break dancing? ohiosmith Apr 2012 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author LeftinOH Apr 2012 #69
That's where the phrase "jumping the shark" came from KamaAina Apr 2012 #8
1984 underpants Apr 2012 #29
The Office should have died last season with Carrell's departure charlie and algernon Apr 2012 #4
Yep. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #15
I disagree underpants Apr 2012 #27
That's why the original is so brilliant geardaddy Apr 2012 #50
The Simpsons KamaAina Apr 2012 #5
Oh, so many gratuitous Apr 2012 #7
I don't think M*A*S*H ran too long. Bake Apr 2012 #26
LOST Tabasco_Dave Apr 2012 #9
No. Son of Gob Apr 2012 #12
It should have ended before the 1st season. nt madinmaryland Apr 2012 #32
I liked LOST, but hated the ending. MatthewStLouis Apr 2012 #49
Perry Mason Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #10
I will watch Perry Mason until my dying day. I even have the game. =P MerryBlooms Apr 2012 #58
I also like the music by Fred Steiner. Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #67
Gunsmoke Kaleva Apr 2012 #11
All of the branches of the Law & Order franchise Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #13
Criminal Minds has jumped the van this season Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #14
Cheers, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, All in the Family Va Lefty Apr 2012 #16
I agree. Buffy should have ended a few years earlier. mucifer Apr 2012 #46
Seinfeld needed to quit when Larry David dialed back his input. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2012 #17
The last 2 years of Seinfeld were a total waste of airtime begin_within Apr 2012 #41
Without season 6 we wouldn't have had Once More with Feeling or Tabula Rasa fishwax Apr 2012 #18
Forgot about Tabula Rasa Va Lefty Apr 2012 #19
Well, I did say they had their highlights... WillParkinson Apr 2012 #33
Yeah, I know what you mean about the Spike thing. fishwax Apr 2012 #35
I will do you one better.... WillParkinson Apr 2012 #37
awesome -- thanks! fishwax Apr 2012 #39
CSI. No Grissom, no CSI, IMHO opiate69 Apr 2012 #20
Yep. Grissom is what made CSI fun to watch. MatthewStLouis Apr 2012 #53
M*A*S*H* underpants Apr 2012 #21
Yeah and every episode was about the weather or missing something from home. mucifer Apr 2012 #47
Agreed.... Burma Jones Apr 2012 #48
The Original "Battlestar Galactica" Motown_Johnny Apr 2012 #22
Bleach, Naruto and Inuyasha... AsahinaKimi Apr 2012 #23
Blame Kishimoto for making Naruto so damned long sakabatou Apr 2012 #30
Well, Doraemon and Sazaesan lasted more than 20 years each Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #40
Is that the robot cat? geardaddy Apr 2012 #51
Yes, that's the robot cat Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #55
I hate it when voice actor changes sakabatou Apr 2012 #56
An Anime fan! chrisa Apr 2012 #74
Roseanne (although I liked the last season) bigwillq Apr 2012 #24
Interesting... blue_onyx Apr 2012 #36
I just thought it was silly fun. bigwillq Apr 2012 #54
I agree. Skip Intro Apr 2012 #64
X Files YankeyMCC Apr 2012 #25
frasier Tax Man Apr 2012 #28
Fraiser could have run even more seasons had the writers not Skip Intro Apr 2012 #63
Simpsons. Brickbat Apr 2012 #31
Definitely The Simpsons. Initech Apr 2012 #38
Absolutely. Codeine Apr 2012 #61
Northern Exposure... aikoaiko Apr 2012 #34
The Today Show and The Tonight Show begin_within Apr 2012 #42
Saturday Night Live begin_within Apr 2012 #43
The Lorne Michaels Dead Horse Revue Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #45
Nothing was worse than SNL's dark years of the start of the millenium chrisa Apr 2012 #72
Frasier, Friends, Married with Children, Boy Meets World (all the sitcoms I like)... DutchLiberal Apr 2012 #44
ER. Some might argue the show improved in later years, but for me when they killed off Dr. Greene, I MatthewStLouis Apr 2012 #52
Homicide: Life on the Street tishaLA Apr 2012 #57
Andre Braugher and Yaphet Kotto were freaking amazing - and the cast pre-Michael Michele.. Flaxbee Apr 2012 #60
Simpsons. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #59
Meet the Press n/t OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #62
2.5 Men Skip Intro Apr 2012 #65
all of them. n/t shugah Apr 2012 #66
CBS Evening News ChoralScholar Apr 2012 #68
Saturday Night Live. It should have ended 20 years ago..maybe more. LeftinOH Apr 2012 #70
24, Two and a Half Men, The Office, The Simpsons, Family Guy chrisa Apr 2012 #71
Law & Order and ER marmar Apr 2012 #73
That pretty much goes for every Law and Order chrisa Apr 2012 #75
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