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7. Oh, so many

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 04:00 PM

Apr 2012

M*A*S*H, of course. The X-Files mailed it in after a while, and many promising storylines just never got to a payoff. From what I've heard, Lost should have stayed that way, as the writers sort of wandered off into la-la land (the perils of listening to the fanboi contingent). Sad to say it, but News Radio should have folded up shop after Phil Hartman was murdered.

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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