When Shows Jumped The Shark

[Hobo]

For the record, there was an episode of Happy Days where a dude literally jumped over a shark, and it was the best one.

Really!? That totally isn't where the phrase comes from at all.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Oh, Hbob. >_<

[Hobo]

Not my fault I've only ever seen the first season of Community is it?

[TKz]

Not my fault I've only ever seen the first season of Community is it?

It's both your fault and a complete and utter disappointment on your part.

[Hobo]

[Frederick Jameson]

I've seen the phrase "Nuked The Fridge" used as well now though I think "Jumped The Shark" sounds a lot better.

[LittleDaniel]

http://youtu.be/4jm6B31HKBw?t=4s

[Ol' Spanktooth]

I've seen the phrase "Nuked The Fridge" used as well now though I think "Jumped The Shark" sounds a lot better.

"Nuked the Fridge" generally refers to movies though, while "Jumped the Shark" refers to TV shows.

[Meacon Keaton]

I can pinpoint the exact moment when Arrested Development jumped the shark.

God damn, I love that show.

[GoGo Yubari]

Thought this might be a fun brain-tingler: When do you guys think 24 jumped the shark? The possibilities are endless, and I'm sure everyone would have a different answer.

I'm torn between Tony's "death" in season five (terrible but at least they retconned it) or Curtis' death in season six. Probably the latter, but by the end of season five I was getting bored with 24 and it never really got back in my good graces the way the first four seasons did. Then I stopped watching season six halfway through, came back for season seven, and got bored of season eight after a few episodes.

[Sousa]

Only because of your crush on Kathy Bates.

...or was that Sousa?

That's Sousa. Sousa loves him some Kathy Bates.

This is true and is actually the reason why I've seen Failure to Launch with Matthew McConnahamagdagasgdhjaeljaefhlawheymacarena, which I like to pretend is a movie about how Kathy Bates had yet to launch Terry Bradshaw into the center of the sun.

As for the topic, I don't watch a lot of TV anymore, but I remember really hating DuckTales after Gizmoduck started showing up.

[Noah]

Flintstones, when the kids grew up and Scooby Doo when Scrappy came into it.

[Benjamin]

Powerpuff Girls, when Mojo Jojo was given a backstory.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Sharpe after Sharpe's Waterloo when they made episodes when Sean Bean was older and less dashingly wonderful.

Younger Sean Bean with the frankly amazing Pete Postlethwaite:

Old Richard Sharpe. Boo.

[zero]

When do you guys think 24 jumped the shark?

Curtis's death... that's when the show just went over the top with killing people off for the sake of killing people off. Rescue Me fell into the same trap.

[steesh07]

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps jumped the shark when Johnny was killed off. Loved it up until he died, the most recent series' are awful, how many times can you make cock and balls jokes.

[Walker]

Didn't Johnny die trying to jump a shark?

Two Pints actually deserves more credit, the early series were really good, but if we are going to pin point the episode it jumped the shark it has to be the Musical Special.

[steesh07]

Christ the musical special was terrible and yeah he did. I liked the horror episode however.

[Colly]

So I'm alone in the opinion that 2 Pints jumped the shark when the BBC thought a sitcom starring Will Mellor and Ralf Little thats 'like a shit Men Behaving Badly' would be a good idea?

[Walker]

I'd say that is more the popular opinion, but seriously, I loved it at the beginning. And it had absolutely nothing to do with me being 11.