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01-01-2009, 09:10 PM
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Inspired by the Spongebob thread and some thoughts I've had recently, I've decided to make a thread where we list which TV shows that are still running that have jumped the shark.
Sadly, I must offer up my two personal favorites: House and The Office.
I drew that conclusion about House during the recent episode where the nut with a gun takes everybody hostage so he can be diagnosed. I really think there are only so many solutions within the range of plausibility they can cover, and that episode is a sign that they've pretty much exhausted them. I'll give it one more season, max, although I can easily see how they could wrap it up in this one.
The Office has long ago exhausted Gervais' original source material, and I believe they've satirized everything that they can to the point where now the show is more about the characters' interpersonal relationships than a send-up of corporate culture. Again, I can see this one going for one more season.
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01-01-2009, 09:17 PM
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01-01-2009, 10:07 PM
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01-01-2009, 10:23 PM
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01-01-2009, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Chunk-O-Funk Was I the only one that googled "jumped the shark"? | Isn't it a reference to when the old Happy Days episode where Fonzi jumps a shark on skis? Didn't the show start downward spiral after that episode? |
01-01-2009, 10:40 PM
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01-01-2009, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by awakefie Isn't it a reference to when the old Happy Days episode where Fonzi jumps a shark on skis? | Yes. 
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01-01-2009, 10:42 PM
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01-01-2009, 10:44 PM
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01-01-2009, 10:55 PM
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01-01-2009, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Rattman American Chopper (hasn't been very good for last two seasons) | You mean since Vinnie left and they've moved onto a huge shiny building? I know what you mean... the show ain't FUN anymore. 
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01-01-2009, 11:12 PM
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE jumped the shark about 1989.
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01-01-2009, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by hbarcat SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE jumped the shark about 1989. | While I don't think the early 90's SNL can compare with the original, the era where Mike Myers, Chris Farley, David Spade, Adam Sandler, etc were on the show was certainly funny in its own right...
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01-02-2009, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim Any reality show has jumped the shark before it airs its first episode. Most useless idea in TV history. | Aw c'mon . . . What about Mamma's Boy and Diet Tribe  |
01-02-2009, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim Any reality show has jumped the shark before it airs its first episode. Most useless idea in TV history. | Um....Maki?
On reality TV I think it depends. Real reality TV like Ice Road Truckers, Intervention, and what I consider the first reality show, Cops, can be good. But the gameshow garbage gets old quick.
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01-02-2009, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by awakefie Isn't it a reference to when the old Happy Days episode where Fonzi jumps a shark on skis? Didn't the show start downward spiral after that episode? | Yes. "Jump the Shark" is a specifc event that killed off the TV show. Not "it just isn't good anymore". |
01-02-2009, 07:38 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | | Has anyone seen 2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps? The last seasons they did a send up of jumping the shark. The main character (played by Ralph Little) was killed off at the start when hen failed to jump over a shark and was subsequently eaten.
It seems have been the last series but I don't think they're ruling out a new one. |
01-02-2009, 07:51 AM
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01-02-2009, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by chicago_mike ER | Yup. A waste of time after Dr. Green died. |
01-02-2009, 08:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida | | "Jump the shark" is sooooo..... turn of the century. We now have a new term: http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/04/...ump-the-shark/
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