No, there weren't.
TV renewals that were a disaster
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No, there weren't.
Yeah, once they got married and moved into adjoining townhouses...eek...all that stands out to me from that season is the episode where Larry and Balki dream about their future kids...which is just the two of them dressed up like babies...
Which weren;t good enough to warrent to seaons 8. Heck, 8 was generous; to end the show on a really high note, season 6 would have been better.
Firefly. Some of the decisions in later seasons were horrible. Like, after Book died and they revealed that his big secret was that he was God's brother. I hung around and kept watching, but when he kept appearing to the crew as a floating head in space was ridiculous.
And that episode when they all starting singing musical style when tripping balls on the poisoned steak was a bad idea. Although Niska's broadway number was memorable enough I guess.
Although nothing tops the tragic finale when River got that axe and murdered Kaylee. I mean, what was Whedon thinking? Does he get off on killing off characters or something? Frankly, the whole thing should have been left as about half a season with maybe a movie to wrap it up. That would've been a lot better.
And that episode when they all starting singing musical style when tripping balls on the poisoned steak was a bad idea. Although Niska's broadway number was memorable enough I guess.
Although nothing tops the tragic finale when River got that axe and murdered Kaylee. I mean, what was Whedon thinking? Does he get off on killing off characters or something? Frankly, the whole thing should have been left as about half a season with maybe a movie to wrap it up. That would've been a lot better.
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Smallville is going into it's 10th season this fall...they gotta be doing something right.
It's the CW's most watched show... which isn't saying much.
Star Trek.
Should have ended after 2 seasons.
Should have ended after 2 seasons.
Star Trek.
Should have ended after 2 seasons.
I was actually going to throw that one out there as S3 is crap, but it did allow for the series to expand into a vast franchise that has brought us many great moments.
Star Trek.
Should have ended after 2 seasons.
I was actually going to throw that one out there as S3 is crap, but it did allow for the series to expand into a vast franchise that has brought us many great moments.
... raising the inevitable question: would Star Trek, in the form it was in, have survived today's television climate? Should we in 30 years or so be singing the praises of "Defying Gravity: The Next Generation" for example?
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Smallville is going into it's 10th season this fall...they gotta be doing something right.
It's the CW's most watched show... which isn't saying much.
No it's not, not even close.
Vamphires Suck is their number 1 show.
I disagree. There were good ones after Linville left. They did something to Charles they never did to Frank. They made him both a jerk and a cool guy.
I'd say it didn't go downhill until a bit after Gary (Radar) left.
I stuck with Prison Break and seasons 3/4 were an improvement over season 2 and season 4 was very very good except for the last few tacked on episodes meant to serve as a swansong.
My votes:
Heroes after season 3 it should have been canned.
I think Supernatural should have ended this year but we'll see what they can do.
Roseanne should have ended after season six. After that it became a parody of itself and was no longer the excellent dramedy it had been.
Melrose Place after season 5--that was a high for the series but then that season also marked the exodus of almost the entire cast including fan fave Kimberly Shaw, Jane, Sydney, Jake, Jo. The new cast itself also had a high turnover when Alyssa Milano, Linden Ashby, Lisa Rinna etc left. Even with Heather Locklear the show was never the same again.
The X-Files should have ended in season six. After that the mythology was rebooted, Duchovny left, two new agents were brought in that I didn't care for and in the final season even Gillian was just doing brief cameos.
Damages after season one
As for the other shows in this thread I can't comment since I never liked Scrubs, Simpsons, Stargate SG-1 etc. As for Dallas Amasov it has been a few years since I watched through the entire series so I can't remember exactly when it took place since the show ran for 13 seasons but it might have been around then it went downhill. I know the last few seasons, which is par for any long running series, were not very good and I was watching out of momentum. I didn't like when Miss Ellie was replaced, Pam was gone, and most of the original cast had left and it was basically the JR and Bobby show.
EDIT: After looking at the episode guides and the seasons I actually still enjoyed the series after Bobby's resurrection. It was probably around season 11 I finally started losing interest.
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I remember the last episode of ER I watched was the one where they killed Romano It was painful to watch.
Funny, this is the last episode I watched as well. I thought "They dropped a helicopter on him? That's it. I'm done"
Hunter made one of the greatest worst to first transitions of shows I can remember but then for the last season after his partner, Stefanie Kramer/Dee Dee McCall left and he transferred to Metro Division as a platoon leader yet every week he was investigating a murder.
I definitely agree with this.
Hunter and McCall were the heart and soul of that show--Fred Dryer and Stephanie Kramer had loads of chemistry they even dated during the show's run. When Dee Dee got married to that other guy and left for England it truly was an end of an era--I bawled like a baby. I was glad though that the show was returning unfortunately this would be my first experience realizing that sometimes it is better for tv shows to end than go on indefinitely--I was ten at the time.
Then the show returned and it just wasn't the same. The first new female character they brought into replace her just didn't work so they killed her off early in the season and brought in another one played by the actress that would later go on to star in The Nanny. She worked somewhat better but the writing was on the wall for the show. It just shows that you can't get rid of characters/actors and not fundamentally alter the feel of the show. It was a large part of why Melrose Place wasn't as good after all of its original cast members left and why The X-Files lost my interest with Doggett and Reyes and DALLAS when longtime members of the show left. And likewise no one could ever replace Dee Dee's personality, charm, sass or revolving hairstyles.
Then several years ago they tried relaunching HUNTER on NBC on Saturdays with both Dryer and Kramer both backand it just didn't seem to work like it did the first time which was another lesson in showing that no matter how much you may want to go back and resurrect an old favorite show even with the same actors and characters it just never is the same. Same thing happened for me with the CW's Melrose Place.
YOu just can't recapture what made something special borne out of a certain point in time for you as a fan and a certain point of time for the show.
I just found all the other characters very boring I know he was a evil little man at times but at least Romano was fun to watch.I remember the last episode of ER I watched was the one where they killed Romano It was painful to watch.
Funny, this is the last episode I watched as well. I thought "They dropped a helicopter on him? That's it. I'm done"
I agree that there was a bit of a decline in quality after season six, but I think there were still some good episodes.
Season nine OTOH was a fucking atrocity.
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