Shows you're giving up on
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I gave up on it during the 2008-2009 season--thought about turning back in with this last year but I just couldn't handle another series doing a character-with-cancer storyline--they just seem so cheap and exploitative now and even moreso when you have Thirtysomething alum Patricia Wettig on there to remind you have a time when those stories were told well.
Not to mention when I watched one or two episodes this year it seemed the show was all over the place.
One of the last straws was that Senator giving up his seat to spend more time with his family...immediately followed by his wife running for his seat...and both partners seeming so happy with that development...
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I absolutely loved the first couple years of Rescue Me, but after that it felt like they ran out of anything new to say. I gave up on it after the meandering fourth season.
I've also bailed on The Office.
Up until this year it was probably my favorite sitcom, but it's really gone downhill this season. I never really made a conscious decision to stop watching, but earlier this week I realized that I had three eps saved on my dvr and I had no desire to watch them. I'm think I'm done.
Up until this year it was probably my favorite sitcom, but it's really gone downhill this season. I never really made a conscious decision to stop watching, but earlier this week I realized that I had three eps saved on my dvr and I had no desire to watch them. I'm think I'm done.
A lot of people have been saying that so my guess is that it'll be better next season. NBC doesn't want that show failing as it's one of its few hits.
This is going to sound funny but I gave up on Lost after the finale. I stuck in there for the entire run, sure we would get some answers. I even bought the first 3 seasons on blu-ray, figuring I would go back and watch and see what I missed. Well after the travesty that was the final season, I decided to completely write off Lost.
I gave away my blu-rays of each season to a friend. I don't venture into the Lost part of the forum. I pretty much have erased it from my mind and I wont revisit it ever.
I gave away my blu-rays of each season to a friend. I don't venture into the Lost part of the forum. I pretty much have erased it from my mind and I wont revisit it ever.
Mad Men, if it doesn't get pretty interesting pretty fast this year.
Yeah LOST ended when it should have--another season and I would have hated to see what it would have become.
That's a tad extreme. As a Whole the show leaves a lot to be desired but if you break down your viewing experience into seasons 1, 3-5 it is pretty solid and enjoyable on their own uin a vaccum.
I haven't given it a shot since it strikes me as yet another pretentious artsy show heavy on over-the-top character angst that easily impresses supposed tv critics who then go on and on and on about it. I had enough of that with nBSG, Caprica and The Sopranos.
I gave up on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit a long time ago and haven't heard a single reason why I should go back.
^ Saffron Burrows? If that's who you're talking about, I couldn't agree more. I used to like her, but anymore she just seems to walk through her roles.
^while I'm gonna buy the complete series on BR when it comes out! To the poster who denounced Lost
I just don't have enough TV interests to give up on things. I really only watch Dr. Who, Big Bang, NCIS, Caprica, and V with any regularity.
I got in to Dexter recently, but I'm not in a place to start watching Series 5 when it starts this fall.
Beyond that, there's not much else. Looking forward to the new Torchwood, and hopefully S5 of Dexter if I can get there, but otherwise, nothing to give up.
I got in to Dexter recently, but I'm not in a place to start watching Series 5 when it starts this fall.
Beyond that, there's not much else. Looking forward to the new Torchwood, and hopefully S5 of Dexter if I can get there, but otherwise, nothing to give up.
Criminal Minds now that CBS has fired two of the female leads.
I'm surprised at all the people giving up on SGU, as I have enjoyed it quite a bit and thought it was more popular.
I'm going the same way with the Office, but this is exactly what happened to me with Lost. I watched a couple episodes of the new season because I felt obligated to, and I finally just stopped. I never finished watching it and still don't know what happened with the series.
Sadly, I might have to bail too. I like Jeff Goldblum but the scripts just seem so awful now, and I can't warm up to the new girl. I think they're too equal in a way. I feel like in the other CI pairs, one character was the lead and the other was the support, but here it's like they're both at the same level and support with no lead. Doesn't help that the captain is uninteresting as well. I love Law and Order though, so I'm going to keep with it as long as I can (though it'll probably get cancelled soon anyway).
I'm going the same way with the Office, but this is exactly what happened to me with Lost. I watched a couple episodes of the new season because I felt obligated to, and I finally just stopped. I never finished watching it and still don't know what happened with the series.
Sadly, I might have to bail too. I like Jeff Goldblum but the scripts just seem so awful now, and I can't warm up to the new girl. I think they're too equal in a way. I feel like in the other CI pairs, one character was the lead and the other was the support, but here it's like they're both at the same level and support with no lead. Doesn't help that the captain is uninteresting as well. I love Law and Order though, so I'm going to keep with it as long as I can (though it'll probably get cancelled soon anyway).
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