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Shows that started off great and then fizzled out.

posted 8 years ago by keybored (2660)
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I find it sad when a series is new and exciting but as seasons go on, they get let down by bad writers and stale ideas, falling into a rut of being the same thing over and over.

I'll start off with Person Of Interest.

Great when it started but got so boring in the end that every episode was just look! bad guys! run away and hide somewhere, have a gunfight with the bad guys wherever they hid and then make it back to the hideout.

[–] Bubbathegut (18049) 8 years ago

The Big Bang Theory. I think they ran out of ideas about 3 years ago.

[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

The American Office, Prison Break, X-Files (although I didn't see the last seasons so maybe it got better again) even the Sopranos got rambling towards the end. Modern Family has been struggling the past year.

[–] TandyMan (11096) 8 years ago

Yep, i'm only an occasional Modern Family viewer, so I really have no vested interest in the program, and I noticed right off the quality's not as good this year.

X-Files season 8 gets a bad rap. Different show by that point, but still quality.

[–] Byron_Orloff (52) 8 years ago

Co-ed Fever (1979). Only aired one episode in the US and six in BC, Canada. Somehow it got dumped by the network because some people thought it was a ridiculous show. Geez, compared to the reality show crap of the 2010's it is probably Shakespearean.

[–] Catbookss (13664) 8 years ago

The only one I can think of offhand is Downton Abbey. Enjoyed the first two seasons, then lost interest. I wouldn't say it fizzled out, exactly, just didn't maintain my interest.

[–] [email protected] (1354) 8 years ago

Im surprised...I loved it until the end. Give it another shot..It really was fabulous.

[–] Catbookss (13664) 8 years ago

I tried, but I just couldn't revive my flagging interest. I didn't find the characters to be interesting or complex enough, although Maggie Smith was (as always) great!

[–] NZer (161) 8 years ago

Well, it would be easier to list the ones that DIDN'T go down the toilet. MASH? The Prisoner? Cheers? Taxi? I suppose I could come up with more if I had the time. Up to you guys to finish that short list.

[–] [email protected] (1354) 8 years ago

Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Burnett, King of Queens, Everyone Loves Raymond... Love them all.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 8 years ago

Happy Days!
It was great at first. It actually felt like the 50's when the series began.

Once the show was filmed in front of a live audience and Fonzie became THE FONZ... a cartoon character instead of this mysterious dangerous character he was in the beginning, it all went down hill for me.

[–] [email protected] (1354) 8 years ago

I loved Homeland until Brody was killed. Then it was the same plot over and over. The writing was stellar the first 2 seasons.. they delved into the minds of the characters.. Remember when they first showed Brody praying in his garage on the mat? I mean come on..And the way he interacted with his wife and family when he returned home? Now that was when the writing was fabulous. But I am loyal, until the end, so I am still watching.

[–] brux (14724) 8 years ago

I love Homeland. I like it because the seasons are so different. I think the last one was the best ... I am still freaked out by the inside look at the Presidency not done in a West Wingy kind of way.

[–] Kazak (2187) 8 years ago

Twin Peaks. A lot of season 2 is some pretty bad television.

[–] sslssg (34211) 8 years ago

Agreed. After S2E7 it just kinda crashed.

[–] keybored (2660) 8 years ago

Because the network made the mistake of letting David Lynch walk.