Shows that went on a little too long - General Discussion Discussion

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Really? Mad Men? I'd still like to know what my favorite people are up to!

I'd say Gunsmoke . I know that fans may disagree, but come on......
By the way, I was a fan!

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Yeah I think one season less would have helped. By the end it was getting really played out and I think it could have ended stronger a little sooner.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I liked Gunsmoke, but man it sure did run a long time. I don't know it well enough to say whether shortening would help.

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

After a while, There were just variations on some of the original episodes.
There are lots of shows that did that. Many of them didn't even run as long as Gunsmoke. I believe that Gunsmoke ran roughly 20 years?
I'd say that Lucile Ball was great as Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy, but after she and Desi broke up, she just did different variations of the same character. She should have done more movies instead.
I didn't care for her version of Mame, but she was great in Yours, Mine and Ours!

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Gunsmoke 1955-1975, RIP

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Oh my! It was 20 years!
Here's to Matt, Kitty, Doc, Chester, Festus, Sam The Bartender, and several others like the blacksmith.... wasn't Burt Reynolds in there somewhere?
Anyway, CHEERS! SAM! Slide over a BEER! 🍺

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Burt played a blacksmith for three seasons 62-65

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Thanks! I also remember a guy named Buck who played a small role for a while there.
Wasn't it Newly?

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

my father cried when Gunsmoke was cancelled in 1975.

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

No! Really?
Well, it did feel like the end of an era.
I felt a little like that when The Ed Sullivan Show went off the air.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

All in the Family/Archie Bunker's Place

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

I have to agree there. They could have ended it when Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers left the show.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

when they moved next door it went downhill

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

You're right. What worked best was the conflict under one roof!

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[–] Stratego (31085) 7 years ago

Castle. That last season should not have been made, it was awful.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I've been wanting to start that show, I really like Nathan Fillion

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[–] Stratego (31085) 7 years ago

I know a lot of people don't like procedurals anymore, but the first 4 seasons were really good.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I love procedurals. I'm gonna start it, even knowing the end might not be great. Not many shows go for 8 great seasons.

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[–] Stratego (31085) 7 years ago

Okay, have fun! Fillion and Stana Katic had great chemistry (initially, at least), but don't underestimate the bromance between best buds Ryan and Esposito!

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[–] Utpe (658) 7 years ago

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[–] Stratego (31085) 7 years ago

I think they should've stopped at 7, to be honest. The finale was satisfying and the show had been going downhill anyway.

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[–] PeppermintHippo (369) 7 years ago

Dexter and True Blood

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I stopped watching True Blood around the beginning of season 4. It wasn't doing it for me anymore. I totally agree about Dexter. The final season was not very good, and the end was just sort of perplexing.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Some people will say MASH but I loved it to the end and wanted it to go on forever.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

That one was never my bag. I like the movie.

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[–] lordbishop34 (1442) 7 years ago

I only ever liked the movie, I never enjoyed the show.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Happy Days
The Love Boat- sorry girl
Andy Griffith Show
The Strain

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Yeah Happy Days really, what's the phrase, hmm, I'm sure there's a euphemism that applies to this situation.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

jumped the shark

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I feel like that was sort of a Laugh-In moment, like you popped your head out of a little door.

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

It Jumped the Shark???
No. That was Fonzie!

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Had some really good season but then took a dump.
Yet, back then we still watched it.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Only so many shows to watch I suppose. Now there are so many things you can watch instead when something fizzles.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

That's it exactly.

Not much of a choice in those days.
Now you can watch one episode and decide you don't like it and just move on.
Good and bad advantages.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

The Strain was one season too much.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I totally agree.
Too many side stories that never needed to be told.
It added nothing to the show but extra episodes.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

don't think I ever hated a kid so much as Zack

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

That may be true.
He really was a little shit.

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[–] Padeen (6459) 7 years ago

The Walking Dead. They are just milking it at this point.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I've started the first Episode of the show probably 10 times and never finished it. I think I was sick of zombies when the show began.

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[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

By the time of That 70s Show's 5th season the stories became more cornier and the characters started being stretched thin of creative writing because the original premise of doing nothing but smoking funny stuff in the basement was no longer cutting it. The show's original lead, Eric Forman, would be absent or have a recurring guest role in the later part of the series. It was still good TV but felt flat in the second half of the show's 8 seasons.

It's been a long time since I've seen it so I cannot be more specific. It boasts tons of memorable moments like the time the hippy, Leo, and the gang got busted smuggling beer across the U.S.-Canadian border only to end up belting out the Canadian national anthem as an apology to save their sorry keisters.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

The last season wasn't all that great. I was overjoyed to see Eric pop up in the show's last moments. If Topher hadn't come back for at least that I would have been pissed.

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