When did your favorite show Jump the Shark?

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Jumping the Shark is completely apropos in the case of Happy Days

It was never as good even though it ran for many more years

It relied on stunts, new characters and lack of competition to remain viable

For me on TWD it was the Hospital or the Tank attack

Others like the Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
or Laverne and Shirley moving to LA
or Cousin Oliver on Brady Bunch
or Sam on Different Strokes
or Bobby's dream/death on Dallas
or post Michael Office or the Wedding
or Woody/Kelly on Cheers
or Rosanne winning the lottery
or Andy Keaton on Family Ties
not sure if Seinfeld ever jumped but Kruger/Angry George got repetitive


and yes I watched/watch entirely too much TV
 
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stasheroo said:
I've never taken it to me what you're saying.

This is always the definition I've known:

Jumping the Shark is the moment when an established long-running series changes in a significant manner in an attempt to stay fresh. Ironically, that moment makes the viewers realize that the show's finally run out of ideas. It's reached its peak, it'll never be the same again, and from now on it's all downhill.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JumpingTheShark
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Great explanation
 
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Roseanne really went down hill there towards the end. But I heard it’s coming back, so maybe they can redeem it.
 
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LittleBoyBlue said:
Yah... he clearly ran out of ideas.... over 100, ONE HUNDRED episodes after the “shark” episode,




He went on to add that the show ran for 164 more episodes after “Hollywood: Part 3” (which was Happy Days’ 91st), and that it remained in the Top 25 for five of its six remaining seasons. In two of those, seasons five and six, it finished the year in Nielsen’s Top 5.

https://tv.avclub.com/in-the-three-part-hollywood-happy-days-literally-jum-1798283333


1. The episode, which was part of a three-episode arc set in Hollywood, aired on Sept. 20, 1977.

2. It ranked No. 3 for the week and garnered a 50-plus share (which would be unheard of today), an audience of more than 30 million viewers.

3. The phrase "jump the shark" was inspired by a scene in which Fonzie (Henry Winkler) water-skied over a shark.

4. In real life Winkler was an avid water-skier. (He had actually been an instructor.) His father suggested that his son's skills be used in a "Happy Days" episode.

5. "Happy Days" really didn't jump the shark after this episode aired. The show remained on the air for six more seasons (164 more episodes) and ranked in the Nielsen top 25 for five of those six seasons.



Which brings us to the question: Was the "Hollywood 3" episode of "Happy Days" deserving of its fate?

No, it wasn't. All successful shows eventually start to decline, but this was not "Happy Days'" time. Consider: It was the 91st episode and the fifth season. If this was really the beginning of a downward spiral, why did the show stay on the air for six more seasons and shoot an additional 164 episodes? Why did we rank among the Top 25 in five of those six seasons?

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/03/entertainment/la-et-jump-the-shark-20100903


According to pop culture and following the followers = you are right!

But in reality you are incorrect.


In summary: Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984 on ABC, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning eleven seasons.

By today’s standard, average season is what? 12 episodes?

Happy days would have run 20 seasons in full.
164 after shark = would have run almost 14 more seasons .... meaning 6 seasons before shark and more than double the amount after.

But you go with the catch phrase. I’m good.

There are many things in history that are portrayed incorrectly and people run with it!


PS. Also, Fonzie's attempted motorcycle stunt is based loosely on the Evel Knievel phenomenon from the 1970s.
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You are on an island on this one......possibly Fantasy Island.......de Plane de Plane boss

Jumping the Shark was one of the most aptly named theories in entertainment......right there with 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon
 
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MichaelWinicki said:
Agreed on most of those.

Also agree "Happy Days" did go down hill after the shark-jump.

Cousin Oliver... Had such a punchable face.

Shows that move the family from one place to another like "Laverne & Shirley", "I Love Lucy" (to Connecticut) and "My Three Sons" (to California) always go down hill... Some kind of TV law I guess.

You forgot to add that little bastid Scrappy Doo to the list... He totally ***** up "The Scoobie Doo Show".
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great choices......L and S in Cali stunk

losing characters is bad too.....like Threes Company, Charlies Angels and Dukes of Hazzard- the cousins
 
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WCW----- NWO 2000 Jeff Jarrett joins the NWO. That's who we need to lead the New World Order 2000 . A bumpkin who can't even finish a sentence timed by a sundial because of his Country Draw.ZZZZZZZ!!!Basically when Vince Russo came in as creative writer for WCW..
 
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Can a show jump the shark after one season?
Not a favorite by any means but Kevin Can Wait, after one year they actually say they're out of ideas, kill off the wife/mother, bring in Leah Remini and make it King of Queens with Children. Oh and Remini should sue her plastic surgeon.
 
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jimmy40 said:
Can a show jump the shark after one season?
Not a favorite by any means but Kevin Can Wait, after one year they actually say they're out of ideas, kill off the wife/mother, bring in Leah Remini and make it King of Queens with Children. Oh and Remini should sue her plastic surgeon.
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I don't think you'll have your "worry" about that show for too much longer. I hear it's not just unpopular, but hated at this point.
 
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Bizwah said:
I love the Big Bang Theory. But I feel it jumped the shark when the guys started being able to get girlfriends.

Amy was a great add....but now she's been "normalized".
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Exactly what I was going to post, Bernadette and Amy changed the show for me lol
 
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I'd love to answer this but to be quite honest I don't know of anything in any of my favorite shows that I'd say this about. Maybe some one can tell me where they think it happened on the following shows, if anyone else watched them that is (I'm sure they did) so I have a better idea of what this whole thing really is. Most of whats been mentioned here I never watched enough of to get that kind of sense of them anyway.

Sons of Anarchy
Breaking Bad
Walking Dead (Although I think the majority of what I've seen is people picking the hospital or the fall of the prison being where the show kind of did this whole thing)
 
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Don't think "The Twilight Zone" truly jumped, but the series dropped a peg or two when CBS forced Rod Serling to go from 1/2 hour to one hour episodes.
 
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