TV Shows that started great and then went downhill

[TheBig3]

This site has some cool charts showing the best/worst seasons for some of the shows mentioned...

http://www.businessinsider.com/when-your-favorite-shows-peaked-2014-3#

[slamtheking]

Surprised no one mentioned Jackass yet.

did anyone ever watch it?  the idea was for a show to be good then go downhill.  jackass had nowhere to go but up (and never got there )

[pearljammer10]

Surprised no one mentioned Jackass yet.

did anyone ever watch it?  the idea was for a show to be good then go downhill.  jackass had nowhere to go but up (and never got there )

Jackass was definitely a favorite show of my for at least the first season... Not as good as trigger happy tv but it was up there.

[Eja117]

I wonder how people feel about All in the Family. I am somewhat familiar with it. Mixed feelings

[incoherent]

Jackass reminded me of another MTV show, started great then quickly dropped off:  The Tom Green Show 

[mgent]

Family Feud!!!!!!!

[incoherent]

I know someone mentioned the revolution a while back, but that show lost me roughly 5 minutes into the pilot when the power went out....and everyone's car abruptly stopped working.  Yeah, I'm out

The actor who plays the "tough street smarts bartender" is the hoakiest actor ever.

[slamtheking]

Surprised no one mentioned Jackass yet.

did anyone ever watch it?  the idea was for a show to be good then go downhill.  jackass had nowhere to go but up (and never got there )

Jackass was definitely a favorite show of my for at least the first season... Not as good as trigger happy tv but it was up there.

I have to admit I liked the movies (first 2 anyway) much better than the show

[slamtheking]

I wonder how people feel about All in the Family. I am somewhat familiar with it. Mixed feelings

best years were before the Jeffersons moved on to their own show.  still pretty good until Edith was gone and it became Archie Bunker's Place.  then it was pretty bad. 

[slamtheking]

Jackass reminded me of another MTV show, started great then quickly dropped off:  The Tom Green Show 

another MTV show that had nowhere to go but up.  to this day I have no idea how that idiot managed to get any network to give him air time.  about as unfunny as someone can get.

speaking of MTV, one show I like that started out well and went downhill was Win Ben Stein's Money.  Jimmy Kimmel was a terrific foil to Ben.  Lost something when Jimmy left.

[slamtheking]

Family Feud!!!!!!!

Yeah, there's never been a host as well-fitted for that show as Richard Dawson.  haven't been able to watch any other host and not think "He's no Dicky Dawson"

[thirstyboots18]

the View,,  .   Went from opinions to just nasty bickering to being inconsequential

[mgent]

How lame was that new Punk'd season without Kutcher hosting?  They had guest hosts coming up with the pranks, and losers like Justin Bieber came up with such bad ones that they were caught immediately.

I thought that show was pretty good back in the day, like when Timberlake was crying and had to call his mommy.

[Neurotic Guy]

I wonder how people feel about All in the Family. I am somewhat familiar with it. Mixed feelings

best years were before the Jeffersons moved on to their own show.  still pretty good until Edith was gone and it became Archie Bunker's Place.  then it was pretty bad.

I agree with the analysis that it went way downhill after Edith.  Went downhill a bit after Mike and Gloria left the house.  But overall, the show was brilliant. 

What was great is that while it made bigotry out to be buffoonery, it also often simultaneously made sport of Mike's ultra-liberal views.  In the big picture, though, I think it presented a forum for ways of thinking that were (are) really embedded in our culture and allowed for some comical/real 'debate' about important issues.  It took on racism, homosexuality/homophobia, sexism, chauvanism, sexuality in general, liberty, and other important social issues -- and it did so cleverly and thoughtfully. 

This show is an important component of the social evolution in America in the 20th century .  I think it confused the question of whether art was immitating life or life was immitating art.  I don't mean to overstate its impact, but I think the show really did have a role in shaping  American society.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

No talk about The Beachcombers? Little Mosque on the Prairies? Northwood? The Red Green Show? Supermarket Sweep?

Don't you dare talk about supermarket sweep like that!

Somebody else knows Supermarket Sweep aka the lamest game show ever?

Oh, so I see this is pulling me into "guilty pleasures tv edition" now? I loved Supermarket Sweep! LOL