TV shows that you love(d) that got MUCH worse with age?

[NFS4]

I've been watching the old reruns of E.R. on TNT during the day, and it's such a breath of fresh air to see how good that show was back in the day. You could actually identify with the characters and their situations.

To see it now... it's like a hollow shell of its old self. I can't even bare to watch the newer episodes anymore. After Dr. Greene died, the show took a steep dive creatively and in character development (although it was starting to get a bit "cold" even at that point).

Anyway, what shows that you used to enjoy have you seen just get worse with age?

 

[ElFenix]

simpsons.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Drawn Together - so funny the first 2 season, so senseless and purposely grotesque thereafter. Couldn't even get through the series finale.

Back in the day I loved Arli$$ but it got seriously dumb after the first few seasons as well.

The Sopranos.. no explanation needed.

On the flip side, I was iffy with American Dad at first but now consider it a step above FG.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Um, that's pretty much any show. I can't think of a single show that got better with age...most shows jump the shark. (By got better with age, I mean the last/current seasons being better than the beginning ones. Most series do take a season or two to get into a groove...the pilot episodes always have a weird feel to them)

Scrubs, Friends, any series on Fox, ok well any series on any network. I'm not talking about those critically acclaimed, one season shows that got cancelled before they should have.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
simpsons.

This has to be the winner.

Also X-Files.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Um, that's pretty much any show. I can't think of a single show that got better with age...most shows jump the shark. (By got better with age, I mean the last/current seasons being better than the beginning ones. Most series do take a season or two to get into a groove...the pilot episodes always have a weird feel to them)

Scrubs, Friends, any series on Fox, ok well any series on any network. I'm not talking about those critically acclaimed, one season shows that got cancelled before they should have.

I'd say Seinfeld got better with age.

 

[Baked]

The 4400. I kinda stop watching after the 2nd season.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Um, that's pretty much any show. I can't think of a single show that got better with age...most shows jump the shark. (By got better with age, I mean the last/current seasons being better than the beginning ones. Most series do take a season or two to get into a groove...the pilot episodes always have a weird feel to them)

Scrubs, Friends, any series on Fox, ok well any series on any network. I'm not talking about those critically acclaimed, one season shows that got cancelled before they should have.

I'd say Seinfeld got better with age.

Seconded, makes you wonder what else they could have come up with if they didn't go out on top.

 

[Bateluer]

Andromeda, the first 3 seasons were excellent. But the 4th and 5th just made no sense. They replaced their creative staff after the third season, and the new staff changed the direction and had to work with all the building and development the previous staff had done.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Um, that's pretty much any show. I can't think of a single show that got better with age...most shows jump the shark. (By got better with age, I mean the last/current seasons being better than the beginning ones. Most series do take a season or two to get into a groove...the pilot episodes always have a weird feel to them)

Scrubs, Friends, any series on Fox, ok well any series on any network. I'm not talking about those critically acclaimed, one season shows that got cancelled before they should have.

I'd say Seinfeld got better with age.

Same here. The first two seasons were meh, but they were firing on all cylinders during the last few seasons.

 

[AMDZen]

Yea pretty much every show.

Southpark started getting bad, but then got funny again - this latest season is one of the best thus far

Simpsons sucks now

Family Guy is all but crap now too

Battlestar Gallactica is the most recent show to go to shit for me

 

[purbeast0]

although its only been on for a few seasons, im going to say prison break.

same with 24, although it's had double the seasons of prison break.

s2 of prison break was so bad i didnt even watch s3.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Baked
The 4400. I kinda stop watching after the 2nd season.

Smart move, they cancelled it after the 4th

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
simpsons.

this.

Scrubs also.

 

[Saint Nick]

Scrubs

 

[NatePo717]

24

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: purbeast0


s2 of prison break was so bad i didnt even watch s3.

i didnt even finish S2

 

[freakyj92]

the simpsons

 

[dainthomas]

CSI. The show used to be semi-interesting. Now it's just corny and god-awful.

 

[vi edit]

Yeh, pretty much any scripted series is eventually going to run the creative well dry. It's even moreso for stuff like Lost and Heroes where you can only string the viewers along for so long before they get bored.

Plus with series like 24, they blew their creative load in the first season with the unique style and can only put Jack Bauer in so many crazy situations before it just gets old.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: vi edit
Yeh, pretty much any scripted series is eventually going to run the creative well dry. It's even moreso for stuff like Lost and Heroes where you can only string the viewers along for so long before they get bored.

Hmm... seems to me that lost has been pretty good lately.

I think the winner for me is clearly Battlestar Galactica. It went from one of the best shows on TV to Smallville quality. NYPD Blue got pretty bad after Milch left. That might be my #2.

 

[FallenHero]

Originally posted by: dainthomas
CSI. The show used to be semi-interesting. Now it's just corny and god-awful.

the spinoffs are killing it as well. CSI Miami and CSI New York are horrible horrible shows. I watched one episode of New York last night and wanted to vomit.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: dainthomas
CSI. The show used to be semi-interesting. Now it's just corny and god-awful.

the spinoffs are killing it as well. CSI Miami and CSI New York are horrible horrible shows. I watched one episode of New York last night and wanted to vomit.

same thing happened to Law & Order

the origional is still OK the spinnofs suck

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: dainthomas
CSI. The show used to be semi-interesting. Now it's just corny and god-awful.

the spinoffs are killing it as well. CSI Miami and CSI New York are horrible horrible shows. I watched one episode of New York last night and wanted to vomit.

same thing happened to Law & Order

the origional is still OK the spinnofs suck

SVU is pretty good. Criminal Intent is indeed heinous though.

 

[evident]

the simpsons