Horrible yet uncanceled - Shows that Just. Don't. Stop.

[Seafarer]

Along with NCIS, it's one of the few major crime procedural shows left that reliably pull in views.

Speaking of NCIS, how the fuck that shitshow is on season 21 after having the entire original cast leave is beyond me. Even JAG struggled to get people watching after 8 seasons and that was a far better show.

Shows that do that are insane, you would never think that the Ship of Theseus paradox would apply to a TV show.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

The Walking Dead

I can't believe people are watching these spin offs, let alone hyped for them. This show went to shit in the 2nd season FFS

 

[TVB]

Cyberchase is still on, despite changing to the same shit flash animation that Arthur did after budget cuts in 2012.

This is weird. I remember watching this back in 2002 when it first aired and I honest to christ thought it was cancelled. And it's still on the air as of this year, despite one of the voice actors Gilbert Gottfried had died last year!

Along with NCIS, it's one of the few major crime procedural shows left that reliably pull in views.

All I know is people in their late-40s onward who still work at cubical offices will still talk about normie shows such as NCIS during their breaktime

 

[ZsaZsaBinks]

What the fuck? It is only up to 136 episodes, 14 seasons despite running since 2002. So it isn't like it's been made non-stop since then but the entire idea and zeitgeist behind the show when it was made is essentially dead. The internet has long stopped being new and exciting and even kids likely realize it isn't after not very long. The older episodes have to make little sense to someone growing up now. You're right about the animation, too.

To me Cyberchase always looked both futuristic and retro simultaneously. It was very popular (although not at the same level as Arthur) so it isn’t a surprise that it is still running. But seeing classic Cyberchase hyping up the internet is like seeing entertainment from the early 20th century romanticizing flight.

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2297151769/?playlistId=tt0309141

Is PBS just incentivized to not let these dead brands die because it's cheaper to keep them going than make a new series? They're still partially tax funded, right?

Yes, and it’s both for the child and adult brands too. NOVA, Nature, Frontline, The PBS Newshour are still on, and unfortunately they have all gone to shit with their leftist political agendas. I can’t watch them without hearing them talking about climate change or pushing identity politics. I don’t watch the child entertainment but I believe Cyberchase is also outdated by modern diversity standards in children’s entertainment because the Hacker isn’t a troon and they don’t have a character in a hijab.

This is weird. I remember watching this back in 2002 when it first aired and I honest to christ thought it was cancelled. And it's still on the air as of this year, despite one of the voice actors Gilbert Gottfried had died last year!

I don’t know what they’re going to do with Digit the cyborg bird. Retire him, maybe?

 

[Alexander Thaut]

I'd rather prefer Family Guy to be on air if it means all the other garbage dies.

 

[Amerikaner Teddybär]

I think Ghost Adventures is getting a bit long in the tooth. Newer episodes just feel off to me.

 

[Me and My Tiny Penis]

General Hospital has been on since 1963 and has over 15,000 episodes. Who watches it?

 

[TVB]

I'd rather prefer Family Guy to be on air if it means all the other garbage dies.

The new episodes of Family Guy are shit, but at least they're a fucking godsend compared to new episodes of either Simpsons, Futurama or Bob's Burgers. American Dad is the more consistent show airing right now.

 

[Hijo de Dang Woodchucks!]

I was gone when Ziva left. Speaking of (finally) canceled shows, it's good they shut down Criminal Minds finally (back in 2020 but I had stopped caring well before then).

Criminal Minds was revived too. It was shit.

The Walking Dead

I can't believe people are watching these spin offs, let alone hyped for them. This show went to shit in the 2nd season FFS

I know they're going to ride that wagon until everything falls off, not just the wheels, but if I had my way, the end would be that everything after S2 was their collective dying dream and they never got out the farm.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

General Hospital has been on since 1963 and has over 15,000 episodes. Who watches it?

My mother turns it on and has it running in the background and bitches and moans if I visit her while it's on even though she spends the entire hour it's on looking at Facebook or Youtube on her phone.

Does that count?

 

[ZsaZsaBinks]

Sesame Street should end. I know people blame Elmo for its downfall, but it wasn’t truly dead until the 2010’s. These days, it’s nothing but a cash cow and an outlet for virtue signaling.

 

[Kit Marz]

Sesame Street should end. I know people blame Elmo for its downfall, but it wasn’t truly dead until the 2010’s. These days, it’s nothing but a cash cow and an outlet for virtue signaling.

I was watching it with my nephew and was disappointed that it's basically the same episode every single time. Sesame Street always had recurring segments, but it was never to the level it is now where it's the exact same two or three segments each time.

 

[Trilby]

Sesame Street should end. I know people blame Elmo for its downfall, but it wasn’t truly dead until the 2010’s. These days, it’s nothing but a cash cow and an outlet for virtue signaling.

Was never the same after the original guys died out.

 

[Commander X]

It's just amazing to me there's all of these network primetime shows that boomers watch regularly, that you have never heard of but have been on for eight, nine seasons. They have titles like "Tactical Response Task Force: New York" or "Breaking Point" or "Crucial Investigations: Response Unit" and the lead will be some actor you haven't thought of in 20 years. The cast is usually some blandly handsome actor in his fifties surrounded by a diverse group of women and POC including the guy whose main job is to type rapidly at a computer and then go "we're in."

 

[Whiskey]

I know it's the cliche answer but the Simpson's. Even till the later seasons I could enjoy it as backround nose while I did something else around the house.

I recently tried watching the last episode and it doesn't even resemble itself anymore. The voice actors are either replaced or so infirm you can hear their age and it no longer matches their character age ( Marge is the worst example of this). The plot is thinner then family guy and it's all so flat and uninteresting.

 

[ZsaZsaBinks]

I was watching it with my nephew and was disappointed that it's basically the same episode every single time. Sesame Street always had recurring segments, but it was never to the level it is now where it's the exact same two or three segments each time.

Was never the same after the original guys died out.

A lot of people give Sesame Street a pass because they don’t think that children’s entertainment doesn’t get stale because there is always a new cohort of children coming around. But the difference in SS’s quality from the 70’s to today is a night and day difference. Early SS never talked down to its audience while SS in recent decades is dumbed down.

I think the change was due to trying to maintain relevance. In the 90’s SS was no longer the most popular show and shows like Barney and the Teletubbies were more popular. SS started making more infantile content to maintain the relevance they once had. It worked, despite the obvious downgrade noticed by older fans. It also relied on celebrity guests to promote the show. Needless to say, by the 2010’s, it was nothing but marketing that was keeping the show relevant. HBO bought it, and today it is nothing but a brand.

 

[Gravemind]

The Young and The Restless (they're not even young at this point)

&

The Bold and The Beautiful

I remain surprised that these soap operas are STILL running.

 

[Thiletonomics]

What I wonder, is how Highway Thru Hell managed to have 12 Seasons. (And I think they'll still get more?) I'm not sure what the appeal is about a Canadian documentary series about towing companies making rescue tows, and it makes me wonder if this is part of the "Canadian content" that the country loves to push TV channels to have.

 

[Trilby]

What I wonder, is how Highway Thru Hell managed to have 12 Seasons. (And I think they'll still get more?) I'm not sure what the appeal is about a Canadian documentary series about towing companies making rescue tows, and it makes me wonder if this is part of the "Canadian content" that the country loves to push TV channels to have.

Canadian content was probably what did it.

 

[Quarterback Rex Grossman]

My mom and grandma both watched General Hospital for years, and since I absorbed most of it by osmosis I'm probably the only straight guy who remembers Tony the blind doctor, Dawn the hot girl murdered at the dump, and the saga of Felicia and her Manchurian Candidate husband. It's been the same storyline since the late '90s though: Sonny the goofy gangster fighting random enemies while romancing Brenda (Vanessa Marcil) and Carla (originally played by the girl from VR Troopers). His kids grew up, the girl started burning coal and his son got prison raped. My mom only watches soaps periodically now, but they went hard in casting a shit-ton of blacks after Saint Floyd fell, and GH fired Steve Burton, probably the most popular actor on the show, because he wouldn't get jabbed. There were also the hilarious Covid-era episodes where you could tell nobody filmed scenes together, and The Bold and the Beautiful even had a storyline where some chick went mad and would speak to a mannequin standing in for the actor.

tl-dr: lefties are gay and dramatic

Criminal Minds was revived too. It was shit.

Shit indeed. They took an episodic procedural and did the usual streaming bullshit of stretching one episode into ten. Also lesbians who openly pet at work. Very modern and sophistimicated.