Shows that have overstayed their welcome - Why won't they end?

[The Janitor]

MLP. Besides the obvious reasons, the series could've ended with season 3 and people would be happy.

Power rangers. If only saban didn't buy back the series in 2010.

Angry video game nerd. Yeah, he still makes stuff. It's okay, but not amazing.

 

[_blank_]

No kidding. I liked most of the first season, despite cringing at the ANONYMOOSE IS LEEJUN outdated shit and I don't think the twist was pulled off as well as the movie it was clearly inspired from. But holy fuck, Season 2 just drained everything out of it.

I haven't watched Mr. Robot myself, mostly because I actually work in IT and I detest watching any fictionalization of the job... but of course my parents watch it. So whenever I call home to check up on how they're doing, they have to tell me what they learned on Mr. Robot and I have to tell them how much bullshit it is.

They are right with the hoodies though. Seriously, what is up with us IT spergs and hoodies?

 

[Dio Brando]

It's been over for awhile but the Office was definitely a show that went on for way too long. They just lost it after Steve Carell left the show. At least they made up for it with the 2nd half of season 9 being pretty good.

 

[GentlemanFaggot]

I haven't watched Mr. Robot myself, mostly because I actually work in IT and I detest watching any fictionalization of the job... but of course my parents watch it. So whenever I call home to check up on how they're doing, they have to tell me what they learned on Mr. Robot and I have to tell them how much bullshit it is.

They are right with the hoodies though. Seriously, what is up with us IT spergs and hoodies?

And yet it's probably the most accurate TV portrayal of hacking.

Well, when your competition is this:

I guess that doesn't say much.

 

[Positron]

All Fucksville's Got Talent shows.

 

[Jubileus]

And yet it's probably the most accurate TV portrayal of hacking.

Well, when your competition is this:

I guess that doesn't say much.

Which brings up the point that all the Law & Order, CSI, NCIS type shows should just take a break for a decade (or more) so producers have to come up with some new ideas for prime time television already. Not only is it getting old and boring, but the "CSI Effect" is actually a detriment to real criminal justice because it totally fucks with people's perception of what forensic analysis is capable of proving. Not only do we have these brilliant moments of two people at a single keyboard, or zooming in to see the killer in somebody's eye reflection on what's apparently a 20 terapixel 120 fps surveillance camera, but there's the idea that a lot of the chemical analysis shit is (a) quick (b) cheap (c) clear-cut and easy when it isn't. Guess what the answer to a lot of that lab shit you see on TV is in real life? "The lab kit for that particular test costs $5000 and with our slice of the budget (because the Chief really had to have those LED glow-bumpers on the patrol cars so we only got a 5% increase from last year's budget) we bought new PCs for the video room this year instead, sorry, but if it makes you feel better we'd only have a 20% certainty based on the results anyway and it would take 3 months minimum to hear back on once we shipped it off because we don't have that kind of equipment or expertise to analyze it ourselves since it takes a goddamn PhD in Nuclear Chemistry."

Okay, so maybe I just have issues with those shows as it is, I still say they've overstayed their welcome. When they have a Goobergroper tribute episode to stick with their "ripped from the headlines" posture you know they're thirsty for ideas.

 

[Nut-Roaster the 2nd]

Anything by Chuck Lorre.

 

[AnOminous]

Anything by Dick Wolf. Even though he has a cool name.

 

[Pepsi-Cola]

MLP. Besides the obvious reasons, the series could've ended with season 3 and people would be happy.

SpongeBob SquarePants..

Just let the little kids have their shows you weirdos.

 

[Southern Belle]

Supernatural. It just keeps going on and on and on and on and on and on and on...

Honestly it should have ended after season 5 at the latest. Season 11 actually dealt the killing blow man. You got the big bad as God's sister(wtf?) and at the end God and his sister reconcile and go MIA, and oh yeah here's your dead mom back - the entire reason your entire lives got fucked in the first place. There is literally nowhere else to go after having God himself almost die and destroy the universe, and then fix the biggest problem your entire life had to deal with that made you into hunters in the first place. God the longer it goes, the more I hate this show so much.

 

[ICametoLurk]

Law and Order jumped the shark when they did this

 

[RI 360]

The American version of the Office.

 

[Abethedemon]

Dr. Who.
Haven't seen it lately, but from what I've heard its really fallen from grace.
Also, Adventure Time has gone quite downhill.

 

[Trombonista]

Dr. Who.
Haven't seen it lately, but from what I've heard its really fallen from grace.
Also, Adventure Time has gone quite downhill.

Adventure Time will end in 2018.

 

[JudgingYou]

Grey's Anatomy needs to be put to rest and Quantico should have been canceled mid-season last year. Also, Food Network competition shows like Cut Throat Kitchen or anything with Guy Fieri.

 

[Chicken Nugget Scoon]

The Simpsons. It's been mentioned before but it's such a special show for me, and my favourite, but watching it now is like watching a really old, good friend, who's been sick for a while, and suffered plenty of strokes. He can't speak properly anymore, and he's not even fun to be around, but there's part of you that wishes he was better, like old times, though it's never going to happen.

Barring that, possibly Doctor Who but... The thing is, the show has ALWAYS been inconsistent. One episode can be the worst thing on TV, while the next can be the best, and there's nothing quite like it on television, so I'd be sad to see it if it ever did go.

 

[AnOminous]

Barring that, possibly Doctor Who but... The thing is, the show has ALWAYS been inconsistent. One episode can be the worst thing on TV, while the next can be the best, and there's nothing quite like it on television, so I'd be sad to see it if it ever did go.

This is seriously true, and people were even saying this during Tom Baker's stint as the Doctor, the only one I've repeatedly watched all the episodes of. Even that had some seriously dumb stories. Also some seriously great stories. And the ludicrously awful special effects the BBC is known for, which almost make me nostalgic. The thing is, even the terrible special effects in the newer ones look too good to evoke that nostalgia because even cheap special effects these days are half decent.

 

[TheRollinWonder-]

Powerpuff Girls. Cartoon Network has been trying to revive, and reboot this show for years, and it has done nothing for them. Haven't watched the reboot, but from the trailer and clips I saw of it, it didn't look too good.

Fairly Odd Parents. I think Butch Hartman is just trying to do anything to tank the series at this point.

Yeah. I can agree here. Last I heard, Timmy was sharing his fairies with some girl or something.

 

[Zhoban]

I'm glad Smallville's dead... even if it was half a decade too late.

But, let me be the one to say it... ONCE UPON A TIME. Jesus fuck, that show overstayed its welcome going into Season 4. It started off compelling, had an air of mystery to it, but a lot of the cinematic magic was robbed when everyone got their memories back and it became just another schlocky Disney fan fest. At least they had somewhat interesting stories until Season 4- I was especially happy with the twist of Peter Pan being a complete fucking monster. But after that? *Darth Vader bellows*

That show became so convoluted and contrived, with unrewarding twists and payoffs. Why would anyone want to see POS Will Scarlett fuck Belle? While we're on that note, is it possible for the production managers to keep Emilie de Ravin away from the catering table? You can literally see her getting fatter by the episode.

I got halfway through Season 5 and by then, I had to choose between ending the affair or Hari Kari.

 

[Zarkov]

Pokemon. The show is going nowhere, every single plotline is predictable and repetitive, it hasn't deviated from its basic formula since the first episode aired, and the animation sucks a little more every season.

Every episode since Johto has been bland and filled with forgettable prebubescent characters of the week voiced by the same actors.

It especially irks me because the Pokemon franchise has the potential to have one hell of an awesome anime adaptation, and instead we're stuck with that abortion of a series only kids below six can find compelling.