Top 5 TV "Jump the Shark" moments

That's only 3....

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That 70s Show. The final season where Eric joined the Peace Corps and they brought in a "not-Eric" to replace him.

That 70s Show. The final season where Eric joined the Peace Corps and they brought in a "not-Eric" to replace him.

I TOTALLY AGREE!!! That was horrible...talk about reaching.

MASH - When Frank Burns left

Hey now...C.E.W. III was funny too...you just didn't want to hate him all the time like you did with Frank

Scooby Doo ... when they brought in Scrappy Doo. Hated that little *kitten*.

Scooby Doo ... when they brought in Scrappy Doo. Hated that little *kitten*.

OMG...Scrappy Doo is the spawn of Satan...I always hoped he'd get eaten or something

That 70s Show. The final season where Eric joined the Peace Corps and they brought in a "not-Eric" to replace him.

Totally agree. And agree about all the new small kid additions to TV shows.

And of course for the movies: when they destroyed the Indiana Jones series with the whole nuke the fridge and live bit.

Scooby Doo ... when they brought in Scrappy Doo. Hated that little *kitten*.

QFT

Anytime Ted McGinley is brought onto the show.

He actually had his own page on the former Jump the Shark website..........although I thought he was a better option on Married with Children.

anytime any show has a "special musical show" like Grey's Anatomy did..... WTF?

LIES Once More with Feeling! was one of my favorite episodes of Buffy. (Of course it is the ONLY musical episode I've ever liked)

Mork & Mindy, when they brought in their "son" who was an old guy (Jonathan Winter) aging backwards.

Have to bring up the obvious here...when "Dallas" brought Bobby back and the whole previous season was completely wiped out.

Gotta add Supernatural.... they probably should have ended the show after season 5 or so... although it is getting better again, and I won't deny I love watching Jensen Ackles do... pretty much anything.... But why do the writers keep killing them and bringing them back? C'mon, there has to be a bit more creativity in the group than THAT.

Also, Doctor Who. Not really the show, but the most recent companion, Clara. Her character kind of jumped the shark when we discovered her purpose, but other than that, she is worthless and has no personality or character development.

i want Pond back!!!!! and matt smith

and like you said supernatural is getting old but if they ever stop making the show i don't know what i would do without my winchester brothers especially Sam!

Agreed...I need my Winchesters. And Cas...don't tell me what happens in season 9!

Gotta add Supernatural.... they probably should have ended the show after season 5 or so... although it is getting better again, and I won't deny I love watching Jensen Ackles do... pretty much anything.... But why do the writers keep killing them and bringing them back? C'mon, there has to be a bit more creativity in the group than THAT.

Also, Doctor Who. Not really the show, but the most recent companion, Clara. Her character kind of jumped the shark when we discovered her purpose, but other than that, she is worthless and has no personality or character development.

i want Pond back!!!!! and matt smith

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To be fair, Doctor Who more or less jumps the shark every time they get a new Doctor. Or a new companion. That's part of the show. Back in classic, when Jon Pertwee was replaced by Tom Baker, there was quite an uproar, but Tom Baker ended up being the most popular Doctor for 2+ decades. And Colin Baker replacing Peter Davidson was truly a tragedy, according to many fans.

I do miss the Ponds, though. I haven't seen all of s7 yet (working on it right now) so I haven't seen any of Peter Capaldi yet, but from what else of his I've encountered, I think it'll work out okay.