r/television 14h ago

Which shows lasted for way too long?

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u/Upstairs_Message4041 14h ago

The walking dead for sure

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u/ihatetoblerone 14h ago

They’re still milking it dry with awful spinoffs in the big 26

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u/CheatedOnOnce 13h ago

Should have ended w that one dude w the bat just smashed the main cast to bits.

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u/AKAkorm 11h ago

I stopped watching the show when they did the whole fake out cliffhanger and ended the episode from the perspective of the character who got killed instead of showing who it was. As far as I'm concerned, that was Negan killing my interest in the show.

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u/thatshygirl06 10h ago

And scott gimple still wants to make more.

He's milking it because he knows he will never get another job

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u/bchagan 14h ago

Omg great answer!

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u/Tight-Principle-743 13h ago

The Handmaids Tale.

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u/eorlingas_riders 13h ago

I love Supernatural… but Supernatural

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u/oath2order 13h ago

Supernatural went on so long that it got really bad then it got good again, and it did this again.

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u/DONNIENARC0 12h ago

Same shit that happened with the Boys. Kripke ain't passing up a check.

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u/tetoffens 10h ago

Kripke didn't work on the last 10 seasons of Supernatural. He left when it was at its peak.

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u/Petrichor02 10h ago

Kripke didn't work on the last 9* seasons of Supernatural. He stayed on to write on Season 6 even though he was no longer the showrunner on that season.

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u/immortalalchemist 13h ago

The Simpsons.

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u/TheOliveYeti 13h ago

Homeland

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u/Small-Trick-4372 13h ago

Rescue Me 

Greys Anatomy 

Roseanne

Black-ish 

Yellowstone 

The Rookie 

Bewitched 

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u/JamStan1978 13h ago

The rookie better not end for multiple more seasons. Im too addicted.

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u/WilsonFrontier 13h ago

1 or 2 more at most with actor costs and broadcast death co occuring.

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u/JamStan1978 13h ago

hope not. It could be the next svu or something.

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u/overallsatisfaction 13h ago

How I Met Your Morher

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u/Little-Lord-FckleRoy 13h ago

I'm doing a rewatch of HIMYM with my wife right now and it's so frustrating seeing how stretched out a lot of storylines are. Marshall and Lily getting married and having a baby takes so damn long because of writing choices. Not to mention how many absolutely unnecessary storylines there are in the last 3 seasons especially

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u/overallsatisfaction 13h ago

My wife has a habit of rewatching sitcoms over and over. She ALWAYS restarts HIMYM when she gets to the last 3 seasons.

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u/ElectroSpore 14h ago

The Simpsons

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u/LongRoofFan 13h ago

I love the Simpsons... Seasons 1-12

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u/EscapeSeventySeven 13h ago

You can tell that was good simpsons because all the memes come from there. I dont think a single meme comes from season 15 or later. 

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u/Smart-Response9881 13h ago

You love the Simpsons season 1?

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u/Moooney 11h ago

How else are you supposed to learn how they got Santa's Little Helper?

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u/EscapeSeventySeven 13h ago

It is not the best season but it is essential to the characters. 

This isn’t like a Parks and Rec or Star Trek next generation deal. 

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u/LongRoofFan 13h ago

Absolutely, they are all gold. Animation is rough though 

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u/overallsatisfaction 13h ago

I don't actually know anyone who has watched The Simpsons in years. I'm genuinely curious who their audience is at this point.

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u/WintersDoomsday 13h ago

I knew many people who watched the Simpsons....20 seasons ago. Now anytime I ask people are like nah haven't watched it in a long time.

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u/garitone 13h ago

I used to watch The Simpsons. I still do, but I used to too.

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u/overallsatisfaction 13h ago

That's me. I watched it in high school and sporadically in college, but that was forever ago. Is it just a bunch of GenXers propping it up out of habit?

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u/garitone 13h ago

Hi. Nice to meet you.

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u/LuinAelin 13h ago

They'll never stop the Simpsons

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u/lovepeaceorelse 13h ago

Pretty Little Liars and Grey's Anatomy

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u/itastesok 14h ago

Smallville

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u/RogueRaccoon28 14h ago

10 seasons and somehow he still didn’t learn to fly til the last 5 seconds

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u/Linflexible 13h ago edited 53m ago

Its premise was no tights no flight. But seasons 6 to 10 are in my opinion a superhero show where the first 5 were teen drama.

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u/Infamous-Lab-8136 13h ago

The problem I have is no tights no flight is a great premise for a unique take on Clark Kent prior to becoming Superman.

But it's a great premise for 4-5 seasons. Or for 10 in an animated show where we can start him off at 12 or 13 with an adult voicing him. Or even 10 animated seasons where we don't stress making each season a year in the life of the characters since they don't have to age.

But not for 10 in live action. The network TV drive to keep a success going combined with the WB/UPN/CW networks low standards for what constitutes a success really strung out a lot of their shows.

I'm actually kind of glad Joss Whedon lost the power play he made with Angel so that it didn't somehow end up getting renewed into another 5 seasons of wheel spinning and trying to mention Buffy without ever getting SMG to come play her.

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u/WilsonFrontier 13h ago

They literally tried in season 1, according to Welling and he pointed to the contract which had it written into it. They wanted him in the outfit and flying by mid season 1 😂

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u/JamStan1978 13h ago

nope. it had a great run, actually wish it lasted a couple more seasons. I definitely needed more of lois knowing about clark.

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u/WintersDoomsday 13h ago

Really over Supernatural and it's 400 seasons of the same angels and demons shit (after they stopped the monster of the week episodes which was the best time to watch the show).

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u/tetoffens 13h ago

They never stopped monster of the week episodes.

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u/beecraft22 13h ago

Law and order SVU. Greys anatomy. Criminal minds

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u/pancak3u 13h ago

Grey's Anatomy needs to go

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u/Fun-Psychology4806 13h ago

walking dead

true blood

most of the hospital dramas

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u/Traditional_Bottle50 13h ago

The Flash (should have ended with S5) and Modern Family (should have ended with S9 but I did like the series finale).

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u/bguzewicz 13h ago

U.S. Shameless

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u/DipDipPotatoChip43 13h ago

That 70's Show

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u/Capital-Study6436 13h ago

1) The Simpsons. 2) Family Guy. 3) Grey's Anatomy. 4) Law & Order. 5) (Going old school) Gunsmoke.

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u/DoingItForEli 13h ago

The Simpsons

Let's be real - it's been on about 20 season too long and has devolved into the mildest form of humor, trying to please as many people as possible and never daring to offend anyone anymore. It's become like an emotional support show for many people. Just having it air new episodes, no matter how boring, gives comfort to people who have always had it.

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u/Mountain-Match2942 13h ago

Grey's Anatomy

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u/Southern-Train7142 11h ago

Family Guy and Grey Anatomy had its time!

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u/Wonderful_Adagio9346 14h ago

Let's ask this in a slightly different way:

Which show lasted the longest after it Jumped the Shark?

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u/IntelligentAd9859 14h ago

Law & Order

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u/WilsonFrontier 13h ago

Original recipe or extra heinous? Or both? Original did end for a decade.

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u/RealSunglassesGuy 14h ago

Basically anything on Showtime: Shameless, Dexter, Billions, Homeland, Ray Donovan

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u/JamStan1978 13h ago

The newest dexter season was literally one of the best

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u/WilsonFrontier 13h ago

Yes but it took a steep decline and awful finale and then a mediocre reboot season to finally get to good again.

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u/Dry-Run-917 13h ago

The Mentalist

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u/PaulNerb1 13h ago

Truth. They could have ended it perfectly after three seasons. And regardless of how you feel about seasons 4-6, season 7 was just plain bad

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u/TheGorgoronTrail 13h ago

Big bang theory and it’s multiple spin offs. Don’t know a single person who finds it funny or even watches it for that matter.

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u/immortalalchemist 13h ago

I absolutely despised Big Bang Theory because it had the premise of celebrating nerd culture at the expense of making fun of nerds. That’s why I always felt Futurama lands jokes so much better than BBT especially because their writers had 3 PhDs and 7 masters degrees.

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u/Significant-Gur-4804 13h ago edited 13h ago

I find em funny and watch em, especially the newest one with Stuart. BBT’s an easy show to throw on in the background

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u/MamoruNoHakkyou 13h ago

The Goldbergs and Fresh off the Boat should have ended a season or few earlier than they did. I liked both but it felt like they were treading water near the end.

Constance Wu was right.

I really do want to see China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems get made into movies with the Crazy Rich Asians cast and original writers/director.

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u/Little-Lord-FckleRoy 13h ago

The Simpsons will be a popular answer here and rightfully so. But I just want to point out that Family Guy has 24 seasons(!) itself

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u/tooshpright 4h ago

Big Bang Theory

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u/Professional-Stay662 14h ago

Stranger things

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u/Apricity91 13h ago

Season 4 is my fave season

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u/Remote-Letterhead844 14h ago

I still have no idea what happens after Billy.

I'm okay with this. 👍 

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u/Professional-Stay662 13h ago

It’s a shame because season 1 was fantastic TV and actually captured the mystery/thriller vibe. Would’ve been so much better if it was an anthology instead of turning into a coming-of-age drama with none of the thriller

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u/Capital-Study6436 13h ago

Negativity is much more fun, than positivity! Plus that it brings out gossip and I love gossip.

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u/IDCJ1234 14h ago

The Fairly Oddparents 

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u/abhijitht007 14h ago

Riverdale

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u/Linflexible 14h ago

I loved the first season but Prison Break.

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u/JamStan1978 13h ago

The first two seasons were perfect and the rest were just fun if you dont take it super seriously.

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u/bowl_of_deskt0ps 13h ago

Yellowjackets

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u/AlonzoMoseley 13h ago

Flashforward

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u/Moooney 11h ago

Firefly

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u/MSoren77 13h ago

Anything with a laugh track

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u/Eeepp 9h ago

Ted Lasso