Great Shows Die Young

Bulldog · #1 05-27-2005, 03:48 PM

Why is it that many of the best TV shows don't stick around long? Is the general public that much more easily entertained by The Bachelor and King of Queens than we are?

I'm rewatching Freaks & Geeks via Netflix, and wow, this was an excellent show. I believe it only lasted 18 episodes. There are many other examples:

[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] SportsNight
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] The Office (UK)
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Arrested Development (hanging on by a thread)
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Max Headroom

tbach24 · #2 05-27-2005, 03:49 PM

If you watch the opening scene to the first episode of Family Guy this season, you'll understand [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

moondogg · #3 05-27-2005, 03:51 PM

- Andy Richter Controls the Universe
- Herman's Head

pshreck · #4 05-27-2005, 03:52 PM

Simple answer... people don't want to think too much when watching a sitcom.

I have heard so many people say Arrested Development is way too random for them. They don't like jokes with long elaborate set-ups, etc...

pshreck · #5 05-27-2005, 03:52 PM

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That show was painfully unfunny.

pryor15 · #6 05-27-2005, 03:58 PM

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I have heard so many people say Arrested Development is way too random for them. They don't like jokes with long elaborate set-ups, etc...

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you mean the part where some of the jokes reference jokes from the previous season? i love it when they do that.

Jman28 · #7 05-27-2005, 04:17 PM

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That show was painfully unfunny.

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I'm gonna disagree. It was great.

pshreck · #8 05-27-2005, 04:18 PM

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- Andy Richter Controls the Universe

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That show was painfully unfunny.

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I'm gonna disagree. It was great.

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This is no place for opinion. I told you it was unfunny, dont anger me.

Jman28 · #9 05-27-2005, 04:19 PM

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Agreed. You are wrong.

private joker · #10 05-27-2005, 04:22 PM

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[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] The Office (UK)
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Arrested Development (hanging on by a thread)

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AD got picked up for a third season and is growing a fan base. Seinfeld didn't take off until its third season.

The Office was not canceled by a network that didn't think it was getting viewers. The show's creators voluntarily quit making it because they just wanted to stop. They were done with it.