TV shows that have gone/went on TOO long....

Inspired by this thread...what TV shows just went on too damn long?

Happy Days - wasn't Fonzie like a school teacher or something at the end?

M*A*S*H - increasingly hard to suspend disbelief that it was the early 1950's (Loretta Swit's hair?) and they weren't filming in Malibu.

Go to it....

Friends. Definitely Friends.

ER- since Dr. Greene died, never the same.

Saved by the Bell, more that they actually tried to continue the series with them all in college.

Friends
ER
7th Heaven
Real World

Definitely Real World. I hate that show.

Real world should have ended about five years ago

I third Real World and add Trading Spaces!-----now with Trading Spaces Family and some new thing about paying off your mortgage.

It's OVERKILL!

OMG that shit is still on?!!!
what a sucky show...

also: Days of OUr Lives, The Young and The Restless...every other poorly lit, poorly acted, poorly written day time soap opera.

also Rugrats...I hated that show when I was like 9, and its still on, and its still annoying as ever...(we have to watch it at the video store were I work)

also Wheel of Fortune is pretty lame....

Amen!!! and goooooooood riddence.

Seinfeld.

Is it wrong that I love the college years and can sing the entire theme song from memory?

I'm standing on the edge of tomorrow...

Yes that is very wrong. I'd suggest consulting a therapist immediately.

Seinfeld
ER
Buffy should have ended after Season Five or Six.
Angel should have ended last year.
Friends
The Cosby Show - Olivia was like the Scrappy Doo of the cast

No, man I wish that show was still on, I love Seinfeld, makes me feel all warm and gooey inside.

Heartbeat
A UK cop show set in rural yorkshire in the 70s. By my reconning, they should've hit the 80s quite a while ago and be listening to Cyndi Lauper, not Cliff Richard (It's been running about 10 years)

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" is the show Larry David would have made if all the network restrictions were off. So, in a way, it's still on.

That 70s Show
the first few seasons were great, but lately...
i think it's all gone downhill since Tommy Chong left and Hyde and Jackie started dating. i mean, they could/should have ended it when the kids graduated last season, but they kept it going and got a new actress to play Lori and they're rehashing the same old "foot in your ass" jokes and it just sucks now...

Oh my God! The new Lori is hoooooorible. Just awful. It should be the 80s already. It was 77 when the show started almost 6 years ago. They're going all MASH on us.

[Edited on Mar 06, 2004 by Hexe]

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Real TV & Scooby Doo, It seems one or the other is on at all times of the day.
I also add Cops, America's Most Wanted, & Friends

Yeah but not all of us get HBO and only catch Larry David when we're at friends houses.

Every single one of the damn reality TV shows.
It was cool like the first couple times that Real World did it, but now it sucks. I want pre-packaged drama and humor, thanks. I don't want to have to wait for it.

HELLOOOOOOOOO...you are missing the one that tops them all.

Beverly Hills 90210. That show should have ended at their HIGH SCHOOL graduation *cringe*

The X-Files should have ended after Season 6. I only bought the first six seasons on DVD, and only recognize them as the true seasons of the series. Robert Patrick is a liquid metal robot, I don't care what you say.

You stole my answer!!! If there's no Mulder, I'm not watching.

Also, almost every one of the new generation of prime time soap type shows:
90210
Dawson's Creek
Melrose Place

On a slight tangent, Matt (the gay guy) from Melrose Place was on both '24' and 'NYPD Blue' the past two weeks. He's making a comeback!!!