Just off the top of my head, Invasion and Traveler. Shows like this at least deserve some closure. Even Jericho always seems to be in danger of being cancelled. But shows like The Biggest Loser are huge (no pun intended). I realize not everybody liked those shows. But they were interesting and had a level of intrigue about them. But I guess not enough people watched. So somebody please explain why nobody wants to watch these shows, but millions of people will tune in every week to watch some obese people try and lose weight? Hey I'm all for what they are doing. But keep it off my tv.

A few more off the top of my head are Rome and Deadwood. John from Cincinnati seemed alright. Even if it wasn't, it can't be any worse than Def Poetry. The Critic and My So-Called Life didn't last long enough.

I could go on all day, so I'll go ahead and list some that were on too long. Reality shows that are on in place of quality tv are poisoning this country. American Idol I can live with. Rockstar: INXS/Supernova I can live with. The idea is okay, even though it fails at times. But I'm talking about shows that just don't matter. At least with the above mentioned, someone is getting a record contract. What do I get out of shows like Dancing with the Stars, or Survivor, that, not only have outstayed their welcome, but have multiple seasons in a year. I mean look at this crap. Its only been on since 2000, but is already in its 16th season. Can't we at least limit this garbage to once a year?

Anything on MTV/VH1 and thier obsession with celebrities living in unison, celebrities porking a handful of freaks, all vying for the chance at love, not-celebrities, who didn't even win the celebrity bacheloresque show, who now have their own shows, celebrities going to rehab, celebrity has beens, never weres, and at best, c listers in general, and all 72 of their dating programs. Once a channel devoted to non stop music videos has been reduced to Love Connection for Generation Next. Would it kill you to play some a-ha or some Duran Duran once in a while? I can only watch the same episode of Pimp my Ride so many times and I'm not sure why its playing on 6 "music" channels at the same time in 4 hour blocks.

PS The Real World, the show we all have to thank for this garbage, is still on after 19 proud seasons.


Another show that stayed on way too long was Saved by the Bell: The New Class. Even after Zack Morris and company were long gone from the Halls of Bayside High, Belding had to oversee a constant changing group of students roming the halls. This show has had more members than Menudo.

One show that has been on forever and I hope never ends is Law & Order. The great thing about this show and its spin offs is that you can always find one of them playing on some channel at almost any time of the day. And since there are so many different episodes, you can watch it all of the time and almost never see the same episode twice.

Tebor wrote:

scamrock wrote: One show that has been on forever and I hope never ends is Law & Order. The great thing about this show and its spin offs is that you can always find one of them playing on some channel at almost any time of the day. And since there are so many different episodes, you can watch it all of the time and almost never see the same episode twice. I only hope L&O stays on the air, because every actor in the world from the last ten years has been on that show. It's become traditional that every aspiring actor has to be on the show.

Exactly. Last night (I think it was last night anyways), I watched an episode of SVU from last year that Melissa Joan Hart (Clarissa Explains It All/Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and Kyle Gallner (Big Love/Veronica Mars/but most importantly for me, Bart Allen aka Impulse from Smallville) both on it. But I didn't even realize who he was at first. He looks so much like a long lost Culkin brother, and there are so many of those kids, that I wondered who the hell he was. It wasn't until almost the end that it clicked who he was. I looked it up to make sure it was him. It was the second time he had been on the show, both times playing different characters.