TV shows that burned hot, then burned out almost as fast

[Man in the Suit]

If they didn't drop TWD in the stretch between season 2's "Save the Last One" and "Pretty Much Dead Already", they won't now.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

As an impartial judge, Metacritic's reviews don't have season 4 that much lower than the previous seasons (82, 80, 82).

Also, it's the top Rated show in terms of viewers.

As a guy who doesn't watch the show, this doesn't look like a show that burned out.

 

[kguillou]

The thing about TWD though is the show is just getting bigger and bigger and bigger ratings wise. So should that really qualify as "burning out"?

 

[gkokujin]

Man... Ren & Stimpy's first season is the only one worth watching.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

The thing about TWD though is the show is just getting bigger and bigger and bigger ratings wise. So should that really qualify as "burning out"?

Man... Ren & Stimpy's first season is the only one worth watching.

Either I'm drunk or usernames are starting to become gibberish.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Nip/Tuck is barely talked about now, but was all the rage in the early 00's (especially during the Carver arc).

Dexter was loved for its first four seasons, but then lingered and died a slow death for its last four seasons.

Weeds is another show that lost it.

As far as sitcoms go, Mad About You was loved in the 90's, but no one looks back on it now with any nostalgia like Seinfeld or Friends.

 

[PyroChamber]

Nip/Tuck is barely talked about now, but was all the rage in the early 00's (especially during the Carver arc).

Dexter was loved for its first four seasons, but then lingered and died a slow death for its last four seasons.

Weeds is another show that lost it.

As far as sitcoms go, Mad About You was loved in the 90's, but no one looks back on it now with any nostalgia like Seinfeld or Friends.

Now that I think about it, since it was mentioned earlier, does anyone even remember Heroes nowadays? It's like the entire series went by so fast that no one ever remembers it.

 

[Primal Slayer]

The show got basically unwatchable by its third season and got nothing but bad reviews so no surprise that Heroes isn't really remembered.

 

[<(o_o)>]

The thing about TWD though is the show is just getting bigger and bigger and bigger ratings wise. So should that really qualify as "burning out"?

People can easily get burned out on the show though. Each week its just the same old same old routine where nothing all that big happens except for them killing off some of the favorite characters. Maybe shorter seasons with a faster pace would bring back some of the excitement imo.

Once Upon A Time is another show that one could easily get burned out on. How many times can they corrupt a fairytale & keep it as interesting & exciting as it was when the show started?

 

[Primal Slayer]

The problem imo with TWD is they have gone through 3 show runners now? AMC keeps cutting the budget and the writers are so hellbent on changing the show from the comics to "surprise" people that it is just not making things better. I understand changing things here and there but the comic is successful for a reason, don't need to go about changing things up as much.

With Once (imo again) the writers are sooooo afraid of venturing outside of Regina/Snow/Rumple. Everything revolves around them and making R/R be such huge parts of other fairytales has just gotten ridiculous. It is literately one big family event which isn't fun.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Weeds is another show that lost it.

That's an understatement.

 

[smallville fan]

Lost anyone? and perhaps Revolution?

 

[Charlie Boy]

Was Revolution ever good? I'm wondering because although the premise seemed interesting, the first few episodes I watched seemed to fall into the "So bad it's bad" category. It took itself too seriously to be so bad it's good, but didn't take its viewers seriously enough.

 

[Tron Bonne]

I wouldn't say Weeds burned out really. The first three seasons are great, and the best of the series easily, but I never thought the series became horrible. I almost stopped watching in season 4 & 5, but it wasn't so much the quality of the show as much as it was that I wasn't fond of the direction. Once they kind of remedied that, the other seasons were fairly enjoyable, I thought.

I also don't get the comments for Lost? It stayed pretty consistent throughout it's whole run from a commercial and critical standpoint.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Lost anyone? and perhaps Revolution?

Although I personally thought the last two seasons blew, Lost as a whole is still loved, analyzed and talked about by many.

Smallville on the other hand....

 

[Charlie Boy]

Damn, I forgot all about Smallville. Sometimes I really regret watching all ten seasons.

They had some solid seasons and even amazing episodes that rivaled some Superman movies. But when that show was bad, it was horrible.

 

[smallville fan]

Although I personally thought the last two seasons blew, Lost as a whole is still loved, analyzed and talked about by many.

Smallville on the other hand....

Damn, I forgot all about Smallville. Sometimes I really regret watching all ten seasons.

They had some solid seasons and even amazing episodes that rivaled some Superman movies. But when that show was bad, it was horrible.

Smallville made Superman make sense in a modern 21st Century world. Granted there were some wacky moments, it still remained popular and influential to this day with shows like Arrow and perhaps the coming Flash tv series. Plus it influenced Mark Waid's Superman: Birthright, on top of that it provided a proverbial shoulder to cry on for Superman action while Superman Returns was in cinemas. On top of that, elements from the show was used in Man of Steel.

 

[Tanin]

Smallville was the worst adaption of Superman ever made.
Except Lex.... I liked him.

 

[Charlie Boy]

Smallville made Superman make sense in a modern 21st Century world. Granted there were some wacky moments, it still remained popular and influential to this day with shows like Arrow and perhaps the coming Flash tv series. Plus it influenced Mark Waid's Superman: Birthright, on top of that it provided a proverbial shoulder to cry on for Superman action while Superman Returns was in cinemas. On top of that, elements from the show was used in Man of Steel.

I'm not exactly sure why, but I think you may be a little biased.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Smallville made Superman make sense in a modern 21st Century world. Granted there were some wacky moments, it still remained popular and influential to this day with shows like Arrow and perhaps the coming Flash tv series. Plus it influenced Mark Waid's Superman: Birthright, on top of that it provided a proverbial shoulder to cry on for Superman action while Superman Returns was in cinemas. On top of that, elements from the show was used in Man of Steel.

I think someone's overestimating how much of an impact Smallville had, but I'm as clueless as Charlie Boy at why.

 

[smallville fan]

Smallville was the worst adaption of Superman ever made.
Except Lex.... I liked him.

Oh great, a troll.

So I guess you've never heard of Superman III or IV or Returns?

Because it's nothing like Chris Reeve or Brandon Routh? Because there was actual action and Clark Kent punched bad guys for once?

 

[Primal Slayer]

Smallville wouldve been much better if they hadn't tried their damnest to keep Clark from becoming Superman.

 

[Tanin]

Nope not a troll as my opinion is just as valid as your opinion.

Because it was a soap opera that stayed too far off course with horrid acting and bad plotting and characters. I liked the first 2 seasons but it was a train wreck after that.

Superman 3 and 4 at least had Chris Reeve in them.
Superman Returns was a decent film.

 

[Primal Slayer]

The last 2 seasons were enjoyable and better than SR.

 

[TMC1982]

Man... Ren & Stimpy's first season is the only one worth watching.

The weird thing about Ren & Stimpy is that many feel that the show was better when John K./Spumco was producing it when compared to the later Bob Camp/Games Animation series. I say that it's weird because when John K. (I kind of don't feel sorry for him because it's pretty well known that he was slow at finishing his work) had a chance to "right himself" so to speak, we got the ill-fated Adult Party Cartoon during the early years of Spike TV. In essence Nickelodeon's restrictions was actually a blessing in disguise.