# A Lot of Long running shows end this season **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989 "2006-01-21T15:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/21 "2006-01-23T14:08:50Z")
Re: SG-1. My recollection is that the plan had been for SG-1 and Atlantis to run for one year together and then for the original to ride off into the sunset. But (again, IIRC) the premiere of Atlantis revivied interest in the original series too, so they kept it on and now that it’s lured all the Farscape fans in with the cast additions, it’s ratings are better than they had been in past years, so it’s not on the block any time soon. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/22 "2006-01-23T14:22:46Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > I think SG-1 is on for next season (the 10th). I still like watching it, too, but I’d have been satisfied if it had ended with last season. No way SG-1’s been on for 10 years. No freaking way. Yikes, I’m old. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/23 "2006-01-23T15:56:34Z")
Saw a blurb in the newspaper last week that in an interview on the Golden Globes red carpet Zach Braff said that ABC was interested in picking up Scrubs if NBC didn’t pick it up. Here’s hoping for a happier times on new networks for both Scrubs & Arrested Development! ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/24 "2006-01-24T00:53:31Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > I dunno…from what I’ve seen about the way “Four Kings” is going, I suspect that they need “Joey”. We’ll see. > > -Joe It is a pretty lame show, but it is doing pretty similar ratings as Joey at a lower cost to the network. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/25 "2006-01-24T01:03:50Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > As of today, you can add [The West Wing](http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-01-22T222321Z_01_N22283376_RTRUKOC_0_US-LEISURE-WESTWING.xml) to the list. > > When NBC returns after the Olympics, they will be shuffling around a lot of their schedule, including Law & Order, Las Vegas, and The Apprentice, which will all be airing on different nights and/or times. I love the West Wing, but yes, it is time for this show to end. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/26 "2006-01-24T15:25:32Z")
It’s true that many shows are ending, but one is coming back from the grave – NBC just announced that they’re doing four new one-hour Friends specials next year. [Link](http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3477372) –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/27 "2006-01-24T15:28:00Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > It’s true that many shows are ending, but one is coming back from the grave – NBC just announced that they’re doing four new one-hour Friends specials next year. > > [Link](http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3477372) > > –Cliffy Quick! Somebody call Jack Bauer! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/28 "2006-01-24T15:29:01Z")
> [@](#): > > The new program will see the three male stars–Perry, Schwimmer and LeBlanc–pilot a series called It’s A Guy Thing. So does that mean that Monica and Chandler are getting a divorce? Or perhaps they will be playing three completely different characters ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/29 "2006-01-24T15:35:21Z")
So many shows past their expiration date. Not a big Friends fan and I caught the first few eps of Joey, thinking, how bad could it be? Pretty bad, but then I just caught the last two episodes and they were great! Really funny and at the same time really good at building up the characters. Also, realizing the limited humor in the main character they actually bothered to develop a funny and interesting ensemble cast. I think along with Office, Earl, and Scrubs, it would be part of a killer Thursday. BTW: W&G and 70’s, talk about mercy killings. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/30 "2006-01-24T15:59:46Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > It is a pretty lame show, but it is doing pretty similar ratings as Joey at a lower cost to the network. Sure, but it’s new, so it’d have a little survivablity just due to the novelty factor. Soon enough people will discover that, even though it has Seth Green, it’s actually a very very crappy show. It’s pretty typical Thursday crap-sandwich filler. Except that Will & Grace isn’t half what it used to be, and there’s no Friends to hold it up… -Joe ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/31 "2006-01-24T18:17:02Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > It’s true that many shows are ending, but one is coming back from the grave – NBC just announced that they’re doing four new one-hour Friends specials next year. > > [Link](http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3477372) > > –Cliffy A lot of sources say that is hooey. > **[Google News](https://news.google.com/search?hl=en-US&q=friends&btnG=Search%2BNews&gl=US&ceid=US:en)** > > Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/32 "2006-01-24T21:55:00Z")
**er** needs to go. When they start replaying old plot lines that no longer shock (Kirsten Dunst’s battered street kid + battered woman they sneak out as if she’s dead = current battered teen they help out of town in a cab, surprise pregnancies, …) it’s time. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/33 "2006-01-25T02:10:13Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > It’s true that many shows are ending, but one is coming back from the grave – NBC just announced that they’re doing four new one-hour Friends specials next year. > –Cliffy Followed your link, and just to the left of the article was a section labeled “MORE NEWS” with this… [Link](http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3477509) \*\* No Reunion for ‘Friends’\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/34 "2006-01-25T15:18:50Z")
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/35 "2006-01-25T17:16:23Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > Television had not been good at original entertainment of late. As always, it’s hard to argue about taste, but tv - like books, movies, music, art, theatre - has always been 90% crap. I still watch and enjoy, every week: Battlestar Galactica Invasion Veronica Mars Lost NCIS Boston Legal and will follow Sopranos, The 4400 when they come back on. That’s about at least six hours of good, and sometimes excellent, entertainment every week. All in all, with local programming and the odd documentary, news ASF, I get 1,5 hours of good tv on average every day. That’s not bad. That’s very good. I agree with the mercy killings of the shark jumpers though. Hopefully that’ll make room for more scripted shows, seeing as the last two seasons biggests hits have been scripted, maybe the tv execs will consider having actual writers to trot out actual fiction. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/36 "2006-01-25T17:21:06Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > As always, it’s hard to argue about taste, but tv - like books, movies, music, art, theatre - has always been 90% crap. > I still watch and enjoy, every week: > > Battlestar Galactica > Invasion > Veronica Mars > Lost > NCIS > Boston Legal > > and will follow Sopranos, The 4400 when they come back on. > > That’s about at least six hours of good, and sometimes excellent, entertainment every week. All in all, with local programming and the odd documentary, news ASF, I get 1,5 hours of good tv on average every day. That’s not bad. That’s very good. > > I agree with the mercy killings of the shark jumpers though. Hopefully that’ll make room for more scripted shows, seeing as the last two seasons biggests hits have been scripted, maybe the tv execs will consider having actual writers to trot out actual fiction. We could totally watch TV together, except I have no idea what Veronica Mars is. I’d even mostly shut up except during the commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/37 "2006-01-25T19:34:41Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > We could totally watch TV together, except I have no idea what Veronica Mars is. I’d even mostly shut up except during the commercials. You bring the beer, I’ll pop the corn. Seriously, it might be a little rough to get into VM now, because the plot threads are really twisted and entwined, but if you have a chance to check out out from the beginning, do so. American Film Institute just gave it an award. It’s wonderful tv, which you’ll be able to see when the first new episode this year airs next week. The length of the thread the next day here at the Dope is A good meassure of how good the show is. Considering the abysmal ratings (it’s opposite Lost on UPN), it gets a lot of buzz. Joss Wheadon did a walk on, as I believe Kevin Smith did. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989/38 "2006-01-25T19:42:01Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > As always, it’s hard to argue about taste, but tv - like books, movies, music, art, theatre - has always been 90% crap. > > … > > That’s about at least six hours of good, and sometimes excellent, entertainment every week. All in all, with local programming and the odd documentary, news ASF, I get 1,5 hours of… Sure, these are good shows. I was trying to say that original entertainment was getting better after a rut of reality tv and procedural cop shows. While 90% of television has always been crap, over the past few years it was closer to 97%! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-long-running-shows-end-this-season/340989.md?page=1)