# Short-lived but influential

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-but-influential/395231>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 9, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-but-influential/395231 "2007-03-09T09:23:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-but-influential/395231/61 "2007-04-06T00:55:19Z")

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You’re thinking the talk show, the original series was 14 episodes…and pivotal in warping my adolescent life.

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-but-influential/395231/62 "2007-04-06T03:38:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey]  
…And the modern usage of a continuing storyline in a sitcom actually goes back to Friends, which, as we all know, debuted in 1994.  
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Argubally I Love Lucy was the first sitcom to use continuing storylines; Lucy’s pregnancy, Ricky working in California, the trip to Europe, etc.

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