# Television show I liked\_\_\_\_\_\_\_until\_\_\_happened(Open spoilers probably). **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873 "2011-05-23T09:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/41 "2011-05-23T23:40:46Z")
I liked ER until they kept shoving those damnable Africa episodes down our throats. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/42 "2011-05-23T23:41:51Z")
I liked M_A_S\*H until Alan Alda took over and it stopped being a comedy. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/43 "2011-05-23T23:45:53Z")
I liked _Black Sheep Squadron_ until they got ahold of a time machine and used it to import some hot babes from the 70s to the 40s. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/44 "2011-05-24T00:44:14Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I liked ER until the Dr. Green torture became too much. I quit watching ER about the time that Dr. Romano lost his hand. That wasn’t why I stopped, it was just about the time I decided I had better things to do with an hour. Like sleep. (Romano was killed about three weeks later, as I recall - my coworker told me about it.) My daughter recently convinced me that The Big Bang Theory is just a collection of offensive geek stereotypes, not worth watching. I’ve only seen it a few times, but the various snippets I have seen appear to bear her out. (She’s a geek. So am I) ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/45 "2011-05-24T00:49:18Z")
I liked ER until Dr. Greene’s tumor. But I kept watching until they dropped the helicopter on Romano - what a waste! I liked Lost until the Others became people living in a gated community. But I kept watching until the end… I liked Firefly until it got cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/46 "2011-05-24T00:50:32Z")
We also liked \*\*the 4400 \*\*until too many actors left and they could not explain it. I mean, the dude had a son(who was already cast too old) and he went away and we were supposed to forget about him. **V** (the new one) seemed interesting until…well, we realized it was exceedingly dull. I mean, man, we were so bored. Oh, and I just realized both these shows star the same guy, Joel Gretsch. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/47 "2011-05-24T00:55:21Z")
I liked MTV until they stopped showing videos. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/48 "2011-05-24T01:04:56Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I liked MTV until they stopped showing videos. :slight hijack: Was there a day in history where they, for the firs time, truly went 24 hours without a video? I mean, that is how it is now, right? Or do they still show videos at 3 AM? Still, when did they officially stop showing videos from 6 AM-11 PM? ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/49 "2011-05-24T02:01:48Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Your chronology works as well as mine. Wasn’t there a long wait between Meredeth jumping into the river and her not drowning? Well, that storyline was dragged out over three episodes, but it seems that they were shown on consecutive weeks: [http://www.tvfanatic.com/shows/greys-anatomy/episodes/season\_3/](http://www.tvfanatic.com/shows/greys-anatomy/episodes/season_3/) Actually, I wasn’t watching regularly during season 3, I put it on my ‘always watch’ list around the start of season 4, and went back to catch up on what I’d missed via the DVD box sets. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/50 "2011-05-24T02:07:04Z")
> [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](#): > > I liked The Unit until they decided the wives needed to be more involved in doing missions. And they became traitors, instead of patriots. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/51 "2011-05-24T02:08:58Z")
Roseanne/lottery ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/52 "2011-05-24T02:13:48Z")
I liked The Simpsons until Matt left to go make Futurama, and put Mike Scully in charge, and he turned into the celebrity cameo of the week show. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/53 "2011-05-24T15:15:00Z")
I liked Moonlighting until they slept together. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/54 "2011-05-24T15:40:09Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I liked Moonlighting until they slept together. I remember reading that _Bones_ writers and creators, as well as Boreanaz and Deschanel themselves, cited _Moonlighting_ as the very show not to emulate in terms of the principals having sex and thereby releasing whatever pent up chemistry they may have held for the audience. Other shows seem to be aware of the _Moonlighting Effect_ as well. It might be fun to identify a show that “jumped the shark” after the principals stopped having sex with each other! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/55 "2011-05-24T15:52:36Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I liked Moonlighting until they slept together. I liked _Remington Steele_ until they slept together. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/56 "2011-05-24T15:57:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > :slight hijack: > > Was there a day in history where they, for the firs time, truly went 24 hours without a video? I mean, that is how it is now, right? > > Or do they still show videos at 3 AM? Still, when did they officially stop showing videos from 6 AM-11 PM? I have NO idea. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/57 "2011-05-24T17:58:01Z")
I liked _Desparate Housewives_ until the Tornado episode. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/58 "2011-05-24T18:17:53Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > :slight hijack: > > Was there a day in history where they, for the firs time, truly went 24 hours without a video? I mean, that is how it is now, right? > > Or do they still show videos at 3 AM? Still, when did they officially stop showing videos from 6 AM-11 PM? Yeah, they still show music videos early in the morning. Probably the first time they went without music videos was after TRL was cancelled in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/59 "2011-05-24T19:02:28Z")
I liked Treme until the lawyer went on a rant about how the police failed to alert the family of the dead guy who was using an fake name that they had his body when how were they to know who the hell he was he was using a fake name. No resident of New Orleans on that show ever took any responsibility for their poorly run city. We’re just cool jazz hipsters, it’s up to the government to cover our asses as we do our cool jazz hipster stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873/60 "2011-05-24T19:12:34Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I liked _Remington Steele_ until they slept together. I liked _Get Smart_ until Max and 99 got married and slept together. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-show-i-liked_______until___happened-open-spoilers-probably/582873.md?page=4)