# TV shows that got worse as they became more popular **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305 "2025-04-21T13:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 132
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305/132 "2025-06-25T00:05:33Z")
> [@digs](#): > > but now I’m wondering, which other shows are there, where the worst episodes are better than what’s currently on There are a couple of recent threads which touch on this. > [@Old favorite TV show is holding up in rewatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-favorite-tv-show-is-holding-up-in-rewatch/1018997): > > If people haven’t guessed from references in “TV Binge-watch,” I have been rewatching one of my favorite shows from high school, and it is holding up really well. Cagney & Lacey Lacey’s work to maintain an egalitarian marriage, and Cagney’s attempts to balance being “One of the guys” without getting to the point of spouting any of their sexist rhetoric herself are surprisingly relevant. The main characters themselves are not dated, and the plots are not significantly so in that few of them hi… I see [you posted in the other one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-television-shows/1017366) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305)._