# 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:** 159
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305/159 "2025-10-16T14:43:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > an ambulance was in the background? I did not, but my wife did. D’oh! I read an article by the showrunner, He’s quite proud of the new season. And that piece answered a question I had from earlier, about Isobel: > [@What could happen to CBS' FBI in the trump era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-happen-to-cbs-fbi-in-the-trump-era/1013818/1): > > (in this viewer’s opinion, she’s also an example of the Peter Principle, in that she has been promoted above her competency level. She’s a bad SAC, and she’s a terrible people manager. Trouble is, I’m not sure the show runners see her that way.) The show runner thinks she’s the “heart and soul” of 26 Fed. The creamy center of the FBI Oreo, the drum solo in In A Gadda Da Vida. And poor Jubal. The Mr Motivation Riker to Isobel’s Picard. He gets no recognition. I mean, he just successfully saved the FBI and exposed a conspiratorial organization within the core of the agency, and…he gets to continue as…whatever he does. He should have the SAC job. And Alana can find that her ADA Rubirosa character has dual US-Canadian citizenship and move to L&O:Toronto:Criminal Intent. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305)._