# TV Shows that you have quit watching **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821 "2012-04-04T15:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/1 "2012-04-04T15:19:20Z")
As a spinoff of [Your current top 5 TV shows](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=647345) I’m curious which shows have dropped off your “must see” list within the past year or so. The show(s) should still be on – and you used to watch it/them some of the time – but you’ve just lost interest in following it/them anymore. It may not have been a “favorite” before, but now you just aren’t interested in it at all. For me, Survivor Body of Proof The Killing Unforgettable Person of Interest Touch ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/2 "2012-04-04T15:22:52Z")
I stopped watching: American Horror Story; Luck; that AMC zombie show; that AMC cowboy and trains show ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/3 "2012-04-04T15:32:15Z")
I watched the first two seasons of Sons of Anarchy on Netflix Instant and when the 3rd one finally came out I just never got around to it. Maybe I will someday, but there was such a long period of time I just sort of lost interest. But I wouldn’t say I ‘quit’ watching it. Once I start in on a show, I tend to stick with it. Hell, I’m still watching Ringer and now that I’ve seen a few episodes of GCB I’ll probably be watching it forever as well (and it’s not even that good). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/4 "2012-04-04T15:33:11Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I stopped watching: > American Horror Story; > Luck; > that AMC zombie show; > that AMC cowboy and trains show I must have missed the “cowboy and trains” thing! 🙂 I bailed on American Horror Story after the second episode. I’d still be watching (and enjoying) Luck if they hadn’t chickened out and called it quits. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/5 "2012-04-04T15:33:42Z")
I haven’t stopped watching anything. (I don’t know what I’m going to watch once my favorites are off the air forever - reruns, I suppose. I get stuck on things, I find it hard to find ‘new’ favorites.) … Oh, wait - I’ve stopped watching late night talk shows. When David Letterman got into that whole brou-ha-ha about Bristol Palin, the whole thing just turned me right off. Never went back…I anticipate stopping watching the Today Show in the future if they get rid of Ann Curry. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/6 "2012-04-04T15:38:40Z")
Same here. Once I start watching, I’m usually there 'til the end. The last show I just quit was **Lost**. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/7 "2012-04-04T15:38:58Z")
_Heroes Glee Pan Am_ I also am slow to watch the second season of **Treme**. I might catch it this summer. And, I also tend to stick with a show forever (hence managing to watch more Treme). But the three I’ve dropped were just particularly horrible to me and I didn’t want to waste my time. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/8 "2012-04-04T15:43:05Z")
House ~ Only seen a couple of episodes of the final season. From what I have seen it should’ve been canceled at the end of s6. Bones ~ Honestly kept forgetting to watch it, so I haven’t seen anything past the episode where Bones tells Booth she’s pregnant. Supernatural ~ I’ve seen 2 episodes of season 7, and from what I’ve seen it should’ve ended at the end of season 5. Season 6 just seemed tossed together, and from what I’ve read about 7, it isn’t much better. Eureka ~ I stopped watching due to syfy’s way of doing their schedule. I might pick up all the seasons once they’re out on dvd, since the final season starts soon. Warehouse 13 ~ See Eureka. Now about the only thing I try to catch on a regular basis anymore is Storage Wars, Young Justice, Green Lantern, and Ben 10. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/9 "2012-04-04T15:48:48Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > …I anticipate stopping watching the Today Show in the future if they get rid of Ann Curry. Whereas Ann Curry drives me crazy, and not in a good way; clueless princess with too much money. Plus, The Today Show has turned into nothing but a ball of fluff with little or no news. The Sarah Palin bit was the shark that jumped that tank and I think CBS now has a new viewer after decades of me watching NBC. Fairly recent shows we have stopped watching: Fringe Grimm New Girl Also, it is never a good sign when I have multiple shows of the same series on my DVR that I haven’t bothered to watch. Currently I have: Once Upon A Time The Gifted Man Awake ---
**Author:** ![piepiepie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@piepiepie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piepiepie)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/10 "2012-04-04T15:48:54Z")
House, Glee, and after Monday, most likely Bones. My Southpark viewership comes and goes. I also gave up on that NBC show with Lucius Malfoy…Awake? Loved the pilot though. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/11 "2012-04-04T15:49:42Z")
The Walking Dead Breaking Bad Family Guy The Simpsons Back when they were still on I also abandoned The Sopranos and Deadwood before their runs ended. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/12 "2012-04-04T15:51:49Z")
Glee, definitely. And Pan Am, although that got cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/13 "2012-04-04T15:54:01Z")
The ones I gave up after a season or more: _Heroes Glee Biggest Loser Survivor Apprentice_ I guess _The Simpsons_ would go on that list too. I didn’t purposefully give it up, I just kept forgetting to watch it until I finally forgot that I was forgetting and one day I just wasn’t watching it anymore. Recent shows I quit after only a few episodes: _Grimm Once Upon a Time_ _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ might fit on this list - it’s not a recent show but a few months ago I tried watching it on Netflix and only got through a handful of episodes before I decided I didn’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/14 "2012-04-04T15:55:55Z")
I went and looked up [Zeldar’s Nielsen Ratings Help](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613832) where I had asked for help in determining which of my “then favorite shows” had a good chance of returning this past season. It was a bit of a shock to see that at that time I had Grey’s Anatomy on my list! But I also see that I failed to mention (on that current favorites thread) Blue Bloods and Fringe, both of which I still watch and think of as good shows. I guess the point is that my tastes change rather rapidly these days and I have limited tolerance for poor writing and silly plots. And I have yet to understand why _Touch_ got such rave reviews after that pilot. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/15 "2012-04-04T15:56:18Z")
House - lost ‘it’ factor after cast shuffles Desperate Housewives - too many rehash plots Bones - asperger’s schtick is just boring Criminal Minds - one too many totally gross plots Happy Endings - don’t care about the characters enough to watch more sure there’s more I WISH I’d quit watching Lost. still bitter… ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/16 "2012-04-04T15:58:50Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I must have missed the “cowboy and trains” thing! … I thin it was called Hell on Wheels, I saw like two episodes and bailed. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/17 "2012-04-04T16:05:46Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I thin it was called Hell on Wheels, I saw like two episodes and bailed. Yeah. I think I made it to three episodes. Spartacus: Vengeance I got three or four episodes in to this seasonand then it somehow dropped from my DVR and I never bothered to re-add it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/18 "2012-04-04T16:06:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Same here. Once I start watching, I’m usually there 'til the end. The last show I just quit was **Lost**. I suppose I technically quit that one, but I don’t count it. My ex-wife started watching it so I watched the first few episodes with her and had no interest in it. So I gave up after two episodes on it. IMO, that’s not quitting a show, since I never really ‘watched’ it to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/19 "2012-04-04T16:07:03Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I thin it was called Hell on Wheels, I saw like two episodes and bailed. Thanks for the ID on the show. AMC has demonstrated that _Breaking Bad_ is the only one of their original shows that really deserves praise, in spite of _Mad Men_ having some good seasons before now. But they have shown poor judgment with too many efforts for me to buy their claims for good series. _The Killing_ was the last straw for me. I feel similarly about Showtime’s efforts. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/20 "2012-04-04T16:12:51Z")
I stopped watching 2 Broke Girls… it’s just not funny. I also have a pretty huge backlog of The Simpsons, but I haven’t quite given up yet. I also stopped watching The Amazing Race. It’s a good show, but it puts me in this weird anxious/frustrated frame of mind so I just decided I didn’t want to deal with it anymore. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821.md?page=2)