# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/61 "2012-04-05T13:12:49Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > You sound like me; Once I’ve formed an attachement to a show I have a hard time giving it up. My wife quit on both _ER_ and _NYPD Blue_ several seasons before they ended, but I kept plugging away. I can’t honestly tell her she missed anything worthwhile. Both shows were shells of their former selves by the end, but somehow I felt like I owed it to them to see it through to the finish, or something. Sounds strange, I know, but I guess there are worse pathologies I could be afflicted with. I could have written this. I will watch all my favorite shows, no matter how bad they’ve become, to the bitter, bitter end. How can I NOT? I WANT to see the finale. (We went to a school function some years ago and the principal said, “we’ll make this evening short, folks, I know you all want to get home in time for the finale of Home Improvement”. LOL!) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/62 "2012-04-05T15:45:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Bones- used to be a great show, but the whole baby thing is boring and lame. There is no more tension between Temperance and Seely, as usually happens when characters like them get together. Monday’s episode looked like a rerun of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. I haven’t watched _Bones_ for a long time, but am still disappointed at the trailer showing Temperance going into labor in the car with Booth, and saying “There’s no time to get to the hospital – pull over!” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/63 "2012-04-05T16:39:49Z")
As funny as Beavis and Butthead MST3King music videos and reality shows was i gave up on the new episodes because there was too little of that and too much of their stupid adventures. ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/64 "2012-04-05T17:00:42Z")
_Bones_ - Stopped a few seasons ago because it got annoying, not even sure why it was annoying me but I don’t miss it. _NCIS_ and _Psych_ - Just recently stopped watching these. I had 2-3 episodes of each on the DVR that I couldn’t bring myself to watch. NCIS is just the same show over and over again, which didn’t used to bother me but now I almost hate it. Psych just stopped being funny somewhere along the way. I deleted them and the Series recordings and don’t miss them at all. _Castle_ - I currently have 3 episodes waiting and even started watching one but ugh, just so boring and I don’t care at all about any of the characters anymore. I’ll probably delete them when I get home. An older one, _Monk_ - I really used to love this. I had a bunch of unwatched ones on my old Tivo, which I had to reset, so I lost all the episodes. Then I realized that I didn’t really care anyway so I never went back and watched them online. I kind of wonder if he ever caught his wife’s killer and I could catch up on Netflix but I don’t care enough to bother. _Fringe_ - Still watching but kinda wish it would just end so I can stop watching. _Rizzoli and Isles_ - Despite myself I really enjoyed the first season but I loathed the first episode of the second season and only made it part way through the second one before giving up in disgust. It went waaaay downhill. Used to be fun and it just became a boring cliche. Loraine Bracco completely ruined it for me. _Body of Proof_ - I have kinda sorta been watching this sporadically on demand. I haven’t quite given up just yet but that daughter really gets on my nerves. Show would be better without her. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/65 "2012-04-05T17:44:04Z")
_NCIS_ has been overexposed on the USA Network, and I can no longer stomach it despite it having two absolute hotties on it (Ziva and Abbey) and my liking most of the other characters. At least in House (which I watched off and on for about a year) I had the excuse that I didn’t really like anybody at all. ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/66 "2012-04-05T18:00:57Z")
_House_, _Criminal Minds_, _Rizzoli & Isles_, _Todd and the Book of Pure Evil_ and despite really liking _Stargate: SG-1_ and _Stargate: Atlantis_ I will not touch _Stargate: Universe_. ---
**Author:** ![elbravoiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@elbravoiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbravoiv)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/67 "2012-04-07T00:40:52Z")
not still on, but i need to mention it because i feel robbed of a few dozen hours of my life - LOST, … man that was a crime ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/68 "2012-04-07T05:48:59Z")
House - They cut Cudy and I just don’t care anymore. Morning Joe - tired of hearing righteous indignation from someone the taxpayer’s are supporting [AND PAYING FOR HIS HEALTHCARE]. And Mika–don’t get me started–she wrote a book? Great…when my father is head of the TLC and then gets a high level job in the White House, I will read her book on how to cope with that, otherwise it is irrelevant. Hot in Cleveland - the first three shows were really good, then they went to the darkside of most sitcoms, cheap sex jokes, gender battles, old age jokes. Charlie Rose - quit interrupting everyone! And when you interrupt ask a genuinely challenging question. on a short leash: American Experience: revisionist history is creeping in. Castle: it is now about THE RELATIONSHIP. No, it is not. Mad Men: has it become too self aware? Best Shows on TV: Nova Frontline 30 Rock ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/69 "2012-04-07T05:57:02Z")
Castle Burn Notice Once Upon a Time I gave up on Burn Notice after they put the guy back in the CIA. Once Upon a Time - I got fed up with the slow pace and not really learning anything from episode to episode. Celebrity Apprentice I’ll finish this season and don’t plan to watch again. Doctor Who - I’ll watch a couple episodes next season and see if its gotten better. Otherwise I’m done with it. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/70 "2012-04-07T06:50:13Z")
Interesting how much overlap there is. I seem to be someone who watches the series beginning to end (never missed a Survivor episode) or I pick up some random couple episodes in a random season and then forget to keep watching. Law and Order (if I want to watch it, I will turn on USA) CSI Two & a Half Men American Idol Most Fox Cartoons (love Bobs Burgers) I want to stoP watching The Biggest Loser but I love the workouts. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/71 "2012-04-07T08:03:37Z")
**phxjcc** -Name an example of revitionist history? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/72 "2012-04-07T09:32:46Z")
\*\*The Voice \*\*- at first I liked it for it’s differences from _American Idol_, but it just hasn’t held my interest. \*\*Ringer \*\*- enjoyed the first several episodes, but it got worse and worse as the season wore on. **The Killing** - the writing was so bad I should have given up halfway through season 1, but I stuck with it to the end of the season just to find out who killed Rosie Larsen. :smack: **American Chopper Deadliest Catch** ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/73 "2012-04-07T10:39:59Z")
Survivor Biggest Loser Apprentice 2 & a half Men Desparate Housewives (just not very good after a cracking first season) NZ soap Shortland St (too many recycled plots & the 2 actors with genuine comic timing left) ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/74 "2012-04-07T10:48:46Z")
> [@Imago](#): > > and despite really liking _Stargate: SG-1_ and _Stargate: Atlantis_ I will not touch _Stargate: Universe_. Word (or whatever it is the kewl kidz are saying these days when they agree with something) > [@aceplace57](#): > > Castle > I gave up on Burn Notice after they put the guy back in the CIA. They did? When? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/75 "2012-04-07T15:56:10Z")
> [@bafaa](#): > > An older one, _Monk_ - I really used to love this. I had a bunch of unwatched ones on my old Tivo, which I had to reset, so I lost all the episodes. Then I realized that I didn’t really care anyway so I never went back and watched them online. I kind of wonder if he ever caught his wife’s killer and I could catch up on Netflix but I don’t care enough to bother. I used to like Monk a lot, too, but in the later episodes, too much was made of his quirky behavior. In the beginning, his OCD was just a part of his personality; later, whole episodes focused on it and the murder investigation took a back seat. I will occasionally watch reruns ('cause I kind of had/have a thing for Stottelmeier), but only if they’re before 2004. As for the ending… this is gonna KILL ya: I may not have all the details exactly right, but the crux is that right before Trudy was killed, she gave Monk a wrapped package for Christmas or their anniversary or something. After she was killed, he never opened it, but left it sitting on a shelf. In the last episode something or other happened and he opened the package. In it was a clue/information of some kind that pointed to her killer. She was working on a story and knew she was in danger and left Monk the package in case something happened to her. So if he had opened the package right away, he would have solved her murder immediately-- and yeah, there would have been no series, but c’mon! that was just a cruel and unusual way to end the show. After he spent all those years obsessed (understandably) with solving her murder and the answer sat in a box on a shelf in his house the whole freakin’ time??? I was really pissed when I saw that episode. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/76 "2012-04-07T22:14:42Z")
The first season of **The Apprentice** was quite fun and suspenseful. I watched for a few seasons after that, but they never lived up to the first one. And now you couldn’t pay me to watch that asshat Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/77 "2012-04-07T22:55:42Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I could have written this. I will watch all my favorite shows, no matter how bad they’ve become, to the bitter, bitter end. How can I NOT? I WANT to see the finale. (We went to a school function some years ago and the principal said, “we’ll make this evening short, folks, I know you all want to get home in time for the finale of Home Improvement”. LOL!) On the opposite hand, I almost never watch any show all the way through to its season finale. Generally, my interest will start to wane around the 3rd or 4th season. Either the writers start running out of ideas, plotlines start recycling themselves, the cast changes or shifts in tone or focus can all put me off. Or sometimes I just lose interest for no particular reason at all. I quit watching “X-Files” after Season 5, “Lost” midway through season 2, “Battlestar Galactica” after season 3, “The Simpsons” after season 7, “Castle” after the season 4 premier, “30 Rock” after season 4, etc., etc., etc. The only long-running series I can think of where I’ve seen all the episodes was “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”. ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/78 "2012-04-08T00:58:20Z")
> [@Corcaigh](#): > > Word > > (or whatever it is the kewl kidz are saying these days when they agree with something) Word’s the word, mah worldly fellow wordie. And shizz. Yo. 😛 Oh man. I’m just gonna quietly saunter back to the 90’s now. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/79 "2012-04-08T03:05:19Z")
House is the only one I actually gave up. I am also a season behind on Community, but I do plan on catching up once I get a chance. I sill haven’t seen the finale of season 2, and I don’t want to be spoiled by jumping to the beginning of season 3. And I’m afraid I’ll be lost if I just start in out of order. I wish all shows were set up like South Park, or that Megavideo wasn’t gone. ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821/80 "2012-04-08T04:23:29Z")
American Horror Story - too silly after a few eps terra nova - realized it was dumb after 6 eps eastbound and down - just havent been compelled to watch the new season treme - 1st season was great, but i havent watched one ep of 2nd season… walking dead- just lost interest, havent watched 2nd season new girl- i liked the show, but didnt like where it was heading, trying to hook jess up with the whiny negative douchebag roommate, he’s no ross gellar, who made his misery funny [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-you-have-quit-watching/617821.md?page=5)