As in, they never became bad? They always remained good, the entire run through, every season.
Shows that have TWO SEASONS or less don’t count, by the way. So while most would say “Firefly”, that one is obvious because it only had one season. Same with Pushing Daisies, although that one had two season. Still, it remained great all throughout the whole run…but it just doesn’t have enough seasons (IMO) to matter much. When you only have two seasons to your name, it makes it MUCH easier to be good all the way through.
I’m talking about shows that have had at least three seasons or more.
Now…the challenge of “good all the way through” is a hard one, because there were a lot of seasons that I think were pretty good all the way through BUT one season, like That 70s Show or Roseanne…
…but sadly, I can’t include either of those on this list because both of those shows last season SUCKED. Hard.
No, this should just be shows that you think had NO bad seasons. Every season was good, up until the end. It doesn’t mean you think all the episodes were good–every show is gonna have a bad or slow episode once in awhile–but just as an overall experience, what shows do you think were pretty much solid the entire time it was on?
In my opinion, Weeds never got bad. Neither did The Office. And, obviously, Breaking Bad. **Prison Break **was also pretty good for every season it had.
**How I Met Your Mother **was close. It almost made it. But that last season was a bit more silly and hokey and unrealistic than all of the rest of it was. It just didn’t match up to the rest, sadly. The last season had its moments, though…80 percent of it is good, I’d say. But just not all.
Barney Miller? Does “posthumous” shark-jumping count? Because you might want to reconsider WKRP, if you’ve ever seen the syndicated version. (Ditto Prison Break and X-Files, if it’s brought up.)
Seinfeld, The Johnny Cash Show, All in the Family i.e. Archie Bunkers Place.
Johnny Cash introduced America to a wide range of Rock, pop, and country artists. It was the tv debut for many of them. The show could have gone on another three seasons. Johnny was still booking great musicians
Seinfeld deliberately pulled the plug while they were still a great show. He wouldn’t let it decline.
All in the Family completely reinvented itself as Archie Bunkers Place. New cast and new challenges for Archie ( running a bar with a Jewish partner). Great show. I think people had just grown tired of Archie after so many years.
’ The walking Dead ’ cannot be beat. But I guess it doesn’t count since it still active. Johnny Carson went out on top. Downton Abbey was great every season. I liked every Star Trek I ever saw, but that’s just me!
**Barney Miller **- Actually got better with each season. Perfect series wrap-up.
**Frasier **- Even the Miles/Daphne/marriage/baby storyline holds up. Gomer Pyle, USMC - Solid from beginning to end. Leave It To Beaver - Ditto. Underrated, in my opinion. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Nothing jumpy here. The Dick Van Dyke Show - The shows where the folks entertained sometimes made me thing of motorboats and water skis, but I don’t think the skiers ever actually got airborn. Happy Days
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