# What are some shows that, in your opinion, never jumped the shark? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897 "2017-10-15T03:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/21 "2017-10-15T14:35:15Z")
Halt and Catch Fire just ended, and it was good the entire way. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/22 "2017-10-15T14:53:15Z")
The Wild, Wild West - 5 seasons ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/23 "2017-10-15T15:17:07Z")
A show that is still going, but will for sure be on a list like this someday : Better Call Saul. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/24 "2017-10-15T15:18:24Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > The Wild, Wild West - 5 seasons I dunno, some of the last episodes were kinda weird. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/25 "2017-10-15T15:40:53Z")
^ Sorry, IMDb says only 4 seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/26 "2017-10-15T18:15:13Z")
Sorry, Folks, but _M_A_S_H\*\* jumped Marine World. Several times. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/27 "2017-10-15T18:23:32Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Sorry, Folks, but _M_A_S_H\*\* jumped Marine World. > > Several times. Yeah, I have to agree. MASH jumped a whole school of sharks when it became the Alan Alda show. So did My Name Is Earl. I really liked the first two or three seasons of Earl, but it definitely jumped. I think Elementary has jumped the shark, as has The Blacklist. I used to like both shows a lot more than I do now. For non-jumpers, I would add Justified. Terrific every season. With an asterisk, I would also add The Americans. Unless something changes, they are only doing one more season, and the show is still terrific. I suppose the coming season could suck, or they could change their minds and make more seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/28 "2017-10-15T18:39:38Z")
Rescue Me never jumped no shark. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/29 "2017-10-15T18:51:25Z")
**Justified** is IMO one of the underappreciated greats in television. The unexpected brilliance of Walter Goggins’s portrayal of Boyd Crowder, and the unexpected chemistry between him and Timothy Olyphant, led to what was supposed to be a one-off villain becoming the Joker to the protagonist’s Batman, an archnemesis that sometimes went offstage, but never very far or for very long. The show was equal parts moving and hilarious (seriously, I’ve never laughed so much at a cop show), and the story arc held up for six seasons, through the last minutes of the series finale. No shark jumping whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/30 "2017-10-15T19:41:40Z")
The Wire. The Sopranos. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/31 "2017-10-15T19:51:23Z")
**Deadwood Six Feet Under Prime Suspect** (the original with Helen Mirren) **Justified** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/32 "2017-10-15T20:03:11Z")
_Friends Frasier ST:TOS ST:TNG ST: DS9 Seinfeld My Name Is Earl The West Wing Downton Abbey_ Each of these shows had some less-than-optimal episodes, but they never JTS as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/33 "2017-10-15T21:41:34Z")
Nurse Jackie The United States of Tara Dead Like Me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
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_The Rockford Files_ never jumped the shark, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/35 "2017-10-15T22:32:34Z")
Family guy and south park. Both shows are about 20 years old and both are still good quality. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/36 "2017-10-15T22:41:24Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Halt and Catch Fire just ended, and it was good the entire way. I agree with this ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/37 "2017-10-15T23:48:43Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Nurse Jackie > > Dead Like Me Nurse jackie- being a total ripoff of House- _started_ on the far side of a shark. But it’s not their fault- there have been another 3 shows based upon “brilliant but asshole medical professional with a drug problem”. Some people think that the\* Movie\* for DLM jumped the shark. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/38 "2017-10-15T23:51:51Z")
My picks will probably be controversial, but I think: \*\*LOST Battlestar Galactica\*\* never jumped the shark. I even like the finales to both, especially BSG. I agree that MASH was still great in the end. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/39 "2017-10-15T23:58:01Z")
I wanted to post The Bob Newhart Show but waited til I could think of one more recent…like from this century. 😛 NCIS, anyone mentioned that? never jumped. ---
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