# 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:** 3
**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 16, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/41 "2017-10-16T00:13:28Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > 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. The movie for DLM was indeed terrible, but it came out years after the series ended, so I look at it separately. I think NJ had a more realistic depiction of medical professional drug addiction since it was her undoing in the end. House lived happily ever after, just like Holmes (on which it was based). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/42 "2017-10-16T01:02:46Z")
The show I came in to suggest – **The Dick van Dyke Show** – has been mentioned a couple of times already. I’ll add **The Prisoner** – although, with only one season, that’s not surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/43 "2017-10-16T02:31:05Z")
“Upstairs, Downstairs” 1970s version “I Love Lucy” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/44 "2017-10-16T02:35:38Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > The movie for DLM was indeed terrible, but it came out years after the series ended, so I look at it separately. I think NJ had a more realistic depiction of medical professional drug addiction since it was her undoing in the end. House lived happily ever after, just like Holmes (on which it was based). 😕 He drove off into the sunset with his terminally ill friend, and House could never practice medicine again or live a normal life. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/45 "2017-10-16T03:10:27Z")
What about _Happy Days_? That never jumped the shark, did it? ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/46 "2017-10-16T04:30:15Z")
30 Rock Slings and Arrows mc ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/47 "2017-10-16T06:02:49Z")
Luther. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/48 "2017-10-16T06:29:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > What about _Happy Days_? That never jumped the shark, did it? 😃 ---
**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 16, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/49 "2017-10-16T06:47:59Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > What about _Happy Days_? That never jumped the shark, did it? Well, at least it never nuked the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/50 "2017-10-16T10:20:41Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > **Family guy** and south park. Both shows are about 20 years old and both are still good quality. Ew. Gross. On a more serious note, I’m not sure whether a show that didn’t so much decline in quality as always be kinda hit-or-miss can be said to jump the shark. American Dad is another one of those shows like Family Guy - never really got noticeably worse, but from the start there were always episodes that were kinda duds (or, in the case of shit like Seahorse Seashell Party or Fresh Heir, are just offensively horrible _and_ horribly offensive). So if we’re going to put Family Guy on this list, American Dad definitely belongs there. South park… I dunno, I’d say season 20 is pretty close to a shark-jump. ---
**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 16, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/51 "2017-10-16T12:37:13Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Luther. See, for me, as soon as they killed the wife it jumped the shark. Hell, rest of the post is gonna be spoilers for the first season, fair warning. The idea of an angry loser of a detective who ruins his personal life through impetuous violence, but who is a genius in the office, is already completely cliche, but it was fun to watch because Idris Elba is so damn good. But to take that cliche and pile onto it the woman in refrigerator trope, to motivate him with a dead wife? Aw, C’MON! I watched out the rest of that season, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. Surely the writers can do better than the murdered lady routine. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/52 "2017-10-16T13:17:54Z")
The Big Bang Theory is in its 11th season, has gone through a multiple of changes and has yet to tiptoe the guppy. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/53 "2017-10-16T14:20:48Z")
Antiques Roadshow 😃 same plot every week, but always fascinating beginning to end! ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/54 "2017-10-16T14:32:43Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > 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. Ugh you actually liked the latest season? My wife and I are huge fans of The Americans but we were bored out of our skulls with season four. It had a few good ideas, but stretched out to cover waaaaay too much time. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/55 "2017-10-16T15:10:17Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > Ugh you actually liked the latest season? My wife and I are huge fans of The Americans but we were bored out of our skulls with season four. It had a few good ideas, but stretched out to cover waaaaay too much time. Yeah, I still liked it, but I will admit that it was the weakest season so far. I’ve read that they have had the storyline worked out for awhile, but it seems like perhaps they stretched the plot out over two final seasons instead of one once they were renewed for the final two seasons. ---
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/56 "2017-10-16T16:21:02Z")
Justified - never jumped, also very underappreciated Futurama - IMO the better of the MG animated series The Wire - best drama series EVER? definitely did not jump any water predators The Good Wife - wife got me interested, watched every episode Also agree on West Wing, House and Weeds ---
**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 16, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/57 "2017-10-16T18:05:18Z")
The Leftovers never jumped the shark. Damn good series too, all 28 episodes, one of the finest ever made. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/58 "2017-10-16T18:30:52Z")
_Third Rock from the Sun_ was good right up to its last moment. “Da, da da da da da DA DA SPACESHIP…” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/59 "2017-10-16T18:47:17Z")
I was going to say **Sports Night** but that was only two seasons. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-shows-that-in-your-opinion-never-jumped-the-shark/798897/60 "2017-10-16T18:58:06Z")
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