Shows that should have ended but carried on...

ollie1004 · 30/11/12 - 22:03

I seem to be catching up with an awful lot of old AND new television as of late, most notably the new Simpsons which I think has now gone on too long. This got me thinking to which other shows carried on too long... first springs to mind are;

The Simpsons
Only Fools (should have ended in 96)
Spooks
HIGNFY (the new series is dire)

Any others people can think of or opine over?

James2001 · 30/11/12 - 22:05

The Simpsons has gone on about 15 years too long...

pumazooma · 30/11/12 - 22:08

Those Essex and Chelsea shows.
Strictly
Big Brother
I Used to Be a Celebrity, Please Make Me Famous Again
Anything with Katona, Katie Price or Andre.

GoCompareThis · 30/11/12 - 22:09

X Factor
I'm A Celebrity - 10 years of this tripe?!
Big Brother - Should've been cancelled PERMANENTLY!
Strictly Come Dancing
TOWIE and every other reality show
Everything on MTV & ITV2
Loose Women
Daybreak
Cash in the Attic
Bargain Hunt
Homes Under the Hammer
Any other selling programme

James Frederick · 30/11/12 - 22:11

I agree with The Simpsons I don't watch it much but when I catch a new one it often feels like it's an old script just with a tweak here and there

far2cool · 30/11/12 - 22:12

The only way is Big Britain's got X Factor Brother in the Jungle

Hound of Love · 30/11/12 - 22:30

Shameless. Finally coming to an end next year though.

Big Brother

fallenshadow · 30/11/12 - 22:31

My Family

Brummie Girl · 30/11/12 - 22:34

Agree about Big Brother. When Channel 4 axed it after 10 years that should have been it.

felixrex · 30/11/12 - 23:24

Shameless went on about 5 series too long.

littlebooties · 30/11/12 - 23:31

House, Didnt like the last series.

Compton_scatter · 30/11/12 - 23:32

I'm surprised nobody has said DOND yet!

Saturn · 30/11/12 - 23:35

Definitely The Simpsons.

Gameshows seem to enjoy outstaying their welcome too. DOND, Weakest Link and particularly Millionaire have all gone on a few years too long.

[Deleted User] · 30/11/12 - 23:42

Eastenders, worst show on tv and absolute garbage.

Shameless should have went out about 5 years ago.

Old Bean · 01/12/12 - 00:28

Deal or No Deal.

Should never have crept past 2008.

[Deleted User] · 01/12/12 - 00:44

far2cool wrote: »

The only way is Big Britain's got X Factor Brother in the Jungle

The sequel to Gay celebrity dog owners ballroom dancing on ice - the little brothers results Xtra!

Yeah HIGNFY is getting to be a chore to watch. Time to freshen it or kill it perhaps?

[Deleted User] · 01/12/12 - 01:54

Another vote for Shameless here. Should have ended years ago.

SuperAPJ · 01/12/12 - 03:32

As already suggested, The X Factor. The quality has been poor for the last three years. I will also give another vote for Big Brother. I feel that it peaked way back in 2004. Subsequent series on Channel 4 were increasingly poor and the Channel 5 incarnation now is just awful. They are really flogging it now just because it was once a very entertaining and influential Reality TV brand and they've got the rights.

Nostalgic · 01/12/12 - 04:33

Heartbeat, it was stuck in 1969 since 2001

chloeb · 01/12/12 - 09:11

Miami vice... Aside from Freefall, last eps ever in season 5, should have ended at season 4, even that had some pretty dire eps

[Deleted User] · 01/12/12 - 09:17

far2cool wrote: »

The only way is Big Britain's got X Factor Brother in the Jungle

Very good

and very true

And the rest of you: lay off Strictly - some of us love it

kochspostulates · 01/12/12 - 09:29

Outnumbered - Used to be really good but the kids have got too old to be saying random cute things

Newsnight

ftv · 01/12/12 - 10:17

Dixon of Dock Green, the world's oldest serving policeman

Creamtea · 01/12/12 - 10:19

The Simpsons
Only Fools & Horses
Neighbours
This Morning
Shameless
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
EastEnders
X Factor
There's probably a ton more...

[Deleted User] · 01/12/12 - 10:40

GoCompareThis wrote: »

X Factor
I'm A Celebrity - 10 years of this tripe?!
Big Brother - Should've been cancelled PERMANENTLY!
Strictly Come Dancing
TOWIE and every other reality show
Everything on MTV & ITV2
Loose Women
Daybreak
Cash in the Attic
Bargain Hunt
Homes Under the Hammer
Any other selling programme

Great list........ but leave Strictly out of it, I still like it, just.:)

Masterchef is tired and needs a new and friendlier format and set (and no Greg).
As does Top Gear - used to love watching it but the foreign "adventures" are now repetitive slapstick and predictable.

And finally - no more Grand Designs and Location, Location please. Had enough of the wildly expensive and the implausable, fake house hunting.

Phil 2804 · 01/12/12 - 10:44

ollie1004 wrote: »

I seem to be catching up with an awful lot of old AND new television as of late, most notably the new Simpsons which I think has now gone on too long. This got me thinking to which other shows carried on too long... first springs to mind are;

The Simpsons
Only Fools (should have ended in 96)
Spooks
HIGNFY (the new series is dire)

Any others people can think of or opine over?

Dallas, the original series should have ended at the dream season, or at least the season after that with no return of Bobby. The story had gone full circle, Bobby's death meant JR finally became the chosen son, but it was a hollow victory and JR wasn't the same man without Bobby there, Pam sold Christopher's share of Ewing Oil back to JR, thus there was no longer any Barnes involvement in the family. They also pretty much closed the JR/ Sue Ellen story, she nearly dies early on and the thought of losing her for good is a wake up call to JR.

If they'd ended it there the series would have been remembered for the 9 terrific seasons and not the pale shadow it became later on.

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