07-22-2022, 05:57 PM
I'm gonna say this... NO OTHER long running show besides Gunsmoke could do this.
No other show could pull this off.
MOST shows jump the shark.
Even the "Short, Amazing" ones jumped the shark.
EVERY SHOW jumps the shark at one point or another.
Take "Mr. Robot" (2015) for example... it was an EXCELLENT show from start to finish. Even Mr. Robot jumped the shark (the TV show/dream episode).
I can't think of a show that didn't JTS, and just because the show doesn't get cancelled or end doesn't mean it DIDN'T jump the shark. Take "Supernatural" (2005) for example, that show made jumping the shark okay because it did it so often, yet somehow continued to stay on the air. It played into the shark jumping trope and made a joke out of the whole thing. That can only work for a comedy.
A show that didn't jump the shark prettymuch doesn't exist.
Gunsmoke definitely JTS at some point, but I guess the only question is how egregious was it?? How bad was the shark jumping moment? Did it happen more than once?? Because it hasn't REALLY happened yet so far. You can't count Thad leaving as a JTS moment, in fact, the only character who COULDN'T leave would be Marshal Dillon.
No other show could pull this off.
MOST shows jump the shark.
Even the "Short, Amazing" ones jumped the shark.
EVERY SHOW jumps the shark at one point or another.
Take "Mr. Robot" (2015) for example... it was an EXCELLENT show from start to finish. Even Mr. Robot jumped the shark (the TV show/dream episode).
I can't think of a show that didn't JTS, and just because the show doesn't get cancelled or end doesn't mean it DIDN'T jump the shark. Take "Supernatural" (2005) for example, that show made jumping the shark okay because it did it so often, yet somehow continued to stay on the air. It played into the shark jumping trope and made a joke out of the whole thing. That can only work for a comedy.
A show that didn't jump the shark prettymuch doesn't exist.
Gunsmoke definitely JTS at some point, but I guess the only question is how egregious was it?? How bad was the shark jumping moment? Did it happen more than once?? Because it hasn't REALLY happened yet so far. You can't count Thad leaving as a JTS moment, in fact, the only character who COULDN'T leave would be Marshal Dillon.
