TV Shows That Should have been Left Alone

Submitted by Lili_Danube t3_127nwgh in television

Homicide: Life on the Street should never have added Falsone and Ballard.

Sex And The City likes to beat a dead horse. Looking at you, Sarah.

All in the Family should not have become Archie Bunker's Place. It actually should have ended on Season 8 of AITF.

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AdobayAkeechayWah t1_jef5z28 wrote

Survivor started out as a really interesting lens on human nature. Now it’s just a game show.

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DisturbedNocturne t1_jegoapt wrote

I think Survivor had to pivot at some point and, if it didn't, it probably wouldn't have lasted as long as it has. There's only so many times you can watch someone starving, struggling to find food, unable to build a decent shelter, and having to weather the elements before it becomes old hat. The personality conflicts with the new casts and the game elements that serve to drive them help to keep it fresh.

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bitca57 t1_jefla55 wrote

The revival of Will & Grace. It didn't have anything particularly interesting to say nor did it do anything positive to the main characters. They took away the families that both Will and Grace built in the finale, pretended the finale was a dream, and then further ruined their characters/relationships. Watching Will and Grace be in their 40's and 50's STILL living together not having partners is sad to me.

The revival SHOULD have kept Will and Vince as a couple and Grace and Leo as a couple and went from there. If they wanted to do the whole "it was a dream finale" thing, sure, okay. But at least keep their respected partners still in play. It was just sad watching the revival and realizing these characters still can't have a proper relationship with anyone other than each other.

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Chasa619 t1_jef787x wrote

Firefly should have aired all of it's episodes in order.

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vilkav t1_jefudww wrote

I'll stand by the original Season 4's cut in that it tried something different. It was still full of meta jokes and deconstruction, and was very self-aware of its production issues, which I always found hilarious. It takes watching the whole thing for it to be worth it, as it was meant to be watchable in almost any order, so half the jokes only pay off 7 or 8 episodes later, but it was still a fun victory lap.

But Arrested Development's Season 5 should have never been made.

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KumagawaUshio t1_jefy5yk wrote

Only Fools and Horses it should have been left alone after the 1996 Christmas specials but no they had to do 3 more that added nothing and ended the series on a downer.

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RegularGuy815 t1_jeez0hu wrote

I ostensibly had the tv on when season 5 of Prison Break and Heroes aired and yet I cannot tell you a single thing about them.

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kazh t1_jefk3yf wrote

If Heroes could have been left alone and bottled up after season one, we might have got an inspired revival by now.

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Lili_Danube OP t1_jeezo5r wrote

Those shows were HUGE while they aired. Now nobody ever talks about them.

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