Shows that were good, but not anymore

teenage mutant ninja turtels was good up until it got to the time worp stuff and yea........it was bad.

 

Pokémon. I like the seasons from gen. 1 through 3 but the newer episodes just aren't as great.

 

Yu Gi Oh!, Beyblade, Pokémon, Bones, Criminal Minds, CSI, Code Lyoko (Evolution is crap), Legend of Korra (first few episode were great, second half of season 1 sucked and the rest of the show will suck too), Digimon...

Hm I am really blanking out on TV shows... I don't really watch TV anymore.

 

I still love One Piece, but definitely Bleach for me. After the main plot finished, the show crashed and burned. That other arc they tried to start up after was awful, and the show, while interesting at first, was basically the same plot repeated (i.e., damsel in distress, Ichigo goes to save said damsel, Ichigo loses to the main villain, Ichigo trains - usually learning something that takes years to master - or learns something vital, Ichigo goes back and wins. rinse, wash, repeat).

 

Scrubs was funny until the ninth season came around. The plot had literally moved off the original characters and onto some other nobs.

Psych was absolutely hilarious near its beginning seasons and it was really good in terms of the mysteries and crimes they solved and the methods by which they were solved. But now, all the original humour and thought-provoking plot has been put through the wringer and we're left with a completely shallow husk with characters that have been reduced to cartoonish parodies of themselves and VERY predictable plots. Who'll bet that when they arrive at the first suspect's house half-way through the episode, the suspect will be found dead, and Shaun will act like an idiot about it?

 

In fact, Scrubs was FINISHED with the eighth season, I still don't know why they did this spin-off madness, a.k.a. the ninth season. I consider it as a new sub-series, since it has different characters and plotline, so Scrubs is still my favourite sitcom and even one of my favourite shows, but Scrubs: Med School or I don't know what was its name, was horrible.

But to stay on-topic, I'd say How I met your Mother. The original idea and the first few seasons were awesome, but it became so long and nonsense that it's unwatchable. The characters are now unrealistic, there is nothing to tell anymore, as the unreal situations are useless to tell serious problems. Somewhy the writers ALWAYS put a joke in every scene... ALWAYS. Even if it should be a totally serious moment, they NEED to put a lame joke at that scene too. There are moments when you DON'T want or need to laugh, just think about the things you hear, see, or experience. Also, the other thing: the whole mother question could be awesome, IF we know the mother sooner or later. Some random chick at the last season is not sentimental, it's just another unreal moment of the show. It could be wonderful if we see who becomes the mother, but naaaw, they needed this Ted + Robin bull**** again. It's not funny, it's not interesting, it's just boring.

Oh, and Barney is one of the worst characters I've ever seen. Even in the early seasons.

 

Pokémon definitely, Code Lyoko, and Spongebob. The new Pokémon seasons are made for Nick Jr., Code Lyoko Evolution is a piece of shit, and Spongebob is also getting towards the Nick Jr. type thing.

 

Pokémon is the obvious answer, but I'll think of some more...

(and aww, seeing How I Met Your Mother on here, I watched the entire thing and enjoyed the crap out of it...)

How about, Family Guy. While I still laugh at the jokes, Family Guy has become so flat and I don't really care for it anymore. I know it never really had much depth and people always watched it for the funniness, but now it's just gotten ridiculously stupid. I still thoroughly enjoy American Dad, but Family Guy just doesn't do it for me anymore.

I also want to say Community. That was one of my favorite shows, and when I heard it was returning this year I was so excited. But when I watched the new episodes, it just... really disappointed me. I can't really explain it. It's just not nearly as good as it used to be

It makes me sad when shows get less and less enjoyable. It's even worse than just getting cancelled, especially when it gets really bad...

 

Family Guy came to mind instantly for me, although I have a less favorable opinion of it. I think it's shit now. It's gone in the direction of contrived "randomness" and memes instead of actually well written jokes, and it doesn't feel natural, everything that happens feels forced, like people are trying way too hard. I hate it.

The Simpsons also isn't what it used to be. I don't mnd it like I do Family Guy, but it's not at the same level it was say 10 or 15 years ago.

 

I actually feel the opposite, with Pokémon. I stopped watching after gen1, but I loved the Team Plasma/N arc, fairly recently. (I liked the more serious tone of it, rather than a bunch of goofy silly filler episodes)

But I digress. Although it's not on, anymore, Heroes and Lost. Loved the first season. Second season was...okay. Then it just got progressively worse. Lost Girl and Alphas are right up there, too. I'd also like to stick Futurama on the list. Although it hasn't quite gotten to BAD, it's not quite as good as it used to be, either. I hate to see it go, but at the same time, I feel had they not cancelled it (again) that it would have continued to drag, like The Simpsons.

 

Lost Girl isn't that bad. Some of the new episodes are okay. The overall storyline is just way too complicated now, it all feels rushed.

 

Heroes. The first season was amazing, and then it really started sliding.

The Big Three. One Piece, Bleach, Naruto. To be fair though, blame filler.

Death Note. The first part of the anime up until Rem had a writing frenzy was amazing. Spot on to the manga and all. And then we got past the timeskip and suddenly the anime just...collapsed. It took about 25 episodes to do 7 volumes, and then 12 episodes to do 5. In short; they cut, crammed, forced, and it just didn't work as well.

Dragonball Z. The series was great up to the Frieza arc, and that was supposed to be the finale; the end of a saga beginning in Dragonball where Goku developed not only to becoming the strongest on Earth, but the strongest in the Universe and thus its savior. He discovered who he was, where he'd come from, and achieved a singularly legendary state only ever spoken of. And then suddenly everyone and their uncle can go Super-Saiyan and Frieza can get one-shotted by a gary stu level character.

 

Pokémon, definitly. The graphics are good, and all. But the storytine and characters are just getting annoying now.

 

Weeds. this show was GREAT for like the first season or two and then it just got really really bad. i gave up towards the beginning of the 7th season but it went downhill long before that. The episodes used to jerk my emotions around and make me cry but then Nancy turned into an idiot slut and it just all digressed from there.

 

Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! for me. I really enjoyed the original YGO and GX but I wasn't so happy with 5DS and Zexal. I enjoyed watching Pokémon as a little kid and I have fond memories of the old Pokémon. Nowadays, I don't think it's the same. The rivals and fellow group members of Ash are irritating and I don't enjoy the show as much anymore. The Pokémon used in the new series are great but I miss the old days of Ash, Misty and Brock travelling around with Noctowl, Togepi and Onix.

 

Spongebob and The Fairly Oddparents. These show's first 4 seasons were awesome until their original staff got replaced by lazy and dull people... and the outcome: the show is destroyed by nonsense and corny jokes...

 

Spongebob, definitely. Now its just mainly about how stupid Spongebob and Patrick can be.

 

I have a few I would like to say;

House : I am not one for drama-induced shows but it's becoming to the point where this show is just dull and not fun to watch anymore. I love the actors they have but it just seems so repetitive now. "Someone is dying. Oh it's okay. House will fix them."

Pokémon : Don't get me wrong, I still like the show. But my main issue is, Ash's Pokémon all seem to have lost their personalities. They all just seem so bland and brain dead. I think this is why Charmeleon is high on my favorite list, because Ash's Charmeleon had such a diverse personality compared to all of his Pokémon that he just was that awesome to me. I miss Ash having such diverse Pokémon ;n; Though, I suppose Scraggy is pretty hilarious.

Yu-Gi-oh : I stopped liking it after Season 1. It just couldn't grab my attention. Though I hear the newer seasons are terrible.

I can't think of anymore off the top of my head. Though I know for a fact I could probably list about 10 more shows...