Current Events > What's the longest running show that never turned bad and ended well.

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Just finished season 10 of adventure time, and I think I'm going to have to go with that.

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Coronation Street, probably.

Hmm there are few shows I've seen that much of

Seinfeld maybe? I'm not a huge post-Larry David fan which is probably crucial

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MASH fits the bill

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ShyOx posted...

Seinfeld maybe?

Season 1 and a little of Season 2 aren't that good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-running_scripted_U.S._primetime_television_series

From that list, I think maybe MASH and Cheers haven't had any kind of lull in any of their seasons. Great finales too

It's still running but I feel Sesame Street probably works. I'm sure the quality of programming for those ages is still pretty top tier.

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Its always sunny is still going strong after 14 seasons, been renewed through 18 and I don't expect it to get bad.

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Kastrada posted...

Season 1 and a little of Season 2 aren't that good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-running_scripted_U.S._primetime_television_series

From that list, I think maybe MASH and Cheers haven't had any kind of lull in any of their seasons. Great finales too

It's still running but I feel Sesame Street probably works. I'm sure the quality of programming for those ages is still pretty top tier.

Were Mash and Cheers ever THAT level of good though? I like the early seasons of Seinfeld even though they hadn't hit the stride.

I will agree on something like Sesame Street, in fact that's probably my pick. Now that HBO owns them they've been really good

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ShyOx posted...

Cheers ever THAT level of good though

Cheers is great.

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ShyOx posted...

Were Mash and Cheers ever THAT level of good though?

In all honesty yeah.

Plus Frank Burns is one of the greatest characters in TV history

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Kastrada posted...

In all honesty yeah.

Plus Frank Burns is one of the greatest characters in TV history

I'd love to hang out and watch some Cheers episodes with a couple of brews over the course of a snow/pandemic banked weekend but it seems like that will never;

OH WAIT

Alright you guys have convinced me. Is Ep 1 better or do I hop in like season 3 or whatevers?

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Apparently Mash got kinda preachy near the end there. Alan Alda either became a producer or a director on the show, and they played up the drama a little bit.

Mash was probably the perfect length. It might have been slipping a little bit, so they ended it at just the right time. And the finale was incredible.

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ShyOx posted...

Were Mash and Cheers ever THAT level of good though?

Nearly half of all Americans watched the series finale of MASH. It was the highest-rated US broadcast of all time and still the 9th most viewed in raw numbers.

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Serious Cat posted...

Nearly half of all Americans watched the series finale of MASH. It was the highest-rated US broadcast of all time and still the 9th most viewed in raw numbers.

Numbers are important but an objective view of quality is as well. Most albums bought today are not a good indicator of quality for example. I mean hell big bang theory is the number one show by numbers and I think all of us have different opinions on that

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MrMallard posted...

Apparently Mash got kinda preachy near the end there. Alan Alda either became a producer or a director on the show, and they played up the drama a little bit.

Yeah he had a lot of creative control towards the end and it did become preachy/emotional. But it's still great.

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All Japan Womena Pro Wrestling

1968-2005

The product was still great at the time it got shut down, they just lost their TV deal and couldnt afford to run it any more.

There were times AJW was doing bigger draws than New Japan and All Japan at the time, and New Japan was the clear #1 company in the world in the early 90-mid 90s. And had spectacular matches to boot

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Bad_Mojo posted...

All Japan Womena Pro Wrestling

1968-2005

The product was still great at the time it got shut down, they just lost their TV deal and couldnt afford to run it any more.

There were times AJW was doing bigger draws than New Japan and All Japan at the time, and New Japan was the clear #1 company in the world in the early 90-mid 90s. And had spectacular matches to boot

Ah

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Like

fffs you might be right but we need the story on how you know this. The obscurity demands it

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Futurama and The Shield.

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Breaking Bad.

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Yeah, gonna go with the consensus and say MASH.

Greatest ever TV finale, too.

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ShyOx posted...

Numbers are important but an objective view of quality is as well. Most albums bought today are not a good indicator of quality for example. I mean hell big bang theory is the number one show by numbers and I think all of us have different opinions on that

Okay, watch the finale and get back to us. Even better, watch a truncated list of essential Mash episodes, then watch the finale so you're more invested in it.

It's easy to fall into the mindset of "shit must taste like sugar, 20 billion flies can't be wrong", but this show captivated a nation for nearly an entire decade and it ended on such a high note that almost half of America A) tuned in to watch it and B) made it the highest rated episode of television of all time.

Even if you don't think it's as good as something like the second last episode of Bojack Horseman, Mash's finale was still an incredible cultural moment where the end product held up to the hype. The quality of the show by its end, and the extent to which it had taken hold of the American public, is an incredible accomplishment. I think the quality of the product has something to do with that, and you're welcome to watch the show and judge the finale by your own metrics of quality if you're not convinced.

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MrMallard posted...

Okay, watch the finale and get back to us. Even better, watch a truncated list of essential Mash episodes, then watch the finale so you're more invested in it.

It's easy to fall into the mindset of "shit must taste like sugar, 20 billion flies can't be wrong", but this show captivated a nation for nearly an entire decade and it ended on such a high note that almost half of America A) tuned in to watch it and B) made it the highest rated episode of television of all time.

Even if you don't think it's as good as something like the second last episode of Bojack Horseman, Mash's finale was still an incredible cultural moment where the end product held up to the hype. The quality of the show by its end, and the extent to which it had taken hold of the American public, is an incredible accomplishment. I think the quality of the product has something to do with that, and you're welcome to watch the show and judge the finale by your own metrics of quality if you're not convinced.

If nothing else, I agree. The last statement alone... Bojack Horseman isn't really my bag but I get you. There is a time, and there is a place. When those two things can intersect...

So MASH over Cheers?

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Its alwsys synny

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Killmonger posted...

Futurama and The Shield.

The Shield was always kinda dumb tbqh.

Did futurama outlast adventure time in total seasons?

Futurama could be the winner.

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I wouldn't say Futurama got bad in its later seasons, but the quality dipped quite a bit as the humor got more topical.
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Futurama had some weak as fuck episodes that really bring down certain seasons. The season that has the mole-going-viral-episode wasn't very good.

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Flauros posted...

MASH fits the bill

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Ed edd n eddy was consistently amazing from start to finish. Kids next door started kind of weak but improved in S2 onward to the end.

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