When will reality TV jump the shark?

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American with Japanese like Gameshows....hmmm maybe then I'll swear off network TV forever, and just use it to play games.
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IG-88E wrote:Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Yesh, hopefully sooner, but likely later. For some reason, people like stupid reality shows. Good shows were cancelled to make way for stupid reality shows. Just like waaay back people used to like stupid western shows.
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I demand some content, and some fucked up shit too. I'll just be picky and hope to god some celeberties get fucked in the process.
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Dalton wrote:
The Yosemite Bear wrote:I am just wondering WTF does "Jump the Shark" mean?
The point at which a once-good show begins to go downhill. I believe the phrase comes from the episode of Happy Days where the Fonz jumps over a shark on waterskis.
Then should I site for Irony factor the last season of the X-Files having a fight club rip off called "Jump The Shark"
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The Yosemite Bear wrote:
Dalton wrote:
The Yosemite Bear wrote:I am just wondering WTF does "Jump the Shark" mean?
The point at which a once-good show begins to go downhill. I believe the phrase comes from the episode of Happy Days where the Fonz jumps over a shark on waterskis.
Then should I site for Irony factor the last season of the X-Files having a fight club rip off called "Jump The Shark"
I think there was a book that popularized the term "jump the shark".
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Funnily enough I believe it's the website that came first...then the guy made the book.
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Ghost Rider wrote:Funnily enough I believe it's the website that came first...then the guy made the book.
Sure 8) , I know the term comes from "Happy Days" but after that... :?:
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Actually it sorta became popular...I think the guy's website chronicles the thought/slang it came to be...somewhere.

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