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The Lifespan of a Television Show

THE COMPLETE SERIES: THE LIFESPAN OFATVSHOW. EVERY TV SHOW.EVER. WELL, EXCEPT MAYBE HBO. 1ST SEASON: THE GRACE PERIOD 2ND SERSON: 3RD SEASON: PLATEAU, PART 1 FOR REAL THIS TIME - THE SHOW SHUDDERS AWKWARDLY TO LIFE AND LURCHES FORTH INTO THE WORLD. -IT IS AFFORDED THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AT THIS POINT. -ELEMENTS THAT SEE- MED GOOD ON PAPER BUT JUST AREN'T WORKING OUT START GETTING REMOVED. - THE WRITERS AND PERFORMERS ARE SET- TLING IN AND BECOMING COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ROLES. - THE SHOW IS FINDING ITS IDENTITY. -VIA TRIAL ERROR EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN INTO PLACE AND THE SHOW SETTLES INTO ANICE GROOVE- EFFORTLESS, INA GOOD WAY. -NICE, SIMPLE STORYLINES CAN STILL BE USED AT THIS POINT WITHOUT THE WRITERS APPEARING UNAM- BITIOUS. -CLASSIC EPISODES ARE MANY. 123 45 4TH SEASON: PLATEAU Pr.2 7TH SEASON: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL - THE MID-POINT OF THE GOLDEN PERIOD, EQUIDISTANT FROM THE SHOW'S SHAKY BEGINNINGS AND ITS EVENTUAL CRASHING DECLINE. - STORYLINES BUILD ON PRE - VIOUS TEMPLATES AND RAISE THE STAKES WITHOUT BECOM- ING RIDICULOUS. -WRITERS STIL HANE A GOOD SUPPLY OF ORIGANAL IDERS. 6TH SEASON: THE CRACKS BEGIN TO SHOW -MEMBERS OF THE ORIGIN- AL CREATIVE TERM START LEANING TO HELM VARIOUS DOOMED VANITY PROJECTS. - WRITERS BEGIN FALLUNG INTO PATTERNS AND RE- PERTING THEMSELVES. - THE CHARACTERS CREST THE HILL OF NATURAL ENO- LUTION AND ARE EPSED INTO THE TAR PITS OF SELF- PARDDY FOR FEAR OF DIS- RUPTING THE SHOUu's SUCCESSFUL (AND LUCRA- TIVE) RHYTHM. - THE LAST SEPSON WHERE GOOD EPISODES OUTNUM- BER BAD ONES. -THE WRITERS ARE NOW OUT OF GOOD IDEAS AND THE SHOW COMPENSATES BY UPPING THE PRODUC- TION VALWES. - THE CHARACTERS NOW BEND AND TWIST TO ACCO- MMODATE INCREASINGLY HAREBRAINED PLOTS, AS OPPOSED TO THE PLOTS BEING SHAPED BY THẾ CHARACTERS. -WHATEVER ORIGINALLY MOTIVATED THE SHOW IS NOW TOO DISTANT FOR THE CREATORS TO RECALL. -ONE OR TWO GREAT EPI- SODES SQUEAK THROUGH BUT THIS IS PURELY DUE TO THE LAW OF AVERAGES. -THE SHOW CAN STILL WRAP UP AND HEAD SOLEMNLY INTO THE SUNSET WITH ITS DIGNITY INTACT AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS UKELY TS LAST CHANCE TO DO SO. 5TH SEASON: PLATEAU PT.3 -WRITERS GO FOR BROKE AND USE UP EVERY WINNING IDEA THEY VE EVER HAD IN THEIR LIVES - THE SHOW'S ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM IS STILL INTACT AND STILL HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE, HASN'T GROWN BORED YET, HAS YET TO TAKE THE SHOW'S SUC- ESS FOR GRANTED (BUT SOON wIL, FATALLY). BEYOND THE 7TH SEASON... -SHOULD IT CONTINUE TO AIR, THE SHOW WILL RAPIDLY DEGENERATE INTO A FRIGHTFUL, SHAMBLING CORPSE-A MOCKING FUNHOUSE MIR- ROR REFLECTION OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS, EXISTING ONLY TO GHOUL- ISHLY MAINTAIN THE CAREERS/MERCHANDISING EMPIRE OF ITS SINISTER CREATORS -THE CHARACTERS ARE ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE FROM THEIR ORIGINAL INCARNATIONS, NOW MERELY GROTESQUE, UNTHINKING THE ZOMBIE YEARS HUSKS-THEIR PERSONALITIES LONG SINCE REMOVED FOR EASIER MANIPULATION- -EACH SEASON BEYOND THE7TH CANCELS OUT ONE OF THE EARLIER GOOD SEASONS IN TERMS OF THE SHOW's OVERALL LEGACY-14 OR MORE SEASONS RENDERING A SHOW ESSENTIALLY UNDEAD, -IF A GIVEN SHOW IS NOT GRACEFULLY CANCELLED OR OTHERWISE BROUGHT TO REST WHEN ITS LIFESPAN HAS CLEARLY EXPIRED, THE BEST THING TO DO IS GET A GROUP OF FRIENDS TOGETHER, ARM YOURSELVES TO THE TEETH WITH SHOTGUNS AND CHAINSAWS, AND CORNER THE OFFENDING PRODUCTION STAFF IN A PARKING GARAGE WHERE THEY CAN BE MESSILY DISPATCHED FOR THE GOOD OF CNILIZATION. EITHER THAT OR STOP WATCHING THE SHOW. CRACKED. COM VIRUSCOMbx COM The Complete Borst Season D 5 mez HIRD SEASON FOURTH SERSON SU COMPLETE FIFTH SERSON A COMPLETE THE COMPLETE SIXTH SERSON O THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SERSON THE COMPLETE SERIES: THE LIFESPAN OFATVSHOW. EVERY TV SHOW.EVER. WELL, EXCEPT MAYBE HBO. 1ST SEASON: THE GRACE PERIOD 2ND SERSON: 3RD SEASON: PLATEAU, PART 1 FOR REAL THIS TIME - THE SHOW SHUDDERS AWKWARDLY TO LIFE AND LURCHES FORTH INTO THE WORLD. -IT IS AFFORDED THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AT THIS POINT. -ELEMENTS THAT SEE- MED GOOD ON PAPER BUT JUST AREN'T WORKING OUT START GETTING REMOVED. - THE WRITERS AND PERFORMERS ARE SET- TLING IN AND BECOMING COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ROLES. - THE SHOW IS FINDING ITS IDENTITY. -VIA TRIAL ERROR EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN INTO PLACE AND THE SHOW SETTLES INTO ANICE GROOVE- EFFORTLESS, INA GOOD WAY. -NICE, SIMPLE STORYLINES CAN STILL BE USED AT THIS POINT WITHOUT THE WRITERS APPEARING UNAM- BITIOUS. -CLASSIC EPISODES ARE MANY. 6 7 123 45 SVD 4TH SEASON: PLATEAU Pr.2 7TH SEASON: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL - THE MID-POINT OF THE GOLDEN PERIOD, EQUIDISTANT FROM THE SHOW'S SHAKY BEGINNINGS AND ITS EVENTUAL CRASHING DECLINE. - STORYLINES BUILD ON PRE - VIOUS TEMPLATES AND RAISE THE STAKES WITHOUT BECOM- ING RIDICULOUS. -WRITERS STIL HANE A GOOD SUPPLY OF ORIGANAL IDERS. 6TH SEASON: THE CRACKS BEGIN TO SHOW -MEMBERS OF THE ORIGIN- AL CREATIVE TERM START LEANING TO HELM VARIOUS DOOMED VANITY PROJECTS. - WRITERS BEGIN FALLUNG INTO PATTERNS AND RE- PERTING THEMSELVES. - THE CHARACTERS CREST THE HILL OF NATURAL ENO- LUTION AND ARE EPSED INTO THE TAR PITS OF SELF- PARDDY FOR FEAR OF DIS- RUPTING THE SHOUu's SUCCESSFUL (AND LUCRA- TIVE) RHYTHM. - THE LAST SEPSON WHERE GOOD EPISODES OUTNUM- BER BAD ONES. -THE WRITERS ARE NOW OUT OF GOOD IDEAS AND THE SHOW COMPENSATES BY UPPING THE PRODUC- TION VALWES. - THE CHARACTERS NOW BEND AND TWIST TO ACCO- MMODATE INCREASINGLY HAREBRAINED PLOTS, AS OPPOSED TO THE PLOTS BEING SHAPED BY THẾ CHARACTERS. -WHATEVER ORIGINALLY MOTIVATED THE SHOW IS NOW TOO DISTANT FOR THE CREATORS TO RECALL. -ONE OR TWO GREAT EPI- SODES SQUEAK THROUGH BUT THIS IS PURELY DUE TO THE LAW OF AVERAGES. -THE SHOW CAN STILL WRAP UP AND HEAD SOLEMNLY INTO THE SUNSET WITH ITS DIGNITY INTACT AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS UKELY TS LAST CHANCE TO DO SO. 5TH SEASON: PLATEAU PT.3 -WRITERS GO FOR BROKE AND USE UP EVERY WINNING IDEA THEY VE EVER HAD IN THEIR LIVES - THE SHOW'S ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM IS STILL INTACT AND STILL HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE, HASN'T GROWN BORED YET, HAS YET TO TAKE THE SHOW'S SUC- ESS FOR GRANTED (BUT SOON wIL, FATALLY). BEYOND THE 7TH SEASON... -SHOULD IT CONTINUE TO AIR, THE SHOW WILL RAPIDLY DEGENERATE INTO A FRIGHTFUL, SHAMBLING CORPSE-A MOCKING FUNHOUSE MIR- ROR REFLECTION OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS, EXISTING ONLY TO GHOUL- ISHLY MAINTAIN THE CAREERS/MERCHANDISING EMPIRE OF ITS SINISTER CREATORS -THE CHARACTERS ARE ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE FROM THEIR ORIGINAL INCARNATIONS, NOW MERELY GROTESQUE, UNTHINKING THE ZOMBIE YEARS HUSKS-THEIR PERSONALITIES LONG SINCE REMOVED FOR EASIER MANIPULATION- -EACH SEASON BEYOND THE7TH CANCELS OUT ONE OF THE EARLIER GOOD SEASONS IN TERMS OF THE SHOW's OVERALL LEGACY-14 OR MORE SEASONS RENDERING A SHOW ESSENTIALLY UNDEAD, -IF A GIVEN SHOW IS NOT GRACEFULLY CANCELLED OR OTHERWISE BROUGHT TO REST WHEN ITS LIFESPAN HAS CLEARLY EXPIRED, THE BEST THING TO DO IS GET A GROUP OF FRIENDS TOGETHER, ARM YOURSELVES TO THE TEETH WITH SHOTGUNS AND CHAINSAWS, AND CORNER THE OFFENDING PRODUCTION STAFF IN A PARKING GARAGE WHERE THEY CAN BE MESSILY DISPATCHED FOR THE GOOD OF CNILIZATION. EITHER THAT OR STOP WATCHING THE SHOW. CRACKED. COM VIRUSCOMbx COM The Complete Borst Season D 5 mez HIRD SEASON FOURTH SERSON SU COMPLETE FIFTH SERSON A COMPLETE THE COMPLETE SIXTH SERSON O THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SERSON 義 THE COMPLETE SERIES: THE LIFESPAN OFATVSHOW. EVERY TV SHOW.EVER. WELL, EXCEPT MAYBE HBO. 1ST SEASON: THE GRACE PERIOD 2ND SERSON: 3RD SEASON: PLATEAU, PART 1 FOR REAL THIS TIME - THE SHOW SHUDDERS AWKWARDLY TO LIFE AND LURCHES FORTH INTO THE WORLD. -IT IS AFFORDED THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AT THIS POINT. -ELEMENTS THAT SEE- MED GOOD ON PAPER BUT JUST AREN'T WORKING OUT START GETTING REMOVED. - THE WRITERS AND PERFORMERS ARE SET- TLING IN AND BECOMING COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ROLES. - THE SHOW IS FINDING ITS IDENTITY. -VIA TRIAL ERROR EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN INTO PLACE AND THE SHOW SETTLES INTO ANICE GROOVE- EFFORTLESS, INA GOOD WAY. -NICE, SIMPLE STORYLINES CAN STILL BE USED AT THIS POINT WITHOUT THE WRITERS APPEARING UNAM- BITIOUS. -CLASSIC EPISODES ARE MANY. 6 7 123 45 SVD 4TH SEASON: PLATEAU Pr.2 7TH SEASON: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL - THE MID-POINT OF THE GOLDEN PERIOD, EQUIDISTANT FROM THE SHOW'S SHAKY BEGINNINGS AND ITS EVENTUAL CRASHING DECLINE. - STORYLINES BUILD ON PRE - VIOUS TEMPLATES AND RAISE THE STAKES WITHOUT BECOM- ING RIDICULOUS. -WRITERS STIL HANE A GOOD SUPPLY OF ORIGANAL IDERS. 6TH SEASON: THE CRACKS BEGIN TO SHOW -MEMBERS OF THE ORIGIN- AL CREATIVE TERM START LEANING TO HELM VARIOUS DOOMED VANITY PROJECTS. - WRITERS BEGIN FALLUNG INTO PATTERNS AND RE- PERTING THEMSELVES. - THE CHARACTERS CREST THE HILL OF NATURAL ENO- LUTION AND ARE EPSED INTO THE TAR PITS OF SELF- PARDDY FOR FEAR OF DIS- RUPTING THE SHOUu's SUCCESSFUL (AND LUCRA- TIVE) RHYTHM. - THE LAST SEPSON WHERE GOOD EPISODES OUTNUM- BER BAD ONES. -THE WRITERS ARE NOW OUT OF GOOD IDEAS AND THE SHOW COMPENSATES BY UPPING THE PRODUC- TION VALWES. - THE CHARACTERS NOW BEND AND TWIST TO ACCO- MMODATE INCREASINGLY HAREBRAINED PLOTS, AS OPPOSED TO THE PLOTS BEING SHAPED BY THẾ CHARACTERS. -WHATEVER ORIGINALLY MOTIVATED THE SHOW IS NOW TOO DISTANT FOR THE CREATORS TO RECALL. -ONE OR TWO GREAT EPI- SODES SQUEAK THROUGH BUT THIS IS PURELY DUE TO THE LAW OF AVERAGES. -THE SHOW CAN STILL WRAP UP AND HEAD SOLEMNLY INTO THE SUNSET WITH ITS DIGNITY INTACT AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS UKELY TS LAST CHANCE TO DO SO. 5TH SEASON: PLATEAU PT.3 -WRITERS GO FOR BROKE AND USE UP EVERY WINNING IDEA THEY VE EVER HAD IN THEIR LIVES - THE SHOW'S ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM IS STILL INTACT AND STILL HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE, HASN'T GROWN BORED YET, HAS YET TO TAKE THE SHOW'S SUC- ESS FOR GRANTED (BUT SOON wIL, FATALLY). BEYOND THE 7TH SEASON... -SHOULD IT CONTINUE TO AIR, THE SHOW WILL RAPIDLY DEGENERATE INTO A FRIGHTFUL, SHAMBLING CORPSE-A MOCKING FUNHOUSE MIR- ROR REFLECTION OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS, EXISTING ONLY TO GHOUL- ISHLY MAINTAIN THE CAREERS/MERCHANDISING EMPIRE OF ITS SINISTER CREATORS -THE CHARACTERS ARE ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE FROM THEIR ORIGINAL INCARNATIONS, NOW MERELY GROTESQUE, UNTHINKING THE ZOMBIE YEARS HUSKS-THEIR PERSONALITIES LONG SINCE REMOVED FOR EASIER MANIPULATION- -EACH SEASON BEYOND THE7TH CANCELS OUT ONE OF THE EARLIER GOOD SEASONS IN TERMS OF THE SHOW's OVERALL LEGACY-14 OR MORE SEASONS RENDERING A SHOW ESSENTIALLY UNDEAD, -IF A GIVEN SHOW IS NOT GRACEFULLY CANCELLED OR OTHERWISE BROUGHT TO REST WHEN ITS LIFESPAN HAS CLEARLY EXPIRED, THE BEST THING TO DO IS GET A GROUP OF FRIENDS TOGETHER, ARM YOURSELVES TO THE TEETH WITH SHOTGUNS AND CHAINSAWS, AND CORNER THE OFFENDING PRODUCTION STAFF IN A PARKING GARAGE WHERE THEY CAN BE MESSILY DISPATCHED FOR THE GOOD OF CNILIZATION. EITHER THAT OR STOP WATCHING THE SHOW. CRACKED. COM VIRUSCOMbx COM The Complete Borst Season D 5 mez HIRD SEASON FOURTH SERSON SU COMPLETE FIFTH SERSON A COMPLETE THE COMPLETE SIXTH SERSON O THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SERSON 義 THE COMPLETE SERIES: THE LIFESPAN OFATVSHOW. EVERY TV SHOW.EVER. WELL, EXCEPT MAYBE HBO. 1ST SEASON: THE GRACE PERIOD 2ND SERSON: 3RD SEASON: PLATEAU, PART 1 FOR REAL THIS TIME - THE SHOW SHUDDERS AWKWARDLY TO LIFE AND LURCHES FORTH INTO THE WORLD. -IT IS AFFORDED THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AT THIS POINT. -ELEMENTS THAT SEE- MED GOOD ON PAPER BUT JUST AREN'T WORKING OUT START GETTING REMOVED. - THE WRITERS AND PERFORMERS ARE SET- TLING IN AND BECOMING COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ROLES. - THE SHOW IS FINDING ITS IDENTITY. -VIA TRIAL ERROR EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN INTO PLACE AND THE SHOW SETTLES INTO ANICE GROOVE- EFFORTLESS, INA GOOD WAY. -NICE, SIMPLE STORYLINES CAN STILL BE USED AT THIS POINT WITHOUT THE WRITERS APPEARING UNAM- BITIOUS. -CLASSIC EPISODES ARE MANY. 6 7 123 45 SVD 4TH SEASON: PLATEAU Pr.2 7TH SEASON: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL - THE MID-POINT OF THE GOLDEN PERIOD, EQUIDISTANT FROM THE SHOW'S SHAKY BEGINNINGS AND ITS EVENTUAL CRASHING DECLINE. - STORYLINES BUILD ON PRE - VIOUS TEMPLATES AND RAISE THE STAKES WITHOUT BECOM- ING RIDICULOUS. -WRITERS STIL HANE A GOOD SUPPLY OF ORIGANAL IDERS. 6TH SEASON: THE CRACKS BEGIN TO SHOW -MEMBERS OF THE ORIGIN- AL CREATIVE TERM START LEANING TO HELM VARIOUS DOOMED VANITY PROJECTS. - WRITERS BEGIN FALLUNG INTO PATTERNS AND RE- PERTING THEMSELVES. - THE CHARACTERS CREST THE HILL OF NATURAL ENO- LUTION AND ARE EPSED INTO THE TAR PITS OF SELF- PARDDY FOR FEAR OF DIS- RUPTING THE SHOUu's SUCCESSFUL (AND LUCRA- TIVE) RHYTHM. - THE LAST SEPSON WHERE GOOD EPISODES OUTNUM- BER BAD ONES. -THE WRITERS ARE NOW OUT OF GOOD IDEAS AND THE SHOW COMPENSATES BY UPPING THE PRODUC- TION VALWES. - THE CHARACTERS NOW BEND AND TWIST TO ACCO- MMODATE INCREASINGLY HAREBRAINED PLOTS, AS OPPOSED TO THE PLOTS BEING SHAPED BY THẾ CHARACTERS. -WHATEVER ORIGINALLY MOTIVATED THE SHOW IS NOW TOO DISTANT FOR THE CREATORS TO RECALL. -ONE OR TWO GREAT EPI- SODES SQUEAK THROUGH BUT THIS IS PURELY DUE TO THE LAW OF AVERAGES. -THE SHOW CAN STILL WRAP UP AND HEAD SOLEMNLY INTO THE SUNSET WITH ITS DIGNITY INTACT AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS UKELY TS LAST CHANCE TO DO SO. 5TH SEASON: PLATEAU PT.3 -WRITERS GO FOR BROKE AND USE UP EVERY WINNING IDEA THEY VE EVER HAD IN THEIR LIVES - THE SHOW'S ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM IS STILL INTACT AND STILL HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE, HASN'T GROWN BORED YET, HAS YET TO TAKE THE SHOW'S SUC- ESS FOR GRANTED (BUT SOON wIL, FATALLY). BEYOND THE 7TH SEASON... -SHOULD IT CONTINUE TO AIR, THE SHOW WILL RAPIDLY DEGENERATE INTO A FRIGHTFUL, SHAMBLING CORPSE-A MOCKING FUNHOUSE MIR- ROR REFLECTION OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS, EXISTING ONLY TO GHOUL- ISHLY MAINTAIN THE CAREERS/MERCHANDISING EMPIRE OF ITS SINISTER CREATORS -THE CHARACTERS ARE ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE FROM THEIR ORIGINAL INCARNATIONS, NOW MERELY GROTESQUE, UNTHINKING THE ZOMBIE YEARS HUSKS-THEIR PERSONALITIES LONG SINCE REMOVED FOR EASIER MANIPULATION- -EACH SEASON BEYOND THE7TH CANCELS OUT ONE OF THE EARLIER GOOD SEASONS IN TERMS OF THE SHOW's OVERALL LEGACY-14 OR MORE SEASONS RENDERING A SHOW ESSENTIALLY UNDEAD, -IF A GIVEN SHOW IS NOT GRACEFULLY CANCELLED OR OTHERWISE BROUGHT TO REST WHEN ITS LIFESPAN HAS CLEARLY EXPIRED, THE BEST THING TO DO IS GET A GROUP OF FRIENDS TOGETHER, ARM YOURSELVES TO THE TEETH WITH SHOTGUNS AND CHAINSAWS, AND CORNER THE OFFENDING PRODUCTION STAFF IN A PARKING GARAGE WHERE THEY CAN BE MESSILY DISPATCHED FOR THE GOOD OF CNILIZATION. EITHER THAT OR STOP WATCHING THE SHOW. CRACKED. COM VIRUSCOMbx COM The Complete Borst Season D 5 mez HIRD SEASON FOURTH SERSON SU COMPLETE FIFTH SERSON A COMPLETE THE COMPLETE SIXTH SERSON O THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SERSON 義 THE COMPLETE SERIES: THE LIFESPAN OFATVSHOW. EVERY TV SHOW.EVER. WELL, EXCEPT MAYBE HBO. 1ST SEASON: THE GRACE PERIOD 2ND SERSON: 3RD SEASON: PLATEAU, PART 1 FOR REAL THIS TIME - THE SHOW SHUDDERS AWKWARDLY TO LIFE AND LURCHES FORTH INTO THE WORLD. -IT IS AFFORDED THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AT THIS POINT. -ELEMENTS THAT SEE- MED GOOD ON PAPER BUT JUST AREN'T WORKING OUT START GETTING REMOVED. - THE WRITERS AND PERFORMERS ARE SET- TLING IN AND BECOMING COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ROLES. - THE SHOW IS FINDING ITS IDENTITY. -VIA TRIAL ERROR EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN INTO PLACE AND THE SHOW SETTLES INTO ANICE GROOVE- EFFORTLESS, INA GOOD WAY. -NICE, SIMPLE STORYLINES CAN STILL BE USED AT THIS POINT WITHOUT THE WRITERS APPEARING UNAM- BITIOUS. -CLASSIC EPISODES ARE MANY. 6 7 123 45 SVD 4TH SEASON: PLATEAU Pr.2 7TH SEASON: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL - THE MID-POINT OF THE GOLDEN PERIOD, EQUIDISTANT FROM THE SHOW'S SHAKY BEGINNINGS AND ITS EVENTUAL CRASHING DECLINE. - STORYLINES BUILD ON PRE - VIOUS TEMPLATES AND RAISE THE STAKES WITHOUT BECOM- ING RIDICULOUS. -WRITERS STIL HANE A GOOD SUPPLY OF ORIGANAL IDERS. 6TH SEASON: THE CRACKS BEGIN TO SHOW -MEMBERS OF THE ORIGIN- AL CREATIVE TERM START LEANING TO HELM VARIOUS DOOMED VANITY PROJECTS. - WRITERS BEGIN FALLUNG INTO PATTERNS AND RE- PERTING THEMSELVES. - THE CHARACTERS CREST THE HILL OF NATURAL ENO- LUTION AND ARE EPSED INTO THE TAR PITS OF SELF- PARDDY FOR FEAR OF DIS- RUPTING THE SHOUu's SUCCESSFUL (AND LUCRA- TIVE) RHYTHM. - THE LAST SEPSON WHERE GOOD EPISODES OUTNUM- BER BAD ONES. -THE WRITERS ARE NOW OUT OF GOOD IDEAS AND THE SHOW COMPENSATES BY UPPING THE PRODUC- TION VALWES. - THE CHARACTERS NOW BEND AND TWIST TO ACCO- MMODATE INCREASINGLY HAREBRAINED PLOTS, AS OPPOSED TO THE PLOTS BEING SHAPED BY THẾ CHARACTERS. -WHATEVER ORIGINALLY MOTIVATED THE SHOW IS NOW TOO DISTANT FOR THE CREATORS TO RECALL. -ONE OR TWO GREAT EPI- SODES SQUEAK THROUGH BUT THIS IS PURELY DUE TO THE LAW OF AVERAGES. -THE SHOW CAN STILL WRAP UP AND HEAD SOLEMNLY INTO THE SUNSET WITH ITS DIGNITY INTACT AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS UKELY TS LAST CHANCE TO DO SO. 5TH SEASON: PLATEAU PT.3 -WRITERS GO FOR BROKE AND USE UP EVERY WINNING IDEA THEY VE EVER HAD IN THEIR LIVES - THE SHOW'S ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM IS STILL INTACT AND STILL HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE, HASN'T GROWN BORED YET, HAS YET TO TAKE THE SHOW'S SUC- ESS FOR GRANTED (BUT SOON wIL, FATALLY). BEYOND THE 7TH SEASON... -SHOULD IT CONTINUE TO AIR, THE SHOW WILL RAPIDLY DEGENERATE INTO A FRIGHTFUL, SHAMBLING CORPSE-A MOCKING FUNHOUSE MIR- ROR REFLECTION OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS, EXISTING ONLY TO GHOUL- ISHLY MAINTAIN THE CAREERS/MERCHANDISING EMPIRE OF ITS SINISTER CREATORS -THE CHARACTERS ARE ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE FROM THEIR ORIGINAL INCARNATIONS, NOW MERELY GROTESQUE, UNTHINKING THE ZOMBIE YEARS HUSKS-THEIR PERSONALITIES LONG SINCE REMOVED FOR EASIER MANIPULATION- -EACH SEASON BEYOND THE7TH CANCELS OUT ONE OF THE EARLIER GOOD SEASONS IN TERMS OF THE SHOW's OVERALL LEGACY-14 OR MORE SEASONS RENDERING A SHOW ESSENTIALLY UNDEAD, -IF A GIVEN SHOW IS NOT GRACEFULLY CANCELLED OR OTHERWISE BROUGHT TO REST WHEN ITS LIFESPAN HAS CLEARLY EXPIRED, THE BEST THING TO DO IS GET A GROUP OF FRIENDS TOGETHER, ARM YOURSELVES TO THE TEETH WITH SHOTGUNS AND CHAINSAWS, AND CORNER THE OFFENDING PRODUCTION STAFF IN A PARKING GARAGE WHERE THEY CAN BE MESSILY DISPATCHED FOR THE GOOD OF CNILIZATION. EITHER THAT OR STOP WATCHING THE SHOW. CRACKED. COM VIRUSCOMbx COM The Complete Borst Season D 5 mez HIRD SEASON FOURTH SERSON SU COMPLETE FIFTH SERSON A COMPLETE THE COMPLETE SIXTH SERSON O THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SERSON 義 THE COMPLETE SERIES: THE LIFESPAN OFATVSHOW. EVERY TV SHOW.EVER. WELL, EXCEPT MAYBE HBO. 1ST SEASON: THE GRACE PERIOD 2ND SERSON: 3RD SEASON: PLATEAU, PART 1 FOR REAL THIS TIME - THE SHOW SHUDDERS AWKWARDLY TO LIFE AND LURCHES FORTH INTO THE WORLD. -IT IS AFFORDED THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AT THIS POINT. -ELEMENTS THAT SEE- MED GOOD ON PAPER BUT JUST AREN'T WORKING OUT START GETTING REMOVED. - THE WRITERS AND PERFORMERS ARE SET- TLING IN AND BECOMING COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ROLES. - THE SHOW IS FINDING ITS IDENTITY. -VIA TRIAL ERROR EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN INTO PLACE AND THE SHOW SETTLES INTO ANICE GROOVE- EFFORTLESS, INA GOOD WAY. -NICE, SIMPLE STORYLINES CAN STILL BE USED AT THIS POINT WITHOUT THE WRITERS APPEARING UNAM- BITIOUS. -CLASSIC EPISODES ARE MANY. 6 7 123 45 SVD 4TH SEASON: PLATEAU Pr.2 7TH SEASON: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL - THE MID-POINT OF THE GOLDEN PERIOD, EQUIDISTANT FROM THE SHOW'S SHAKY BEGINNINGS AND ITS EVENTUAL CRASHING DECLINE. - STORYLINES BUILD ON PRE - VIOUS TEMPLATES AND RAISE THE STAKES WITHOUT BECOM- ING RIDICULOUS. -WRITERS STIL HANE A GOOD SUPPLY OF ORIGANAL IDERS. 6TH SEASON: THE CRACKS BEGIN TO SHOW -MEMBERS OF THE ORIGIN- AL CREATIVE TERM START LEANING TO HELM VARIOUS DOOMED VANITY PROJECTS. - WRITERS BEGIN FALLUNG INTO PATTERNS AND RE- PERTING THEMSELVES. - THE CHARACTERS CREST THE HILL OF NATURAL ENO- LUTION AND ARE EPSED INTO THE TAR PITS OF SELF- PARDDY FOR FEAR OF DIS- RUPTING THE SHOUu's SUCCESSFUL (AND LUCRA- TIVE) RHYTHM. - THE LAST SEPSON WHERE GOOD EPISODES OUTNUM- BER BAD ONES. -THE WRITERS ARE NOW OUT OF GOOD IDEAS AND THE SHOW COMPENSATES BY UPPING THE PRODUC- TION VALWES. - THE CHARACTERS NOW BEND AND TWIST TO ACCO- MMODATE INCREASINGLY HAREBRAINED PLOTS, AS OPPOSED TO THE PLOTS BEING SHAPED BY THẾ CHARACTERS. -WHATEVER ORIGINALLY MOTIVATED THE SHOW IS NOW TOO DISTANT FOR THE CREATORS TO RECALL. -ONE OR TWO GREAT EPI- SODES SQUEAK THROUGH BUT THIS IS PURELY DUE TO THE LAW OF AVERAGES. -THE SHOW CAN STILL WRAP UP AND HEAD SOLEMNLY INTO THE SUNSET WITH ITS DIGNITY INTACT AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS UKELY TS LAST CHANCE TO DO SO. 5TH SEASON: PLATEAU PT.3 -WRITERS GO FOR BROKE AND USE UP EVERY WINNING IDEA THEY VE EVER HAD IN THEIR LIVES - THE SHOW'S ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM IS STILL INTACT AND STILL HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE, HASN'T GROWN BORED YET, HAS YET TO TAKE THE SHOW'S SUC- ESS FOR GRANTED (BUT SOON wIL, FATALLY). BEYOND THE 7TH SEASON... -SHOULD IT CONTINUE TO AIR, THE SHOW WILL RAPIDLY DEGENERATE INTO A FRIGHTFUL, SHAMBLING CORPSE-A MOCKING FUNHOUSE MIR- ROR REFLECTION OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS, EXISTING ONLY TO GHOUL- ISHLY MAINTAIN THE CAREERS/MERCHANDISING EMPIRE OF ITS SINISTER CREATORS -THE CHARACTERS ARE ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE FROM THEIR ORIGINAL INCARNATIONS, NOW MERELY GROTESQUE, UNTHINKING THE ZOMBIE YEARS HUSKS-THEIR PERSONALITIES LONG SINCE REMOVED FOR EASIER MANIPULATION- -EACH SEASON BEYOND THE7TH CANCELS OUT ONE OF THE EARLIER GOOD SEASONS IN TERMS OF THE SHOW's OVERALL LEGACY-14 OR MORE SEASONS RENDERING A SHOW ESSENTIALLY UNDEAD, -IF A GIVEN SHOW IS NOT GRACEFULLY CANCELLED OR OTHERWISE BROUGHT TO REST WHEN ITS LIFESPAN HAS CLEARLY EXPIRED, THE BEST THING TO DO IS GET A GROUP OF FRIENDS TOGETHER, ARM YOURSELVES TO THE TEETH WITH SHOTGUNS AND CHAINSAWS, AND CORNER THE OFFENDING PRODUCTION STAFF IN A PARKING GARAGE WHERE THEY CAN BE MESSILY DISPATCHED FOR THE GOOD OF CNILIZATION. EITHER THAT OR STOP WATCHING THE SHOW. CRACKED. COM VIRUSCOMbx COM The Complete Borst Season D 5 mez HIRD SEASON FOURTH SERSON SU COMPLETE FIFTH SERSON A COMPLETE THE COMPLETE SIXTH SERSON O THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SERSON 義 THE COMPLETE SERIES: THE LIFESPAN OFATVSHOW. EVERY TV SHOW.EVER. WELL, EXCEPT MAYBE HBO. 1ST SEASON: THE GRACE PERIOD 2ND SERSON: 3RD SEASON: PLATEAU, PART 1 FOR REAL THIS TIME - THE SHOW SHUDDERS AWKWARDLY TO LIFE AND LURCHES FORTH INTO THE WORLD. -IT IS AFFORDED THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AT THIS POINT. -ELEMENTS THAT SEE- MED GOOD ON PAPER BUT JUST AREN'T WORKING OUT START GETTING REMOVED. - THE WRITERS AND PERFORMERS ARE SET- TLING IN AND BECOMING COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ROLES. - THE SHOW IS FINDING ITS IDENTITY. -VIA TRIAL ERROR EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN INTO PLACE AND THE SHOW SETTLES INTO ANICE GROOVE- EFFORTLESS, INA GOOD WAY. -NICE, SIMPLE STORYLINES CAN STILL BE USED AT THIS POINT WITHOUT THE WRITERS APPEARING UNAM- BITIOUS. -CLASSIC EPISODES ARE MANY. 6 7 123 45 SVD 4TH SEASON: PLATEAU Pr.2 7TH SEASON: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL - THE MID-POINT OF THE GOLDEN PERIOD, EQUIDISTANT FROM THE SHOW'S SHAKY BEGINNINGS AND ITS EVENTUAL CRASHING DECLINE. - STORYLINES BUILD ON PRE - VIOUS TEMPLATES AND RAISE THE STAKES WITHOUT BECOM- ING RIDICULOUS. -WRITERS STIL HANE A GOOD SUPPLY OF ORIGANAL IDERS. 6TH SEASON: THE CRACKS BEGIN TO SHOW -MEMBERS OF THE ORIGIN- AL CREATIVE TERM START LEANING TO HELM VARIOUS DOOMED VANITY PROJECTS. - WRITERS BEGIN FALLUNG INTO PATTERNS AND RE- PERTING THEMSELVES. - THE CHARACTERS CREST THE HILL OF NATURAL ENO- LUTION AND ARE EPSED INTO THE TAR PITS OF SELF- PARDDY FOR FEAR OF DIS- RUPTING THE SHOUu's SUCCESSFUL (AND LUCRA- TIVE) RHYTHM. - THE LAST SEPSON WHERE GOOD EPISODES OUTNUM- BER BAD ONES. -THE WRITERS ARE NOW OUT OF GOOD IDEAS AND THE SHOW COMPENSATES BY UPPING THE PRODUC- TION VALWES. - THE CHARACTERS NOW BEND AND TWIST TO ACCO- MMODATE INCREASINGLY HAREBRAINED PLOTS, AS OPPOSED TO THE PLOTS BEING SHAPED BY THẾ CHARACTERS. -WHATEVER ORIGINALLY MOTIVATED THE SHOW IS NOW TOO DISTANT FOR THE CREATORS TO RECALL. -ONE OR TWO GREAT EPI- SODES SQUEAK THROUGH BUT THIS IS PURELY DUE TO THE LAW OF AVERAGES. -THE SHOW CAN STILL WRAP UP AND HEAD SOLEMNLY INTO THE SUNSET WITH ITS DIGNITY INTACT AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS UKELY TS LAST CHANCE TO DO SO. 5TH SEASON: PLATEAU PT.3 -WRITERS GO FOR BROKE AND USE UP EVERY WINNING IDEA THEY VE EVER HAD IN THEIR LIVES - THE SHOW'S ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM IS STILL INTACT AND STILL HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE, HASN'T GROWN BORED YET, HAS YET TO TAKE THE SHOW'S SUC- ESS FOR GRANTED (BUT SOON wIL, FATALLY). BEYOND THE 7TH SEASON... -SHOULD IT CONTINUE TO AIR, THE SHOW WILL RAPIDLY DEGENERATE INTO A FRIGHTFUL, SHAMBLING CORPSE-A MOCKING FUNHOUSE MIR- ROR REFLECTION OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS, EXISTING ONLY TO GHOUL- ISHLY MAINTAIN THE CAREERS/MERCHANDISING EMPIRE OF ITS SINISTER CREATORS -THE CHARACTERS ARE ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE FROM THEIR ORIGINAL INCARNATIONS, NOW MERELY GROTESQUE, UNTHINKING THE ZOMBIE YEARS HUSKS-THEIR PERSONALITIES LONG SINCE REMOVED FOR EASIER MANIPULATION- -EACH SEASON BEYOND THE7TH CANCELS OUT ONE OF THE EARLIER GOOD SEASONS IN TERMS OF THE SHOW's OVERALL LEGACY-14 OR MORE SEASONS RENDERING A SHOW ESSENTIALLY UNDEAD, -IF A GIVEN SHOW IS NOT GRACEFULLY CANCELLED OR OTHERWISE BROUGHT TO REST WHEN ITS LIFESPAN HAS CLEARLY EXPIRED, THE BEST THING TO DO IS GET A GROUP OF FRIENDS TOGETHER, ARM YOURSELVES TO THE TEETH WITH SHOTGUNS AND CHAINSAWS, AND CORNER THE OFFENDING PRODUCTION STAFF IN A PARKING GARAGE WHERE THEY CAN BE MESSILY DISPATCHED FOR THE GOOD OF CNILIZATION. EITHER THAT OR STOP WATCHING THE SHOW. CRACKED. COM VIRUSCOMbx COM The Complete Borst Season D 5 mez HIRD SEASON FOURTH SERSON SU COMPLETE FIFTH SERSON A COMPLETE THE COMPLETE SIXTH SERSON O THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SERSON 義

The Lifespan of a Television Show

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It doesn't matter what genre of television show - they all end up following the same (pretty) predictable pattern. This hilarious infographic looks at the lifespan of a television show - from its boom...

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