A special note from Henry Winkler on "Jumping the Shark"

[SamYeager]

Henry Winkler ‏@hwinkler4real

It's important to remember : after jumping the shark, the show was number one for 5 more years

https://twitter.com/hwinkler4real

[brucefan]

1. Love the Fonz!

[HooptieWagon]

2. Heeyyy!

[KamaAina]

3. @hwinkler4real Those reverse mortgage ads have jumped the you-know-what.

[hootinholler]

4. Apparently we have 5 more years of them then.

[KurtNYC]

5. Aaaaayyyyy..that's not true

Shark was jumped on Sept 20, 1977, then...

Following the #1 rated season of 1976-77, it finished 2nd in 1977-78 with a 31.4 rating. A year later, Happy Days finished tied for 3rd with a 28.6 rating with Mork and Mindy behind Laverne & Shirley and Three's Company. It finished the 1979-80 season at #17 with a 21.7 rating. For the 1980-81 season, it was #15 with a 20.8 rating. 1981-1982 found Happy Days at #18 with a 20.6 rating. During the 1982-83 season, it finished #28 with a 17.4 rating.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/diduknow.html

So post shark it was #2, #3, #17 and #15

[SamYeager]

6. He's probably using weasel words

It was probably #1 in its timeslot.

[pintobean]

7. All that post tells me

is how lame most TV shows were back then. I was trying to forget.

[dawg]

8. He jumped the shark on Arrested Development too.