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(2,657 posts) Sat Mar 31, 2012, 12:49 AM Mar 2012

TV show you couldn't believe lasted as long as it did. [View all]

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(Hi OhioSmith-- Let's do the other side of the coin)

You know shows that lasted years and you couldn't believe people watched it or IT was that popular

Seinfeld

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I've only had two of those. Chan790 Mar 2012 #1

Yep. GoCubsGo Mar 2012 #7

Perfect Strangers Patsy Stone Mar 2012 #2

That was on for EIGHT years???? alphafemale Mar 2012 #20

We'll have to disagree on that RFKHumphreyObama Apr 2012 #54

MASH was 11 years from a war that only lasted 3 mucifer Mar 2012 #3

They were still at the top of the ratings though I think. alphafemale Mar 2012 #21

A few.... Broken_Hero Mar 2012 #4

Guiding Light ohiosmith Mar 2012 #5

American Idol HappyMe Mar 2012 #6

Bold and Beautiful, Matlock, Quincy jakeXT Mar 2012 #8

I loved Quincy! n-t Logical Apr 2012 #42

Frasier, Happy Days Faygo Kid Mar 2012 #9

Yeah but the later years of Happy Days gave us "jump the shark"! Mosby Mar 2012 #16

I liked Happy Days. RebelOne Mar 2012 #22

Enterprise sarge43 Mar 2012 #10

Simpsons...22 years of that. Neoma Mar 2012 #11

Up until about 1997 or so, 'The Simpsons' was by far my favorite show on television RZM Mar 2012 #13

My husband's a huge fan. Neoma Mar 2012 #14

I'm a huge Simpson's fan - the show really got stale around 2001. Initech Apr 2012 #52

HEY FAMILY GUY IS AWESOME Justice wanted Mar 2012 #23

Its been around since like, 1999. Neoma Mar 2012 #24

Technically, It was around in 1999 got canceled for about a 1 year and a 1/2 than brought back Justice wanted Mar 2012 #25

Seinfeld WolverineDG Mar 2012 #12

Jersey Shore Major Nikon Mar 2012 #15

Entourage. alphafemale Mar 2012 #17

Any variation or genre of so-called "reality" television. baldguy Mar 2012 #18

Mama's Family, Full House, ER, Simpsons Mosby Mar 2012 #19

Friends NoGOPZone Mar 2012 #26

Don't watch any adult tv but I've watched kids shows that were awful: Barney, Teletubbies riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #27

Hey, screw you, LOST was a great show! XemaSab Mar 2012 #28

Three and a Half Men. dawg Mar 2012 #29

Oh geez, just remembered another one... Love Boat. nt riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #30

'According to Jim' Rob H. Mar 2012 #31

Couldn't agree more RFKHumphreyObama Apr 2012 #56

Two and a Half Men chrisa Mar 2012 #32

The newer "Battlestar Galactica." Archae Mar 2012 #33

Wow. I could not disagree more. beac Apr 2012 #38

Then it should have been a new, totally different show. Archae Apr 2012 #39

We're going to have to agree to disagree, I think, b/c the show they "stole" from was beac Apr 2012 #41

Of course it was, and it was a blatant ripoff of Star Wars. Archae Apr 2012 #45

Ordinarily, I share your disgust with "remakes." I just happen to think beac Apr 2012 #47

Night Court and Three's Company n/t femmocrat Mar 2012 #34

Friends, of course cyglet Mar 2012 #35

AFHV was good... Archae Apr 2012 #40

And the other 10% cyglet Apr 2012 #44

Gray's Anatomy and CSI IcyPeas Mar 2012 #36

CSI got unbearable after the fifth season. Initech Apr 2012 #51

I always find it amusing on CSI and other crime shows when the techs are dressed in beac Apr 2012 #63

Well goddamn OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #37

I am amazed at how terrible sitcoms are and how long they seem to last. beac Apr 2012 #43

I barely watched tv from 1974 to 2004 and even then, it was mostly movies. EFerrari Apr 2012 #46

Those are written, not by monkeys with typewriters, but by monkeys with filing cabinets Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #48

On KROQ radio here in LA Initech Apr 2012 #58

Ralph's Rants rule. Iggo Apr 2012 #59

Ha - he did a rant about the Toby Keith song "Red Solo Cup" that had me rolling. Initech Apr 2012 #60

Laugh track laughs always sound to me like the people are laughing beac Apr 2012 #62

NCIS Tikki Apr 2012 #49

fox news (nuff said) chknltl Apr 2012 #50

The Lorne Michaels Dead Horse Revue Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #53

Any soap opera T_i_B Apr 2012 #55

The King of Queens Sanity Claws Apr 2012 #57

Full House (nt) bigwillq Apr 2012 #61

Oprah. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #64