Does it seem to you, like it ...
Question: Does it seem to you, like it does to me, that many viewers can't wait for a favorite show to deteriorate? You seem to get a lot of questions from people worrying about a show deteriorating in Season 3 or Season 4. I never even consider that. I just watch it and if I like it , I like it; if I don't, I don't. I don't sit there wondering if next season will be as good or not.
Lost has been incredible for two seasons,
24 for pretty much its whole run (and this season somehow topped last season, which was great). But I'm not wondering, "Gee, will next year be as good, or will it stink?" Seriously, it seems like some folks almost
want a favorite show to fail. By the way, toward the end of the season I started watching
Freddie. While it's not
Frasier, I did find it amusing and not a bad sitcom. I will say that
Brian Austin Green really was the actor who made the show, though
Freddie Prinze Jr. is fine.
Answer: Whoa, non sequitur whiplash there. I'll take your word on
Freddie, which I caught a couple of times and which made no lasting impression on me beyond generalized anesthesia. But to your larger point, I couldn't agree with you more. The reason there's a tendency to fret about a show's future is the institutional memory longtime TV viewers carry with them. They know that almost no terrific show sustains its high quality indefinitely, and then there's that hateful "jump the shark" mentality fed by instant Internet feedback to certain shows' (inevitable) ups and downs, which makes you wonder if some "fans" can ever be truly satisfied. I'm with you that as long as a show is hitting its mark, why worry about the day when it may begin to falter? Let nature take its course, but savor greatness while it lasts. (Something tells me we won't be having this discussion about
Freddie, but that's just me.)
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