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TV Shows you stopped watching

posted 6 years ago by jackrt (206)
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Has anyone really enjoyed a show, watched many seasons of it then stopped for whatever reason?

My most recent is The Walking Dead, a show I really love but it seems to have gone downhill and therefore I have had no motivation to watch it for the past year.

I wouldn't include shows where you've watched some of the first season and then ditched it, as I think that's pretty common.

Other shows I've stopped (not all for the same reasons and some i hope to catch up on/finish):

Bates Motel
Lost
Breaking Bad
Skins (UK)
Shameless (UK & US)
Gotham
Mad Men

It seems I abandon shows quite frequently... my bad.

[–] olioz (3710) 6 years ago

The Walking Dead

I think I gave up during season 5, but I was struggling with it long before that. Its a shame because the show started out so great.

Broadchurch

After s1. Great first season. Didnt really need more seasons.

[–] Stratego (30582) 6 years ago

I would say that with most of the shows I've watched, I quit after a few seasons. It's only the last 15 years or so that I've seen tv shows all the way through. Maybe it's because I've become more selective in what I watch, I don't know. I did come very close with Castle in its last season, though. Had they continued, I definitely would've stopped watching.

Anyway, I'm going to give Buffy as an example, because I adore the first three seasons of the show, but I quit early in season 5. Season 4 had already been a huge disappointment.

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 6 years ago

Interesting...I much prefer the show from season 4 on..
I think I liked college Buffy better than high school Buffy because I was an adult.

[–] Stratego (30582) 6 years ago

I was an adult when Buffy went to college and I still didn't like it. In fact, I still love those early seasons and I haven't been in high school for a LONG time. The setting is not important, the stories, the character development and the overall tone of the show were just no good.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 6 years ago

Mr. Robot
Game of Thrones

[–] TexasJack (12516) 6 years ago

How far into Game of Thrones did you get and what made you give up?

[–] actionkamen (23176) 6 years ago

I think since Jon Snow woke up from his "death" I started to lose interest. I still watched a few episodes after that but not as enthusiastically.

The most satisfying thing about watching GoT is we absolutely don't know what will happen to any of it's characters. It's like real history.

On the contrary, now the plot armor is so thick whoever made it to the end I just don't care anymore.

[–] TexasJack (12516) 6 years ago

I thought the plot armor was definitely true for last year's season. I expected they were going to keep all the main players around for the final season.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 6 years ago

Actually I was also disappointed in the Ramsay arc. When he was being mauled by his own dogs, I rolled my eyes. That was really cheesy and unecessary. But for me, there's no coming back after the Jon Snow ressurection.

If they keep all the popular characters till the end, it becomes a popularity contest. It's just American Idol with dragons and Elsa zombies.

But if they ended killing everybody I would also won't care because that must be due to some backlash on the ratings.

They have jumped the shark. It's all business now.

[–] jackrt (206) 6 years ago

First time I watched Game of Thrones, I gave up after a couple of episodes. Binged watched it all a couple of years later though. Great show!

[–] actionkamen (23176) 6 years ago

How can you gave up after seeing Eddard Stark (Sean Bean) brutal death? I was like whoa... this is new! This is extraordinary! I was hooked since.

[–] jackrt (206) 6 years ago

I never saw that episode the first time around, I only watched a few episodes of the first season. I was definitely hooked when I rewatched it though!

[–] aristide (265) 6 years ago

same, gave up 2x after rewatching the first 2 episodes, then got hooked after a friend recommended watching the first 4-5 episodes 2-3x to get used to all the characters

[–] Frogarama (12942) 6 years ago

I thought I'd love Mr. Robot, seemed right up my alley. First episode was very off-putting, and I think I watched part of Episode 2 before I just gave up.

Hated it, absolutely HATED it. Reviews said the first two episodes were the best (or something like that/IIRC), so I never looked back.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 6 years ago

Yeah those first episodes are the best. It's only going downhill from there.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Glee
Modern Family
Supergirl

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Modern family
Shameless
Ray Donovan
Big love
Walking dead
Westworld
American horror story

[–] eYeDEF (5050) 6 years ago

Great minds think alike. :)

5 of your 7 seven meet my list. The other two I haven't seen.

Ray Donovan - First couple seasons were fine. But Ray's kids became so annoying to me that I stopped.
Big Love - Fascination of watching how a fundamentalist polygamist sect functioned managed to keep my interest for awhile. But the soapy cheesiness of the main character "cheating" on one wife to spend more time one another turned me off.
Walking Dead - One of the main characters got too annoying for me to watch anymore.
American horror story - quickly devolved into stupidity.
Westworld - I quite enjoyed the first season. But the complexity of the plot and having forgotten a great deal of the specifics by the time the 2nd season rolled around had me putting off starting the 2nd season. I still might pick it back up.

[–] jackrt (206) 6 years ago

I still watch American Horror Story. However, I did completely skip season 6. Just can't see myself enjoying that season.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77577) 6 years ago

I gave up on Dexter after that season with Tom Hanks' kid (i still consider Dexter S1-3 to be classics but the rest was just silly)

As soon as the Faries showed up on TrueBlood i was out...FAIRIES?! Very stupid.

Ive never finished Spartacus...i think the unfortunate death of the main actor and the re-casting threw me off a bit

Probably some others...i'll think on it

[–] jackrt (206) 6 years ago

It took me reallyyyy long to eventually finish Dexter. Loved that show but some seasons really dragged, with the ending being a huge disappointment.

I should've also added True Blood, I stopped that in the middle of season 3, I don't remember why though as it was years ago.

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 6 years ago

Network shows I give up a lot on if I even bother to watch at all..although the last ones I watched more than a few episodes I made it through..(LOST/24/House I watched til the end)

Homeland
Westworld
Sharp Objects
Mr Robot
Ray Donovan (I am going to try this next season again)
Stranger Things (overrated)
The Walking Dead (watched intermittently after season 6)
True Blood (got so stupid after the 2nd or 3rd season)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77577) 6 years ago

Stranger Things?
What put you off it if you dont mind me asking

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 6 years ago

I'm not sure..I like the 80's stuff that inspired it but I just couldn't get into it.
I tried several times but watching it felt like a chore.

Maybe for me it's the characters...If I fall in love with the characters I can forgive a lot but I just never felt invested in the characters in Stranger Things.
Likewise if a show I like kills off too many of my favorite characters I may lose interest.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77577) 6 years ago

I hear that...especially the killing off of the main players
The Walking Dead has pissed me off several times in this regard!

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 6 years ago

Oh yeah..Me too!
Combine that with bad writing that neglected the characters they had left and it became dismal.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77577) 6 years ago

I know...im still on board but the ratings dont lie

[–] aristide (265) 6 years ago

checkout https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5753856/reference, it's a better version of Stranger Things (German)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77577) 6 years ago

Thanks for the heads up, i was unaware of this one

[–] actionkamen (23176) 6 years ago

Yes, Mr Robot. It looks like they are just wandering around aimlessly and don't have any story to tell. Very frustrating.

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 6 years ago

Yeah..Started out awesome but it sure lost its way..

[–] NormaAndNorman (3900) 6 years ago

I only lasted one season with Stranger Things too. I heard season 2 was better but I don't know if I'll ever bother to watch it.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Black Mirror.
Law and Order: SVU
All in the Family - after Mike and Gloria moved next door.

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 6 years ago

But Black Mirror is an anthology..
If you don't like one you might like another!

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I tried three and liked neither.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 6 years ago

lol

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[–] [email protected] (5928) 6 years ago

The Big Bang Theory. I still catch an episode now and then, but it's no longer "must see" TV for me.

When they married off the guys and made Howard a dad, the show changed too much. It became just another domestic sitcom. And quirky germaphobe, the self involved Sheldon Cooper as a husband was the last straw!

As a single guy, it was hilarious the way he was all wrapped up in himself and his career and disdaining female companionship. But the writers gave him a personality transplant and he's just not funny anymore as a married man. And he's married to Amy, one of the unfunniest sitcom characters ever.

I rarely watch Modern Family anymore. The show lost a lot of its charm when the kids grew up. Not anyone's fault, but several shows have suffered when the cute kids grew up.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 6 years ago

I actually stopped watching TBBT several years back, then started watching again. I'm watching now because it's the last season and idle curiosity. And yes Sheldon as a husband is problematic.

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