In "Lucy Is a Matchmaker" (1953), Ricky and Fred find Lucy and Ethel in a negligee salesman's hotel room. Ricky: "Lucy! You, here, dressed in that? You must be out of your mind!" Fred: "Ethel! You, here, dressed in that? He must be out of his mind!"
There are so many TV shows that fit the bill regarding Eddie's article about "Jumping The Shark". Remember "The Partridge Family"? Top rated show - sold millions of records - toys and novelties galore... Well, after three top rated seasons, David Cassidy was threatening to leave the series because his super-star status was taking a solo turn. The producers decided to bring in a new cast member, Ricky Segall, to play 5-year-old Ricky Stevens. The show went from being in 19th place in their third season to 78th place in the fourth and last.
Even today... You can see the "shark" either coming or going on shows like "Criminal Minds" where the most popular cast members are now leaving the show and being replaced by others who may or may-not make it thru one whole season.
Then there is the opposite... A show such as "Last Man Standing" which constantly receives good ratings suddenly gets cancelled for no announced reason (except maybe a political one). ABC decided to drown the show before the shark appeared.
Of course, there is also another scenario: Take a show like "Timeless" which never really seemed to get into the water at all. Rumor is that NBC will reverse it's decision to give "Timeless" a second chance to ski this coming year because of so many beach-goers bombarding NBC with calls and letters. (Remember "Star Trek"?)
Even today... You can see the "shark" either coming or going on shows like "Criminal Minds" where the most popular cast members are now leaving the show and being replaced by others who may or may-not make it thru one whole season.
Then there is the opposite... A show such as "Last Man Standing" which constantly receives good ratings suddenly gets cancelled for no announced reason (except maybe a political one). ABC decided to drown the show before the shark appeared.
Of course, there is also another scenario: Take a show like "Timeless" which never really seemed to get into the water at all. Rumor is that NBC will reverse it's decision to give "Timeless" a second chance to ski this coming year because of so many beach-goers bombarding NBC with calls and letters. (Remember "Star Trek"?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJwsXmM8tsc