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TV Shows That Got Better Over Successive Seasons
Posted on 7/28/20 at 8:08 am
Posted on 7/28/20 at 8:08 am
Lately I've been watching interviews conducted by the Television Academy Foundation and inevitably shows start out with a concept and then usually evolve over time. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not.
More often than not I enjoy the first season or two more than successive seasons as a staleness sets in, but once in a while the introduction of a new character or two actually improve the series. Reverend Jim to Taxi comes to mind.
Anyway, what shows do you think improved over their run?
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Posted on 7/28/20 at 8:25 am to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 7/28/20 at 8:27 am to Mizz-SEC
Watching the early seasons of Seinfeld is tough.. I liked the show better once the characters had time to form. For example, Kramer wasn't "Kramer" as we now remember him until a couple seasons in.
Cheers was another for me, using the same as above.
But you're right, there's a ton of them that were awesome the first few seasons and then just went downhill fast...
Cheers was another for me, using the same as above.
But you're right, there's a ton of them that were awesome the first few seasons and then just went downhill fast...
Posted on 7/28/20 at 8:28 am to Mizz-SEC
7th Heaven and Jessica Biel 
Posted on 7/28/20 at 8:30 am to Mizz-SEC
Better Call Saul
Posted on 7/28/20 at 8:40 am to Mizz-SEC
Always Sunny, especially after the addition of Frank.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 9:00 am to Mizz-SEC
Seinfeld season 1 is almost unwatchable
Peep Show took about a season and a half to really get established
those are probably the 2 best comedies of the past 30 years
i'm re-watching Sopranos and season 1 is kind of weak. it's more of a black comedy than a drama and the production is pretty shite
GOT season 1 clearly had a stunted budget compared to the later seasons. you barely even get perspective shots and it's clearly on sets
Peep Show took about a season and a half to really get established
those are probably the 2 best comedies of the past 30 years
i'm re-watching Sopranos and season 1 is kind of weak. it's more of a black comedy than a drama and the production is pretty shite
GOT season 1 clearly had a stunted budget compared to the later seasons. you barely even get perspective shots and it's clearly on sets
Posted on 7/28/20 at 9:11 am to Mizz-SEC
Deep Space Nine
Posted on 7/28/20 at 9:11 am to Mizz-SEC
Breaking Bad
Parks and Rec first season didn't know what it wanted to be yet
can we count partial seasons
GOT and Dexter 1-4 all got better after that it went down hill
Lost got better every season until the ending.
Parks and Rec first season didn't know what it wanted to be yet
can we count partial seasons
GOT and Dexter 1-4 all got better after that it went down hill
Lost got better every season until the ending.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:40 am to SlowFlowPro
breaking bad ratings
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:46 am to CU_Tigers4life
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Deep Space Nine
Pretty much every ST series other than the original series (which started strong and maintained).
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:47 am to Fewer Kilometers
Justified
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:51 am to Mizz-SEC
I tend to feel like most shows peak in the middle to late middle. Some have a steeper curve to get there.
The Office (US) is almost unwatchable for the first 1-1.5 seasons, but gets better then falls off again.
GoT started off slow (partially budget, partially world-building), but kept getting better up to [insert your season of choice, but the end was shite].
Breaking Bad is probably the best example of a show that got progressively better and better and ended strong.
The Office (US) is almost unwatchable for the first 1-1.5 seasons, but gets better then falls off again.
GoT started off slow (partially budget, partially world-building), but kept getting better up to [insert your season of choice, but the end was shite].
Breaking Bad is probably the best example of a show that got progressively better and better and ended strong.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 12:04 pm to Mizz-SEC
Star Trek TNG fits this category.
Tasha Yar as head of security was an abomination. Dr. Beverly Crusher starts out as a real nag. They had trouble at first in creating realistic women characters who were strong women. This is not uncommon. Its such a shame, too, because great female characters with real grit are sorely lacking in modern story telling.
It wasn’t just the women characters, though. William Ryker lacked depth (for most of the series) until the end.
The great acting of Brent Spiner as Data, Patrick Stewart as Picard, and to a lesser extent LeVar Burton as LaForge, helped carry the show through the lean first season.
Tasha Yar as head of security was an abomination. Dr. Beverly Crusher starts out as a real nag. They had trouble at first in creating realistic women characters who were strong women. This is not uncommon. Its such a shame, too, because great female characters with real grit are sorely lacking in modern story telling.
It wasn’t just the women characters, though. William Ryker lacked depth (for most of the series) until the end.
The great acting of Brent Spiner as Data, Patrick Stewart as Picard, and to a lesser extent LeVar Burton as LaForge, helped carry the show through the lean first season.
This post was edited on 7/28/20 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 7/28/20 at 12:06 pm to Mizz-SEC
I thought every season of Leftovers was better than the one before. Not many seasons, but still.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 12:16 pm to Mizz-SEC
The Andy Griffith Show would have been forgotten about if Andy didn't see that Barney should be the comedy while he played straight instead of Andy being the goofball like the show originally started out
Posted on 7/28/20 at 12:29 pm to Mizz-SEC
Cheers
Posted on 7/28/20 at 1:58 pm to Mizz-SEC
Family Guy. Season 1 is awful, seasons 2 and 3 are steps in the right direction, seasons 4-9 are hands down their best work.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 4:13 pm to Mizz-SEC
Family Guy
Posted on 7/28/20 at 4:23 pm to SlowFlowPro
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GOT season 1 clearly had a stunted budget compared to the later seasons. you barely even get perspective shots and it's clearly on sets
Too bad Game of Thrones first season was its best season.
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