All good TV shows must come to an end lest they become tiresome and repetitive. Series that can last as long as say, "Seinfeld," are very few and of a very specific breed. These are some shows that have overstayed their welcome:
"How I Met Your Mother" started out as a good show. It had a great cast, a good premise and was good at coming up with innovative running jokes (think: slap bet). In that way it is similar to The League (think: Shiva Blast) although that is probably the only similarity between them.
Jump six years ahead and we find ourselves with a show that is too comfortable with the template and is no longer being innovative. Ideally, a good show should end on its own terms, not go on until its viewers lose interest and it gets canceled. Moving past the show's general degradation; those kids have been sitting on that couch for six years! Talk about long-winded. Put them out of their misery and tell them how you met their damn mother already! Or, even better, just end the show with: "Just kidding, you were adopted!"
"Entourage" is another show that was very good, but has, in the past season, lost some of its charm. Season six ends with
American Idol ... that's still going on? I stopped caring after the second season (and I cared very little to begin with).
Well that's my opinion, and if you don't agree with it then you're wrong.
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