Photo: Eric McCandless/ABC (Getty)
We’ve been down this road too many times: watching a great show go to hell or just watching a piece of shit fossilize across a long, smelly decade. We’re talking about popular TV shows, ladies and gentlemen, and some of them honestly just need to go.
While you may assume from the cover photo that we’re just picking on shitty (in our humble opinion) television that needs to get out, we’re not out to get just the lucky turds that manage to stay afloat in the toilet that is popular TV. There’s a number of great shows that need to go as well, mainly to avoid turning into turds themselves. Unlike legends Breaking Bad and Seinfeld, who understood to get out on a high note or tell your story and bounce before people can start to pick on it, these shows are either dangerously close to overstaying their welcome, currently overstaying or just should never have made it past their pilot seasons.
Now we know what you’re thinking: Why can’t anybody say anything good about anything anymore? We’ll tell you why. It’s because people don’t know when it’s a good time to leave, and whether in TV or reality, that’s more than half the battle. So to these fine (and some shitty) programs, we say thank you, but you’re free to go, TV show.
10 Popular TV Shows That Honestly Just Need to Go
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TV Shows That Should Stop
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"The Big Bang Theory"
Photo: CBS
After more than a decade and some unexplainable Emmy wins (even when Breaking Bad was in its prime), we believe the nerd fest can end. Jim Parsons has always seemed annoying, except the time he dressed as a knight in Garden State.
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"Supernatural"
Photo: The CW
This show was around back when The CW was still called The WB. And twelve seasons later, the only thing supernatural is this show's ability to stay alive.
Even Smallville beat the pants off this show and ended after 10 seasons, while new CW shows like Arrow include way better cinematography while the not-so-supernatural guys feel stuck in the past. Kill this show and the WB frog that goes with it already!
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"Homeland"
Photo: Showtime
We love Homeland, especially the first two seasons but once Damien Lewis was killed off, the show lost its way and its relevance. Now it's just random plot lines we can do without. It's not bad so much as it's just not something we care about anymore. And Claire Danes is stressing us the hell out.
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"Modern Family"
Photo: ABC
It's probably the best comedy on the air right now (other than It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which not having will one day make us weep), but like The Office, all good things must end before they grow stale. The kids are going off to college (you can get away with having Haley (Sarah Hyland) drop out, but not the smart one with the rocking cans (Ariel Winter). We'd miss us some classic Cam, but then again we've got plenty to go on as is.
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"Nashville"
Our favorite city and yet our least favorite popular show (other than "Big Bang"), Nashville has very little going for it, other than Hayden Panettiere and Clare Bowen. How is it already five seasons in? This torture feels kind of fresh.
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"House Of Cards"
Photo: Netflix
Another show we love that's rolling dangerously close to overstaying its welcome, House of Cards is set to return for its fifth round in May. He's already become President, folks, so anything that happens after this, other than being found out for murder, is going to be anticlimactic. Spacey said he could see it running for awhile, but that just seems made. Five and out, please, Netflix.
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"Grey's Anatomy"
Photo: ABC
After having just celebrated 12 years since its pilot, now in its 13th season, the only question that possibly remains in this hospital drama is simply this: How the hell have you survived this long without Patrick Dempsey?
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"Sleepy Hollow"
Photo: FOX
When a movie gets adapted to a TV show and runs for four seasons, you might start to think it's better than the movie. It's not, at least in the case of Sleepy Hollow, which even IMDB agrees needs to go pronto.
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"The Simpsons"
Photo: FOX
Going on three decades of laughs, these yellow-belly Springfielders have somehow managed not to run out of jokes. While The Cleveland Show and American Dad! seem like obvious cancellations, people seem to have a hard time accepting The Simpsons might run out of ammo, or at least their cast will die of old age eventually. How long can Homer last, and how will it all end? It doesn't matter, we'll all be dead by then.
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"Bones"
Photo: FOX
This much overdue series finale already went down actually after 12 seasons. Really? Because it feels like this show has been on since Baywatch. Well, RIP Bones.
