Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Why TV shows usually suck by the 2nd or 3rd season

Too many themes
The characters regress in order to work them in. Just put the themes down and focus on actually having coherent stories.
Example: I'm so tired of Lea Michele (Glee) being sad and singing show tunes to things i care not about cause she did it to herself because she's a selfish bitch.

Actors too popular
They write extra crap to give people more lines or whatever and it ruins the vision.
Hypothetical: we have an actor, they are really popular, but his character was only intended for 8 episodes worth of content and we have absolutely nothing to give him but lets write him in for another 3 seasons.
Example: Everything past the first season of Heroes.  Really? They couldn't kill off anyone?  Global success ruined the integrity of the writing hands down.

All the writers and producers leave
Example: Writers strike.  Almost everything (including the near untouchable Lost: season 3) not only got terrible ratings but they were terrible episodes!
I have no sources on this and its probably all theory, but after the first season everything seems to go to hell and it has to be the non participation in the original people on the project.

See also:
  • Prison Break
  • Desperate Housewives
  • Heroes
  • Glee
  • Brothers and Sisters
  • Heroes
  • Heroes
  • ..and on and on

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