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Total Request Live (TRL) - TV Shows
I remember when this show first started and they showed the top five requested videos in their entireties; at that time the Goo Goo Dolls song Iris was probably the most over-played song on the radio but it seemed OK for City of Angels was a hit at the box office and MTV hadn't yet realized that the best and easiest way to make loads of money was to promote the Backstreet Boys as much as humanly and when that happened each day was: "Here at number one are the Backstreet Boys with. . .". After that, it was all about who to promote 24-7 so MTV can get richer faster namely the teenpop goo. I'd stopped watching the show long before this happened, but had the misfortune of catching bits and pieces of some loser girl say: "I'm requesting NSYNC's song BYE BYE BYE because I told my ex-boyfriend bye bye bye! WHOO!" TRL is a fine example of how MTV doesn't give a (censored) about real music anymore; it's all about money. Why else do we never see fat and bald but smart-as-hell-when-it-comes-to-music Matt Pinfield anymore? Why else would MTV have spent 60 to 90 minutes on how Britney Spears is the First Lady of TRL? Apr 30, 2007 2:43 PM Guest ***This comment came from www.jumpedtheshark.com*** -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:43 pm

Total Request Live (TRL) - TV Shows
I've just read that TRL is only live twice a week (M/W) and then tape a show afterwards. From what I've read, the video positions are the same from one day to the next. Um... as my posting below reveals, the music videos on TRL, just like on MTV are an afterthought. TRL just shows 5 second clips of videos these days and then cram as much MTV promos, celebs and artists who want to promote their latest work, and recap celebrity juiciness. All that is confirmed when I was sick from work a few weeks ago and ended up watching TRL. HEY MTV, WANNA KNOW WHY YOUR RATINGS HAVE PLUNGED ON TRL, FORCING YOU TO DO TAPINGS? No, don't look to Carson Daly leaving the show. Blame it on MUSIC VIDEOS leaving the show. You see MTV, teenagers vote for music videos they want to SEE on the show - back when the show started, TRL actually played just about ALL the video. Hey MTV, when you only show 5 seconds of a video, there's a reason your audience will tune out and go online to sites that will show the WHOLE music video. Get a clue MTV! The less music videos you show on your network, the more people tune out. The same goes for TRL. Why bother voting when you can't see the video you voted for? Apr 3, 2007 5:03 AM repeat2x ***This comment was taken from www.jumpedtheshark.com*** -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:41 pm

Total Request Live (TRL) - TV Shows
Once upon a time, TRL was a show that actually showed a FULL music video (or at least most of it). Then, hosts stepped in. Gradually, TRL became an infomercial about pop culture and less about the videos as sometimes, only a 5 second clip of a music video was shown. Wow, this sounds just like how MTV itself evolved. Someday, no videos will be shown and teenagers will still be voting! Mar 2, 2007 6:47 PM repeat2x ***This comment came from www.jumpedtheshark.com*** -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:40 pm

Total Request Live (TRL) - TV Shows
TRL has gone too far now. A recent episode I just saw had special guest stars, Avenged Sevenfold. Their first two albums were great, but their third album is whats making them MTV stars right now. First their on Headbangers Ball, now TRL. These guys suck now. They say they love bands like Pantera, Megadeth, and earlier Metallica, and they play metal, but how can you be a metal band when you have pop punk vocals in the mix? Its bad enough that we have to deal with the likes of Limp Bizkit, N Sync, Nelly, Britney Spears, and 50 Cent, but now Avenged Sevenfold just got added to that list. TRL has now gotten beyond worse. Its hard to watch when you have a band that was once metalcore on there and is now a mainstream alternative-metal band. I'm so pissed that they have so many fans and are selling so many copies of their new album. Way to go MTV. You just made a good band go bad, just like you did with Metallica. Pre Feb 28, 2007 Guest ***This comment came from www.jumpedtheshark.com*** -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:39 pm

Total Request Live (TRL) - TV Shows
Wow is this supposed to be a music show? Seems more like one big long commercial and a place for plugging movies,events and crap. Nothing pisses me off more than this show and the whole MTV Network. It's bad enough TRL Is pretty much the only music show on mtv,but now they don't even play their videos ATLEAST half way like they did before,It's 20 seconds of a video then it's on to more guests,stupid questions with those guests,stupid games and pointless time with the "fans". Man i can't even enjoy a video anymore,I sware that the other day the Ludacris video "Number one spot" faded in and not 8 seconds later people started clapping and it got louder and louder and then screaming came about and it made it to 14 whole seconds (record time) and then bam! "That was Ludacris with number one spot,oh boy that's a great video"...no kidding,i wouldn't know. Someone needs to speak out loud on this,If you want music go to BET or MTV2,Because mtv isn't about music anymore and obviously MTV2 was made so they could get away with it. Pre Feb 2 ***This comment came from www.jumpedtheshark.com*** -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:39 pm

Simpsons, The - TV Shows
OK everybody, here's the truth about The Simpsons from somebody who's been watching the show since Day 1 (and on Day 1, i was about the same age as Bart...not so much anymore...) The show jumped the shark the day Phil Hartman died. It was on its way down when that happened, but the last truly hilarious season was season 8. (Phil's last episode aired at the beginning of Season 9.) Seasons 3 through 8 are what that show is, was, and always will truly be about. I remember crying from laughing so hard every week that those episodes aired in the mid- to late-1990s. Nothing on TV at the time even came close, and no show since has made me laugh so much within every episode of every season so consistently. That said, the show began to go slightly downhill by Seasons 7 and 8, and markedly by Seasons 9 and 10, but leveled off at some point around Seasons 10 and 11. People will leave comments saying that such-and-such season is the worst ever, but the truth is, it hasn't gotten much worse (or better) since season 10 or 11. In nearly every episode, there will be at least 2 or 3 genuine laughs that will hold up upon repeat viewing. And within every season, there will be 3 or 4 episodes that are downright hilarious...as well as 2 or 3 that just make you want to cringe. (The all-musical episode, The Simpsons Bible Stories, the N-Sync episode, etc. etc.) But remember: for a show that's been on the air for nearly 20 years, they had a good 8 year run, which was subsequently followed by a decent 11+ year run that has kept them within the funniest 5 or so American TV shows on the air at any given time. Sure, we all know how every episode is going to turn out, but we've known it for some time. It's still better than most shows, but nowhere near its height. But at its height, it was simply the funniest TV show ever to air--and every other cartoon show (and non-laugh-track live-action show, for that matter) owes The Simpsons its livelihood. To put it another way, The Simpsons stole every comedy idea to ever come across a TV screen that came before it, and made it their own by adding more. And every show that has come after The Simpsons has borrowed from those Simpsons-skewed ideas. It has proven to be the most influential comedy show to ever air on American TV. Oct 16, 2007 9:25 PM Oscar This comment was taken from www.jumpedtheshark.com -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:26 pm

Simpsons, The - TV Shows
The Simpsons Jumped the Shark when the episodes started becoming so stupid and nonsensical that you felt like mailing matt groening hate-mail i dont consider myself "Christian" or a Religious-follower but i don't like the episodes where religion is mocked either, like when homer becomes the leader of the springfield church and does a whole bunch of blasphemous stuff, and the one when a toy rocket damages the church and it get's repaired in a "Casino-ized" fashion and another instance of blashemy on this show is where the simpsons are on top of their roof watching a meteor shower and homer makes the comment:"I Wish god were still alive to see this" Oct 15, 2007 12:06 PM Dallas This comment was taken from www.jumpedtheshark.com -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:25 pm

Simpsons, The - TV Shows
Last Season (18) was without a doubt the worst season of the Simpsons ever. However, now at season 19, only three episode have premiered (forth premiering in only 2 hours) they have far surpassed the quality of that awful season. From what I can tell, only one of the three writers of those episodes worked on the show last season, so there is new blood. That means no more of the crap from last year. Time to look to the future. We don't want another season 18, 19 is better already. Oct 14, 2007 3:12 PM Guest This comment was taken from www.jumpedtheshark.com -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:24 pm

Simpsons, The - TV Shows
I think the three hundredth episode jumped the shark. Maybe it was a little bit before that, but I remember the 300th episode being super-hyped, and I didn't like it as much as the reruns they played on WB. And after that, they just weren't that funny. Conan O'Brien was a great writer for the show. Oct 12, 2007 8:06 PM Andrew This comment was taken from www.jumpedtheshark.com -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:23 pm

Lost - TV Shows
It jumped when the Others had Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Locke surrounded...and let them go. And then a few episodes later concocted a very elaborate scheme involving Michael killing Ana Lucia and Libby so as to lure Jack, Kate, and Sawyer into their clutches. But as I said, they had them surrounded a few episodes ago, why not take them then? Also, why didn't Ben just ASK Jack to perform the surgery when they first landed? He probably would have said yes. And finally, I love how the Others kept saying "we're not murderers", but Ethan killed the guy on the beach and nearly killed Charlie. And Goodwin killed a bunch of people, too. Got lame after the 1st season ended. Oct 8, 2007 6:19 PM Anonymouseee This comment was taken from www.jumpedtheshark.com -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:20 pm

Lost - TV Shows
Too many annoying characters getting too much air time. And also the story just got more and more unbelievable and cliched. It's truly tragic that a show with such great potential really went downhill so much that they aren't considered for the Emmy anymore after the first season. Second season was a real disaster. The story moves along at a snails pace while at the same time they introduce new mysteries instead of answering old ones in every episode. The final episode will be a real bummer because it will all be a dream or involve drugs or something like that. Oct 7, 2007 2:31 PM Joe This comment was taken from www.jumpedtheshark.com -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on March 6, 2010, 5:19 pm

Cosby Show, The - TV Shows
The Cosby Show jumped the shark when they brought Cousin Pam in town. She was the most irritating character I've met as well as Charmaine, Lance and Slide. It really brought the show down when these characters appears. Olivia really kept the show interesting and more family oriented with her cuteness up until Pam came to town. Pam really changed the show since it was no longer the innocent family oriented sitcom. Sep 5, 2007 4:16 PM Durell ____________ This comment was taken from the good old jumpedtheshark.com website the old version. -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on May 2, 2009, 12:18 pm

Cosby Show, The - TV Shows
That annoying friend you're thinking of was Charmaine...and actually, although I thought Pam are her dopey friends were complete bores, I kinda liked Charmaine. She was pretty funny. Not in a Cosby kind of funny I suppose, but she still made me laugh, just about the only thing I laughed at during the entire 8th season. Sep 24, 2007 12:26 AM Stevo ____ This comment is taken from the old jumpedtheshark.com website. -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on May 2, 2009, 12:16 pm

Cosby Show, The - TV Shows
I'm always stunned at the nasty references to Olivia by posters(even when discussing other shows, like some lame running joke) Talk about following trends with the "no talent and annoying" claims. I think people are right in declaring she was brought in to repair Rudy's vacating the Cute Factor, but this character was a self-possessed and pragmatic little person in her own right. I found that very appealing from the startand yes, I DID like Rudy very much) she was played with much aplomb by a particulary young actress: I THINK she was only 3 or 4. The show WAS just heading towards Suckville by then, but gave me seasons of enjoyment prior to that. Oct 3, 2007 3:45 AM phillip gray _________ This is a comment taken from the old jumpedtheshark.com website -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on May 2, 2009, 12:14 pm

Cosby Show, The - TV Shows
I have to say The Cosby Show suffered Cousin Oliver Syndrome not once but TWICE! Olivia is the addition that I could understand; she was Denise's step-daughter. OK. She didn't annoy me as much as C.O.S. sufferer #2: Cousin Pam. Pam struck me as a character that was thought of on a coffee break by somebody who didn't know a thing about television. The final season was DOMINATED by storylines about Pam and her friends Charmaine and Lance. It confused a lot of the die-hard fans of the show. To rectify the error of Pam, create a spinoff of the show using the storylines of the final season that nobody else was in and have the family make guest appearances in selected shows. I know the show ended in 1992 and it is 2007 now but that is how i would prevent another Cousin Pam-like occurance on any other show. Oct 24, 2007 5:41 PM Chris Whitfield _________ This is an old comment taken from the good old jumpedtheshark.com -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on May 2, 2009, 12:13 pm

Lost - TV Shows
After having read all the "supposed" reasons for LOST to JTS, it seems like people are missing the point. LOST is a story. A fantasy, it's not real. Open your imagination and let the story unfold. I LOVE this show, mostly because of all the crazy things happening. It have been developed during the whole show that this island is not normal. Which could mean anything. People like Star Wars for the same reason, it's not real. So for the people complaining about the lack of realism in LOST are lost themselves. This is a great show, with great character development and interaction, and excellent story telling. Oct 5, 2007 5:13 PM Tom ______ This comment is taken from the old jumpedtheshark.com website -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on May 2, 2009, 12:07 pm

Lost - TV Shows
Too many annoying characters getting too much air time. And also the story just got more and more unbelievable and cliched. It's truly tragic that a show with such great potential really went downhill so much that they aren't considered for the Emmy anymore after the first season. Second season was a real disaster. The story moves along at a snails pace while at the same time they introduce new mysteries instead of answering old ones in every episode. The final episode will be a real bummer because it will all be a dream or involve drugs or something like that. Oct 7, 2007 2:31 PM Joe This is a comment taken from the old jumpedtheshark.com website -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on May 2, 2009, 12:06 pm

Lost - TV Shows
Killing off the main characters like Boone, Shannon, and Charlie; and The Others like Ana Lucia, Libby, Desmond, Henry, JULIET hogging so much airtime. Oct 15, 2007 11:00 AM Guest This is a comment taken from the old jumpedtheshark.com website. -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on May 2, 2009, 12:06 pm

Lost - TV Shows
Lost jumped within the first twenty minutes of the show, when some "monster" ate the pilot. This show should've been named "Gilligan meets the Creature from the Black Lagoon." LAME. Oct 21, 2007 4:15 PM Phorat This comment is taken from the old jumpedtheshark website. -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on May 2, 2009, 12:04 pm

Lost - TV Shows
How can you say the show's jumped the shark with all the crazy stuff that's been going on? I don't think you can conclusively say it's jumped yet. Once they reveal that they're actually in a time warp, even though the writers and producers have adamantly denied this, THEN you can say the show's jumped the shark. I like watching the show, but I think they're so obsessed with making the plot so complicated that I'm wondering if they're writing themselves into a corner. Oct 23, 2007 3:55 PM Tony ___ This is a comment taken by the old original JTS website -- Submitted By: (jumpedthesharkcommenttaker) on May 2, 2009, 12:04 pm