the Fonz may have started this trend but
it very much continues in television
today welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten 21st century jumped the shark
moments we’ve got to rescue your son and
I’ve got a staple this – a seal and I’ve
skipped breakfast so I’m off to Burger
King
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at TV moments
that aired from 2000 onward that seemed
like desperate attempts for attention
and that arguably signaled a major
downhill turn for this series number 10
agrestic burns down weeds this was not
what I had in mind
act of God baby weeds had three
fantastic seasons before being derailed
by a misguided twist when Nancy’s
actions inadvertently lead to Guillermo
burning down a grow field the fire
spreads to the town of majestic
including the agrestic neighborhood in
which the show takes place this leads to
the departure of several main characters
for no real reason and a series of
desperate maneuvers to keep the cast
together the show was never able to find
its footing again bouncing around from
setting to setting these are solid
questions
we’re going to red mark for a show that
was meant to find comedy and a suburban
mother dealing drugs removing its
suburbs from the equation was a
perplexing choice welcome to the border
number nine
terrorists hacked the vice president’s
pacemaker homeland let’s set aside the
fact that most pacemakers don’t have
Wi-Fi capability and that even if the
VP’s was his security experts wouldn’t
leave it enabled his pacemaker can be
wirelessly access with that number I’m
nuts I won’t do it yes you will this
moment really hamed up a series that
only one season earlier swept the Emmys
for a show that created tension from
realistic political situations this took
the series credibility to a sudden low
from which it has never fully recovered
later seasons have been met with a
lukewarm reception from critics and
audiences and in hindsight it’s pretty
easy to pinpoint this moment as the
major turning point yes there were still
some high points in those later seasons
but this twist was funnier than it was
number eight disaster episodes Desperate
Housewives
seduce my husband so she put the moves
on your husband why didn’t you say so
there’s no shortage of drama on Wisteria
Lane but these episodes take it to the
extreme in the third through seventh
seasons there was always an episode
involving a disaster that would
though these moments were a fun bit of
ridiculousness it was a bit of a stretch
of the imagination for a disaster to hit
every year and they felt like a lazy way
of killing off peripheral characters
these disasters included a shooting a
tornado a fire a plane crash and a riot
were these moments exciting sure did
number seven still in Eric’s basement
that 70 show you know Who am I kidding I
wanted this though that 70 show was an
awesome bold comedy it’s hard to argue
that the heart and soul of the show
wasn’t Eric when Topher Grace left the
series in the finale of its penultimate
season it left a hole in the show which
was only exacerbated by Ashton Kutcher’s
exit so long Point Place the strangest
thing about this departure though is
that his friends still hung out in
Eric’s basement even though he didn’t
live there anymore
Eric was replaced by Randy who was
despised by fans for being a bland
imitation of our beloved dork so you’re
not hiring that’s a bummer cuz I gotta
say this is your idea of a staff meeting
I worked my butt off
what’s even weirder is that Donna would
later date Randy and even hang out with
him in Eric’s basement
wait what after all it’s none of my
business what do people do in the
privacy of my own driveway number six
Walden Schmidt two and a Half Men Ashton
Kutcher exiting a show may have caused
problems but his entrance on another
show was even worse everybody knows
about Charlie Sheen’s very public
meltdown which led to his firing from
this ultra successful sitcom what you
said you wanted but I really don’t think
Pamela Anderson will agree to swallow
your ashes enter Kelso himself who
played billionaire Walden Schmidt I’m
Walden Walden Schmidt
nice to meet you Walden Schmidt having a
billionaire in the cast essentially
allowed the writers to do whatever they
wanted which only worsened writing that
already wasn’t exactly Emmy worthy what
if I hired you to play the role of my
girl
you think I’m a hooker the performance
was undoubtedly charming but the cast’s
chemistry changed dramatically and
backstage drama continued to snowball
until the show eventually ended after
twelve seasons number five Nikki and
Paulo lost depending on who you ask
lost jump the shark anywhere between
well any episode really things don’t
stay buried on this island the
characters of Nikki and Paulo are
particularly notorious among fans
however for being generally annoying and
dislikable Nikki’s day Nikki
apparently they’d been on the island the
entire time but only started interacting
with the main characters in the third
season what one today come on let’s keep
going
they were meant to start off awful so
they could be redeemed later but the
writers may have gone a little too hard
in the beginning the audiences hated
them so much that their planned
storyline was scrapped and they were
killed off in a satisfyingly brutal
fashion that felt like pure fanservice
by being buried alive
number four the ELSA reveal once upon a
time Disney’s frozen was the breakout
hit of 2013 Disney also happens to own
ABC which broadcasts once upon a time
you won’t get away with this the season
3 finale ended with a divisive twist
elsa the movie’s protagonist emerged
from an urn assuring in a frozen
storyline for the fourth season this was
a strange move since a 2013 movie isn’t
necessarily the kind of story that the
series has traditionally incorporated to
the show’s credit they did work in
elements of Hans Christian Andersen’s
original fairy tale upon which frozen
was very loosely based still though the
cliffhanger felt desperate an obvious
attempt to get more viewers by cashing
number three Vaughn isn’t Vaughn alias
for a time JJ Abrams alias was one of
the best things to be seen on TV
unfortunately they just couldn’t keep
the momentum up into its final few
seasons I love you said that’s why I
need to tell you something just so
there’s no secrets between us after
delivering a thrilling season finale the
fourth season came to a close with a
pretty major twist Michael Vaughn isn’t
who he’s been saying he is for starters
okay this could maybe be interesting
nope no it wasn’t the following season
unraveled this convoluted twist that
felt half-baked and lacked any real
direction giving fans little reason to
care a fake-out death and ultimate
cancellation made a mess of this once
acclaimed dramas final season that’s
fury I’d never see you again so yeah
maybe a little number two poof The
Fairly OddParents The Fairly OddParents
had a charming cast that worked well off
of each other which is why it’s somewhat
baffling that the series decided to
bring in this entirely unnecessary
character for your big bro to teach you
the finer things in life pouf is the
child of Cosmo and Wanda and he really
doesn’t serve much purpose other than to
generate conflict with this lack of
magic knowledge by this point in the
series the apparent dumbing down of
cosmos character already had that angle
more than covered it was only the first
of several flat additions to the cast
who are looking at you Sparky all of
which made a once wonderful children’s
comedy into a bloated shadow of what it
once was before we unveil our number one
pick here are some dishonorable mentions
step1
you say we need to talk he walks you say
sit down it’s just a talk number 1
Brian’s death family guy well I guess
that’s it it’s just like the end of an
era
after 12 seasons Family Guy made the
shocking move of killing off the family
dog Brian it was a surprisingly poignant
moment that could have been a bold
narrative choice that challenged the
writers instead Brian was resurrected
only two episodes later nobody wanted to
see Brian get killed off but they
certainly didn’t want to be emotionally
manipulated for ratings either it was a
move that wreaked of desperation for a
show that many felt had already been
declining in quality for some time
what’s worse is that it was an
incredibly transparent stunt maybe it’s
time to swap out the term jumping the
shark for killing the dog you know a lot
of other families would have just gotten
a different dog and moved on something
like that Brian
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
it very much continues in television
today welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten 21st century jumped the shark
moments we’ve got to rescue your son and
I’ve got a staple this – a seal and I’ve
skipped breakfast so I’m off to Burger
King
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at TV moments
that aired from 2000 onward that seemed
like desperate attempts for attention
and that arguably signaled a major
downhill turn for this series number 10
agrestic burns down weeds this was not
what I had in mind
act of God baby weeds had three
fantastic seasons before being derailed
by a misguided twist when Nancy’s
actions inadvertently lead to Guillermo
burning down a grow field the fire
spreads to the town of majestic
including the agrestic neighborhood in
which the show takes place this leads to
the departure of several main characters
for no real reason and a series of
desperate maneuvers to keep the cast
together the show was never able to find
its footing again bouncing around from
setting to setting these are solid
questions
we’re going to red mark for a show that
was meant to find comedy and a suburban
mother dealing drugs removing its
suburbs from the equation was a
perplexing choice welcome to the border
number nine
terrorists hacked the vice president’s
pacemaker homeland let’s set aside the
fact that most pacemakers don’t have
Wi-Fi capability and that even if the
VP’s was his security experts wouldn’t
leave it enabled his pacemaker can be
wirelessly access with that number I’m
nuts I won’t do it yes you will this
moment really hamed up a series that
only one season earlier swept the Emmys
for a show that created tension from
realistic political situations this took
the series credibility to a sudden low
from which it has never fully recovered
later seasons have been met with a
lukewarm reception from critics and
audiences and in hindsight it’s pretty
easy to pinpoint this moment as the
major turning point yes there were still
some high points in those later seasons
but this twist was funnier than it was
number eight disaster episodes Desperate
Housewives
seduce my husband so she put the moves
on your husband why didn’t you say so
there’s no shortage of drama on Wisteria
Lane but these episodes take it to the
extreme in the third through seventh
seasons there was always an episode
involving a disaster that would
though these moments were a fun bit of
ridiculousness it was a bit of a stretch
of the imagination for a disaster to hit
every year and they felt like a lazy way
of killing off peripheral characters
these disasters included a shooting a
tornado a fire a plane crash and a riot
were these moments exciting sure did
number seven still in Eric’s basement
that 70 show you know Who am I kidding I
wanted this though that 70 show was an
awesome bold comedy it’s hard to argue
that the heart and soul of the show
wasn’t Eric when Topher Grace left the
series in the finale of its penultimate
season it left a hole in the show which
was only exacerbated by Ashton Kutcher’s
exit so long Point Place the strangest
thing about this departure though is
that his friends still hung out in
Eric’s basement even though he didn’t
live there anymore
Eric was replaced by Randy who was
despised by fans for being a bland
imitation of our beloved dork so you’re
not hiring that’s a bummer cuz I gotta
say this is your idea of a staff meeting
I worked my butt off
what’s even weirder is that Donna would
later date Randy and even hang out with
him in Eric’s basement
wait what after all it’s none of my
business what do people do in the
privacy of my own driveway number six
Walden Schmidt two and a Half Men Ashton
Kutcher exiting a show may have caused
problems but his entrance on another
show was even worse everybody knows
about Charlie Sheen’s very public
meltdown which led to his firing from
this ultra successful sitcom what you
said you wanted but I really don’t think
Pamela Anderson will agree to swallow
your ashes enter Kelso himself who
played billionaire Walden Schmidt I’m
Walden Walden Schmidt
nice to meet you Walden Schmidt having a
billionaire in the cast essentially
allowed the writers to do whatever they
wanted which only worsened writing that
already wasn’t exactly Emmy worthy what
if I hired you to play the role of my
girl
you think I’m a hooker the performance
was undoubtedly charming but the cast’s
chemistry changed dramatically and
backstage drama continued to snowball
until the show eventually ended after
twelve seasons number five Nikki and
Paulo lost depending on who you ask
lost jump the shark anywhere between
well any episode really things don’t
stay buried on this island the
characters of Nikki and Paulo are
particularly notorious among fans
however for being generally annoying and
dislikable Nikki’s day Nikki
apparently they’d been on the island the
entire time but only started interacting
with the main characters in the third
season what one today come on let’s keep
going
they were meant to start off awful so
they could be redeemed later but the
writers may have gone a little too hard
in the beginning the audiences hated
them so much that their planned
storyline was scrapped and they were
killed off in a satisfyingly brutal
fashion that felt like pure fanservice
by being buried alive
number four the ELSA reveal once upon a
time Disney’s frozen was the breakout
hit of 2013 Disney also happens to own
ABC which broadcasts once upon a time
you won’t get away with this the season
3 finale ended with a divisive twist
elsa the movie’s protagonist emerged
from an urn assuring in a frozen
storyline for the fourth season this was
a strange move since a 2013 movie isn’t
necessarily the kind of story that the
series has traditionally incorporated to
the show’s credit they did work in
elements of Hans Christian Andersen’s
original fairy tale upon which frozen
was very loosely based still though the
cliffhanger felt desperate an obvious
attempt to get more viewers by cashing
number three Vaughn isn’t Vaughn alias
for a time JJ Abrams alias was one of
the best things to be seen on TV
unfortunately they just couldn’t keep
the momentum up into its final few
seasons I love you said that’s why I
need to tell you something just so
there’s no secrets between us after
delivering a thrilling season finale the
fourth season came to a close with a
pretty major twist Michael Vaughn isn’t
who he’s been saying he is for starters
okay this could maybe be interesting
nope no it wasn’t the following season
unraveled this convoluted twist that
felt half-baked and lacked any real
direction giving fans little reason to
care a fake-out death and ultimate
cancellation made a mess of this once
acclaimed dramas final season that’s
fury I’d never see you again so yeah
maybe a little number two poof The
Fairly OddParents The Fairly OddParents
had a charming cast that worked well off
of each other which is why it’s somewhat
baffling that the series decided to
bring in this entirely unnecessary
character for your big bro to teach you
the finer things in life pouf is the
child of Cosmo and Wanda and he really
doesn’t serve much purpose other than to
generate conflict with this lack of
magic knowledge by this point in the
series the apparent dumbing down of
cosmos character already had that angle
more than covered it was only the first
of several flat additions to the cast
who are looking at you Sparky all of
which made a once wonderful children’s
comedy into a bloated shadow of what it
once was before we unveil our number one
pick here are some dishonorable mentions
step1
you say we need to talk he walks you say
sit down it’s just a talk number 1
Brian’s death family guy well I guess
that’s it it’s just like the end of an
era
after 12 seasons Family Guy made the
shocking move of killing off the family
dog Brian it was a surprisingly poignant
moment that could have been a bold
narrative choice that challenged the
writers instead Brian was resurrected
only two episodes later nobody wanted to
see Brian get killed off but they
certainly didn’t want to be emotionally
manipulated for ratings either it was a
move that wreaked of desperation for a
show that many felt had already been
declining in quality for some time
what’s worse is that it was an
incredibly transparent stunt maybe it’s
time to swap out the term jumping the
shark for killing the dog you know a lot
of other families would have just gotten
a different dog and moved on something
like that Brian
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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