A while back, I asked the BuzzFeed Community for shows they thought started off really good and became bad or started off ...

Fans say a TV show has “jumped the shark” when it has become irredeemably outlandish. The term, after all, comes from the 1977 episode of Happy Days in which Henry Winkler’s Fonzie jumps ...

But when misused, these leaps can alienate fans and earn a show the dreaded “jumped the shark” label. Originating from the infamous Happy Days episode where Fonzie literally jumps over a shark ...

Almost every show that goes for multiple seasons eventually does the thing fans dread the most: the jump the shark. Not every show jumps the shark, but it's usually inevitable for long-running shows.

Fans say a TV show has “jumped the shark” when it has become irredeemably outlandish. The term, after all, comes from the 1977 episode of Happy Days in which Henry Winkler’s Fonzie jumps over a shark ...