grundle

I can't think of any.

rw2516

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

U6C84

Best Damn Sports Show
Sportscenter

Red Dog

Law & Order without a doubt - the peak of L&O was S7 and S8 IMO.

I think the peak of MTM was in that area too - S5 and S6.

Red Dog

Oh - how could I forget - Cheers - the Rebecca years were better than the Diane years.

Gizmo

Angel. Those inal 10 episodes were awesome!

edstein

Star Trek: Next Generation. The first fews years were not that great.

Jimmy James

I imagine almost every one of the nighttime talkers (Letterman, O'Brien, Leno, Carson) peaked after 100 episodes.

grundle

Thanks for all the responses everyone!

cdollaz

I'm in the minority, but I think Seinfeld got better as it went along. The characters and situations just got increasingly wackier.

wendersfan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer peaked in seasons 5 & 6.

Jobronie

Possibly NYPD Blue?

If for nothing else than that final season being absolutely great; many of the Andy and Jr. eps prior to the final season were some of the best as well....

Jobronie

That one is easy to pin down: when did Larry David leave......?

riley_dude

I'll disagree on that one. Five good. Six declinded after OMWF into a big mess.

DRG

I'd say Buffy peaked precisely at the 100th episode.

As for peaking after the 100th episode... I'll have to go on a limb and say South Park has produced episodes after the 100th that are, in the very least, right on par with the best episodes before the 100th.

superdeluxe

Simpsons? season 5-6 we're some of the greatest.

Michael Corvin

That's what I used to think having been too young to watch during the Diane years. I jumped in during the first Rebecca year and fell in love with the show. However, having bought all the seasons on DVD, I now see why the majority loved the Diane years more. I have switched sides. The first half of the show's run was so much more fun. By the time Rebecca comes along, Sam pining after her just seems forced after pining for Diane. This coming from a man who shouldn't "pine" after any woman.

dhmac

Seinfeld peaked around episode 50, but did stay pretty strong for the rest of its run (...except for the awful finale, that is).

clckworang

Well, the season 5 finale was ep 100, so that season wouldn't really enter into the equation, but I agree with the poster that said that after OMWF, season 6 really turned into a mess, although I am a big fan of Tabula Rosa, the ep right after OMWF.

Slayer2005

I loved Buffy seasons 5 & 6. One of the best episodes aired directly after OMWF, Tabula Rasa. I liked Season 6 the second time around a lot better (it wasn't flowing as well as Angel season 4, which was so fast paced that it made Buffy season 6 seem slow in comparison) without commercials and long breaks. It flowed much better that way.

I liked the darkness of season 6 a lot though. It was a very depressing season and the ending (actually the whole two part finale) was incredible beyond words. Although, I wouldn't say Buffy peaked around that time. It probably peaked around three, IMO, but season 5 was awesome (right up there with the best. The finale is among the greatest episodes of anything I've ever seen as well. So, I can see how someone could see it peaked during season 5.).

Season 6 was a great dark pit of despair with life being the big bad of the season. Some people just didn't "get it" or it was too much of a change for them. I kind of liked that they had the guts to make season 6 such a dark and depressing season. I would've preferred they didn't overuse the magic = drugs metaphor, but even though Willow was addicted to the power I can see why they went that route; not a lot of people can relate to being addicted to power. .

If I had to rank the seasons it'd probably be something like:

1: Season 3
2: Season 5
3: Season 2
4: Season 6
5: Season 4
6: Season 7
7: Season 1

I could probably switch seasons 4 & 7 and be ok with it.

mike7162

The Jeffersons was particularly painful to watch in it's later years.
I think Law and Order has been irrelevant for a long time.

Red Dog

I agree completely. It is in its 16th season. However, it still peaked in S7 and S8, after its 100th episode.

coladar

Stargate SG-1. Now don't get me wrong, the show started stinking horribly the season after the 100th episode, S6. But once they got Michael Shanks back, halfway through S7 things got good again. S8 was amazing, tying up storylines that had developed over several years. And quite frankly, I find S9 to have been the best season yet. Ben Browder owns RDA, Claudia Black has been hillarious and the Ori have been a better villain than the Goa'uld.