Originally Posted by Spiderbite (Post 12350227)

I hate to hear the talk about Boardwalk Empire ending poorly. I am behind on it and am only at the beginning of the third season but I thought the first two seasons was some of the best TV ever.

Originally Posted by Defiant1 (Post 12349673)

I think that all four of the modern Star Trek series had very capable final seasons. Not necessarily their best season, but certainly not their worst.

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138 (Post 12349783)

TNG was running out of ideas a bit by the time it got to its final season. It's not terrible by any means, there's still some good stuff in it, but for a final season, it frankly should be better, especially after the excellent previous year.

As to the question, it's probably primarily because shows which are that long in the tooth are out of ideas artistically and are hanging around to drag more ratings out and milk something which has run out of gas for more money. Or because so many shows nowadays are plotted out as they go, and the creators don't have an endpoint in mind. But then, I keep watching Supernatural, so what do I know ;).

Incidentally, I am now signed up for Netflix, Prime, and Hulu and still can't stream Babylon 5 :mad:.

Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum (Post 12350987)

Pokémon and Power Rangers are still going strong and just ended two of their best seasons yet, one after 17 years, one after 21 years. Of course, their last seasons are nowhere to be seen just yet, so we'll have to await the outcome when that comes (hopefully within my lifetime).