How come the early episodes of TV series always SUCK?

[Placebo]

Family Guy (Seasons 1 & 2 -- Yikes!)

The Simpsons (Seriously, WTF)

Seinfeld (The very definition of steely-faced unfunny)

The list goes on!

[Jara sang]

1. Last season usually sucks too.

[Placebo]

3. Yes!

That too.

[Broken_Hero]

2. I don't know

I think its primarily, trying to branch out, and test the viewer "waters" so to speak. But, there are series, which were better in their first two seasons...

Like Smallville for example, I enjoyed Season I and II a lot more than season III and IV...with the exception of a few handful of shows, in season III and IV, I would consider those season's, a complete waste of time...

[LeftyMom]

4. Star Trek: The Next Generation was like that

It took two seasons before it was any good.

The first season of DS9 was pretty meh too, though Battle Lines is a really good episode. I wish they'd done more with Kai Opaka before replacing her with Kai Winn though, although Kai Winn was a more complicated and DS9-like figure than the grandmotherly Opaka.

[Placebo]

5. As far as TNG...

I remember it getting good about the same time they ditched the spandex jumpsuits.

[LeftyMom]

6. And the chearleeder skirts for the women

Well, and the male extras in skirts seen in the coridors in the first few episodes, which was both wierd and kinda cool I thought.

[Placebo]

7. Seriously?!?!

I never noticed that! :o

[sarge43]

20. Seriously

A real :wtf: moment

[Placebo]

10. OMG you were right, I found a pic!

Crazy!

[Hippo_Tron]

13. Yea it co-incided with the end of the 80's

The costumes were modified.

[GaYellowDawg]

18. You know, there are ways to screen the reruns...

1. If they're wearing a one-piece uniform, the episode will probably suck.

2. If Riker doesn't have a beard, the episode will probably suck.

3. The longer that Worf's hair is, the better the episode will probably be.

[tuvor]

8. Good things take time to become good.

You gotta cook a casserole, chill your Jell-o, age your wine, blah, blah, blah...

[Placebo]

9. But you can also make Jell-o via that Express method...

with ice cubes and all that voodoo magic and shit.

[tuvor]

12. Got any tips on speeding up my winemaking?

Seriously, four weeks is way too damn long.

[ForrestGump]

31. Mix grape juice and Everclear?

:shrug:

[deucemagnet]

11. The first season of Firefly was incredibly good....

...so Fox canceled it by episode 7. BASTARDS! :grr:

[Mutley]

15. Yeah, WTF was that about?

I just never understood that. It's like they'd rather stick to the usual crap they put out.

[bikebloke]

27. Offended Fox's base of eejits

I think it was Firefly's critical commentary on religious nutters and corporate control (the Alliance).

I'm not a sci-f fan, but liked the show on DVD. Now we'll never get Book's back story.

[mark414]

14. counter argument: the twilight zone

that first season had some of the greatest television moments ever...

"no...no! that's not fair...i finally had time! that's not fair...."

[sarge43]

22. Counter argument: WKRP

Started off with a bang "Oh yeah fellow babies - BOOGER!" and never jumped the shark.

[GaYellowDawg]

16. Counter-argument: the remake of Battlestar Galactica

Absolutely incredible and addicting program.

[Placebo]

19. True.

It only keeps getting better, too.

[GaYellowDawg]

17. Ignore, posting error

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[Anarcho-Socialist]

21. No!

I will NOT ignore this post. :)

[calico1]

23. I think it just takes a while to find

out what formula works.

[Fox Mulder]

24. Counter-argument:

I thought the first two seasons of Family Guy were the funniest. And the series is still funny after all this time.

Anyways, the early episodes of The X-Files were great. It was the last two seasons of the show where it jumped the shark.

[LeftyMom]

25. Really early X-Files was great

It was cool how it was still really unknown and cultish as well, it kinda took some of the fun out of it when everybody else found it.

[Burma Jones]

26. I prefer the early M*A*S*H TV seasons to the later treacle

[StrongBad]

28. Gotta disagree re: Family Guy

They were pretty unusual in that seasons 1&2 were hysterical in my opinion!!

Since then I actually think the series has gone downhill.

[Joe Fields]

29. You ever see the first season of Bonanza? Laughable!

[Sequoia]

33. I actually liked it.

If I remember since I only saw the reruns. But I remember a good one about a ghost town. One that was very funny was when there was a fight in the barn and both guys keep grabbing what every tool was handy to use as a weapon. Most were hammy though.

[theboss]

30. Some shows take a while to hit their stride

The first episodes of Seinfeld are like from another universe. Jason Alexander is doing a bad Woody Allen imitation instead of his great Larry David imitation. Kramer is a slow-witted doofus. Instead of a fast-talking conniver. And Elaine barely exists at all.

[Sequoia]

32. Ah come on, those old Simpsons were great.

I like all those jittery motions. I can't even watch stupid Family Guy because it is stupid as it gets.