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A good story can transport you to another world. It can make you forget your troubles and take you on adventures that you didn't even think were possible. However, crafting a compelling narrative is no easy feat.

Take television shows for example. Even those that start off strong can gradually lose their luster, leaving fans feeling disappointed. So let's give credit where credit is due.

Recently, a person on Reddit made a post, asking everyone on the platform which TV series never had a dip in quality, and the community delivered. From long-running sitcoms to short-lived dramas, here are some of the most popular responses.

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#1

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Blackadder

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#2

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread No one's going to mention How It's Made?

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#3

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread The Joy of Painting

RIP Bob Ross

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Final score:
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#4

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Fight me.

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Final score:
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#5

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread The Golden Girls

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Final score:
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#6

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread MASH. It only got better

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Final score:
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#7

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread The IT Crowd

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Final score:
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#8

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Twilight Zone the original Black and White.

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#9

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread The Good Place. The writers knew exactly what they wanted to do it, they did it, and didn't linger any longer even though it was surely successful enough that they could've gotten more seasons if they'd wanted to milk it.

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Final score:
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#10

Firefly



/sob

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Final score:
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#11

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Futurama, but I may be biased.

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Final score:
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#12

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Schitt’s Creek

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Final score:
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#13

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Avatar: The Last Airbender

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Final score:
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#14

Frasier. Exactly the same level of quality from start to finish. It was never AMAZING but also never terrible.

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Final score:
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#15

Fawlty Towers

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Final score:
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#16

3rd Rock from the Sun.

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Final score:
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#17

On this Thanksgiving weekend, let us remember how WKRP in Cincinnati maintained excellence through all four seasons. Turkeys Away!

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Final score:
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#18

Murder She Wrote. Angela Lansbury was and is a f****n queen

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Final score:
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#19

Star Trek: The Next Generation


greatest TV show ever made, by far, hands down. it actually got better with each season but every season is fantastic

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Final score:
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#20

Mythbusters, i need more

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Final score:
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#21

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who's watched these shows, but:

The Librarians,
Eureka,
Warehouse 13

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#22

Keeping Up With The Kardashians

It maintained a standard. It was always absolute horse s**t from the start and never improved

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Final score:
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#23

House MD

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Final score:
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#24

My name is Earl

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#25

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Malcolm in the Middle stayed pretty tried and true

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Final score:
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#26

Keeping Up Appearances, Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift. The whole cast was talented, had impeccable timing, the innuendo it’s hilarious! I still laugh when I catch an episode. It’s very relaxing.

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Final score:
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#27

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Mindhunter

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Final score:
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#28

Psych! I would argue there was a brief dip in a late middle season but it recovered

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES! Fellow Psych-o! Here’s hoping Shawn and Gus have a cameo in the new Monk movie and then we get Psych 4!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOVE Psych! Dule Hill is amazing and the guest stars are phenomenal, especially for a show I sometimes feel nobody else watched (William Shatner, John Cena, Carl Weathers, Malcolm McDowell, Ally Sheedy, Phylicia Rashad, Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Christopher Lloyd, an entire Twin Peaks episode with most of the original cast - and so many more!)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was hoping to see this on the list!!! I know some people didn't like the last season, but I thought it was still fantastic. And don't forget the musical!! **jamaican inspector maaaaaan**

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And we got the movies too which was awesome. I hope they keep revisiting it every few years.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my yes! Best "Sherlock" type of show imo. It's entertaining from start to finish and the movies don't miss the mark. The running gags were so well done, timing was absolutely perfect, it is way up there for me with Schitt's Creek and Parks & Rec (counting s01, it's a classic at this point.)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Re-watched the whole thing and then my husband was like what can we watch together? So started it over. The only episodes I can't watch again are the one they did twice, I think "Cloudy With A Chance Of Murder". For whatever reason I can't stand it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rewatched once? Those are rookie numbers, get popcorn, candy, and soda, sit on the most comfortable reclining chair in your house, and press start. Upgrades people, upgrades!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Psych-O representing! My ferrets are Shawn, Gus, and Ruby Jules! Pineapple for the road?

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#29

The Bob Newhart Show

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Final score:
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#30

Six Feet Under

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Final score:
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#31

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Stargate SG-1. It was a show that knew what it was.

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Final score:
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#32

Phineas and Ferb
I'm a little biased because it is one of my favorite comfort shows, but it maintained in my humble opinion a high level of quality throughout the entirety of it.

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Final score:
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#33

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread gravity falls, im suprised i havnt seen this

edit: i mean that i havnt seen this in the comments of the post, not the show, i’ve seen the entire show lmao, multiple times

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#34

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Band of Brothers

Breaking Bad

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Final score:
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#35

Antiques Roadshow

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Final score:
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#36

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Fleabag

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#37

What we do in the shadows. Stellar from start to end. I think there is new seasons coming out. But it's fabulous.


Edit : you're allowed to not like the new season, but the threats are a little over kill my friends!

Thank you for my first reddit rewards and all the up votes. I love you my people!

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Final score:
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#38

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread Everybody Loves Hypnotoad

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Final score:
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#39

Daria

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Final score:
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#40

Person of interest. Intelligent, well paced, and never predictable. The ending was just as well written, and thought out as the pilot episode.

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Final score:
71points
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#41

Parks and Recreation

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Final score:
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#42

The Inbetweeners (UK)

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Final score:
69points
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#43

Sopranos

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Final score:
65points
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#44

Freaks and Geeks. Hard to decline when you only have 1 season.

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Final score:
55points
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#45

Justified

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Final score:
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#46

Deadwood

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Final score:
49points
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#47

The Americans only improved with age. An absolutely fantastic series.

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Final score:
42points
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#48

50 TV Shows That Were Great In The Beginning And Great Until The End, As Shared In This Online Thread This Old House

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Final score:
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#49

The Clone Wars

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Final score:
28points
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#50

Mr. Robot

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#51

Cowboy Bebop!

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Final score:
17points
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#52

Forensic files

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#53

Dark

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#54

Mad men

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Final score:
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#55

Flight of the Conchords.

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Final score:
14points
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#56

King of the Hill.

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#57

The expanse. Every season kept delivering the best sci-fi I have ever seen.

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#58

Raising Hope

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#59

Bluey

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#60

The Wire (lookin at you season 5 haters)

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#61

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Sure an episode or two in a season might not be as hysterical as the others but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every season as a whole

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#62

Daredevil only had one dip in quality and it was due to having to drum up interest in another show's storyline. Even then, it wasn't godawful, just not as interesting.

Otherwise, perfect show from S1E1 to S3E13.

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#63

Nathan For You

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#64

Seinfeld

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#65

The Good Place

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#66

Bojack Horseman

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