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

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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

HunterRoze , Blackadder Report

Final score:

265points

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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?

ScumbagLady , How It's Made Report

Final score:

254points

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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

DuckFlat , The Joy of Painting Report

Final score:

237points

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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.

honest_true_man , Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Report

Final score:

235points

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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

anon , The Golden Girls Report

Final score:

234points

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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

BornInMappleSyrop , Keystone Report

Final score:

226points

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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

nottheboyioncewas , The IT Crowd Report

Final score:

220points

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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.

sonoma95436 , CBS Photo Archive Report

Final score:

210points

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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.

magicalsnack , The Good Place Report

Final score:

210points

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#10

Firefly

/sob

Final score:

177points

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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.

Automatic_Spirit_225 , Futurama Report

Final score:

172points

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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

anon , Schitt’s Creek Report

Final score:

171points

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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

Admirable_Dream_ , Avatar: The Last Airbender Report

Final score:

166points

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#14

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

surly_sorrel Report

Final score:

165points

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#15

Fawlty Towers

IcyMoistTowel Report

Final score:

158points

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#16

3rd Rock from the Sun.

Cognizant_Psyche Report

Final score:

158points

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#17

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

Final score:

148points

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#18

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

anonbooklover Report

Final score:

148points

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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

dimmu1313 Report

Final score:

146points

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#20

Mythbusters, i need more

Anaaatomy Report

Final score:

145points

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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

BunnyWithAVengeance Report

Final score:

141points

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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

DavosLostFingers Report

Final score:

137points

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#23

House MD

AwaitingCombat Report

Final score:

133points

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#24

My name is Earl

Final score:

124points

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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

Letter10 , Malcolm in the Middle Report

Final score:

122points

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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.

MHibarifan Report

Final score:

119points

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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

Old_Hans_Klopek , Mindhunter Report

Final score:

107points

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#28

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

Brianarna Report

Final score:

106points

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#29

The Bob Newhart Show

dcwarrior Report

Final score:

97points

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#30

Six Feet Under

RegrettableVegetable Report

Final score:

94points

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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.

Leeboman , Stargate SG-1 Report

Final score:

90points

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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.

Driverguy1992 Report

Final score:

90points

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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

Weirdo1232 , Gravity falls Report

Final score:

89points

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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

420DepravedDude , Band of Brothers Report

Final score:

88points

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#35

Antiques Roadshow

DrBrinkley Report

Final score:

87points

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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

Any_Street , Fleabag Report

Final score:

82points

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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!

cathabit Report

Final score:

82points

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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

BuccellatiExplainsIt , Everybody Loves Hypnotoad Report

Final score:

76points

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#39

Daria

spencermiddleton Report

Final score:

74points

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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.

thecountnotthesaint Report

Final score:

71points

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#41

Parks and Recreation

AnotherPeaInThePod Report

Final score:

71points

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#42

The Inbetweeners (UK)

CasualScrolls Report

Final score:

69points

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#43

Sopranos

Final score:

65points

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#44

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

andyduphresne92 Report

Final score:

55points

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#45

Justified

Illustrious_Ant_3997 Report

Final score:

52points

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#46

Deadwood

Economy_Stomach6773 Report

Final score:

49points

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#47

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

sixriver16 Report

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

ripper4444 , This Old House Report

Final score:

35points

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#49

The Clone Wars

spacewaffl3z Report

Final score:

28points

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#50

Mr. Robot

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Final score:

28points

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#51

Cowboy Bebop!

ProRussian1337 Report

Final score:

17points

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#52

Forensic files

maesarahh Report

Final score:

17points

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#53

Dark

WVWAssassinKill Report

Final score:

16points

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#54

Mad men

Perosales81 Report

Final score:

15points

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#55

Flight of the Conchords.

MiikeG94 Report

Final score:

14points

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#56

King of the Hill.

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Final score:

14points

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#57

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

JustLuqa Report

Final score:

14points

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#58

Raising Hope

LumpyGrape5854 Report

Final score:

13points

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#59

Bluey

maebridge Report

Final score:

12points

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#60

The Wire (lookin at you season 5 haters)

julvin9mM Report

Final score:

12points

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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

Final score:

11points

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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.

RTSUbiytsa Report

Final score:

11points

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#63

Nathan For You

filmmaker30 Report

Final score:

5points

#64

Seinfeld

Final score:

5points

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#65

The Good Place

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Final score:

4points

#66

Bojack Horseman

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What do you think ?

Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

Father Ted

29points

DuchessDegu 1 year ago

My lovely horse, running through the fiiiieeelds 😆

5points

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Cyber Returns 1 year ago

"I hear you're a racist now father"

5points

Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

Oh yes! 🤣🤣🤣 how could I forget it

3points

Aster Oli 1 year ago

someone add Sherlock to this list🫶

22points

Aster Oli 1 year ago

Guys if you disagree with people don’t downvote them, just ignore them. downvoting is mean and I’m here to save the internet

4points

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JunosLostLeg 1 year ago

Anyone know where to watch it? It's been on my list but I can't find it.

2points

HarperTheCentaur (they/them) 1 year ago

BBC Sherlock? Hard disagree. Extremely mediocre even at its very peak. Sherlock himself was a genuinely insufferable character.

2points

Emma S 1 year ago

No series four was just bizarre and ruined the previously three series.

1point

RaptorNXT 1 year ago

If we could pretend last two seasons didn't happen.

1point

Green Tree 1 year ago

Peep Show

16points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

Father Ted

29points

DuchessDegu 1 year ago

My lovely horse, running through the fiiiieeelds 😆

5points

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Cyber Returns 1 year ago

"I hear you're a racist now father"

5points

Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

Oh yes! 🤣🤣🤣 how could I forget it

3points

Aster Oli 1 year ago

someone add Sherlock to this list🫶

22points

Aster Oli 1 year ago

Guys if you disagree with people don’t downvote them, just ignore them. downvoting is mean and I’m here to save the internet

4points

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JunosLostLeg 1 year ago

Anyone know where to watch it? It's been on my list but I can't find it.

2points

HarperTheCentaur (they/them) 1 year ago

BBC Sherlock? Hard disagree. Extremely mediocre even at its very peak. Sherlock himself was a genuinely insufferable character.

2points

Emma S 1 year ago

No series four was just bizarre and ruined the previously three series.

1point

RaptorNXT 1 year ago

If we could pretend last two seasons didn't happen.

1point

Green Tree 1 year ago

Peep Show

16points

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