Because my work day is shot...
Sep. 28th, 2007 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Hey,
So, everyone has a pretty good idea when a TV show has jumped the shark.
Here's my question: How do you know when a Daytime Soap Opera has jumped the shark? What will it take before a show like "Days of Our Lives" (which has been around for more days than I have) finally get chucked? I'm sure there have been short-lived soap operas, the question is why did they flounder while others have lasted far beyond any reasonable expectation?
Curious
Tom
So, everyone has a pretty good idea when a TV show has jumped the shark.
Here's my question: How do you know when a Daytime Soap Opera has jumped the shark? What will it take before a show like "Days of Our Lives" (which has been around for more days than I have) finally get chucked? I'm sure there have been short-lived soap operas, the question is why did they flounder while others have lasted far beyond any reasonable expectation?
Curious
Tom
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Date: 2007-09-28 07:38 pm (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica_Kane
This is the main character from AMC. Note the number of marriages. Never mind the stuff like running away to be a nun for a while or the fact that her aborted child was, unbeknownst to her transplanted into another woman and brought to term in a secret experiment.
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Date: 2007-09-28 07:44 pm (UTC)It's true, but generally after a show jumps the shark it goes into a steady (if not steep) decline and eventually the show just dies off.
True, most soaps start at a level where it's more like jumping the ninja space-sharks with lasers on their foreheads, but still.
later
Tom
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Date: 2007-09-28 08:34 pm (UTC)