Top 30 Exact Moments That Killed TV Shows

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Published 2023-12-22
You have to know when to call it quits! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most egregious moments from TV shows that ruined their reputations or marked their declines in quality. Our countdown includes moments from shows “The Walking Dead”, “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”, “Dallas” and more! Did any of these moments make you stop watching? Let us know in the comments below!

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All Comments (21)
  • @brodymorris9212
    Greys anatomy died when mark and Lexie died, and then declined completely when Cristina left. The show never recovered from the loss of mark, Lexie and Cristina
  • @tabithadente7139
    After getting invested in "How I Met Your Mother," I seriously wanted to sue the writers after the ridiculousness ensued.
  • @fire-king5559
    The last episode of How I Met Your Mother just ruined the whole series for me. We spent the last season with the planning and wedding of Robin and Barney, only to have them divorce and the mother just dying so Ted and Robin could be together. It just felt wrong.
  • @ProjectDv2
    Sherlock's seeming death and later illogical return are literally from the source material and any fan that felt nose-thumbed by it didn't actually know anything about Sherlock Holmes. In Conan Doyle's books, Holmes and Moriarty fought at Reichenbach Falls, where they both fell to their deaths. That was intended to be the end of the stories, but he was persuaded to write more later and so Holmes miraculously survived. Since it was never intended, his return was rather awkwardly executed, and the show Sherlock basically poked fun at itself with it. If people understood the source material, they would've understood the episode.
  • To be fair, Buffy's death was supposed to be the series finale until the series was bought by another nerwork.
  • @yellalot101
    Everybody saying Carl's death in TWD was it for them. But for me it was when Rick left. We were there with him from the absolute beginning and it was HIS story imo.
  • @janeace426
    Hardcore disagree about House. The whole point was that he botched that relationship too because of how broken he is.. so he had to go back to doctoring.
  • Only good part about Buffy's Resurrection is that she was pissed about it cause she was at peace. It at the very least had a fresh take on someone coming back.
  • @JIllieSage
    What started to killed greys anatomy was the plane crash and then destroying certain characters.
  • @angerturd8053
    After all these years, Game Of Thrones still hurts
  • The writer's strike killed Heroes period. Before that it was incredible. What we got after wasn't even the same show.
  • @MrFFHN
    For me what really killed the Office was promoting Andy to Michael's position and how it changed his whole character and office dynamic. I enjoyed the whole quest for a new manager and the introduction of Robert California and had Andy not played the part he did for the remaining season I still would look back on post-Michael Scott Office very fondly
  • @CamFraser25
    Disagree on House, the series had been leading to their relationship for a while it was the way they dismantled it and wrote Cuddy off because they didn't want to pay her that ruined the show.
  • @1958PonyBoy
    Fonzie "jumping the shark" should have been #1. That moment coined the phrase that meant a TV show had reached a point of no return.
  • @JoshWitte
    Elsa forming out of nowhere like the T-1000 was hilarious 😂
  • @rumplespliffskin
    I can confirm that Neegan's rants and him killing Glenn were the straw that broke the camel's back for me. It had already gone to shit and I never watched a second after that.
  • @titowrestling
    Grey’s died when they killed Lexi and the plastic surgeon. It was never the same after that.
  • @try2bcool
    House went into the crapper when they threw the Cuddy romance out the window and he ended up in prison. I would have rather the show ended with a happy, clean, and sober House than the way it did.
  • @raenter
    If I remember correctly, Sir Arthur Conan Boyle had actually tried to kill off Sherlock because he hated writing him, but people lost their minds so he had to bring him back. I believe it was set up as having faking his death to capture Moriarty or something. It's been a bit since I've read the books.