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The Lifespan of a Television Show [Infographic]

by Susana Polo | 4:34 pm, August 13th, 2010

Winston Rowntree has created an infographic illustrating the arc of watchability that is followed by most long running television dramas, and it simply contains too much truth not to post. From The Grace Period, to the three season long Plateau, through to the Zombie Years; fans of LOST and The X-Files should particularly relate.

Personally, I don’t have too many television shows that I’ve stuck with that wound up following this chart exactly. Most of my beloved shows intentionally lasted only 3-4 seasons, or were canceled before their prime.  And I didn’t start watching the X-Files until it had already jumped the shark.

But… there was The West Wing.

Rowntree is also the creator of this Subnormality, a webcomic.

(Cracked via blastr.)

  • http://www.geekosystem.com Kwame Opam

    It definitely transcends drama. This holds true for Scrubs, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, the Simpsons, Friends, Frasier, Family Guy, etc.
    Lost I feel like was unique in that the quality jumped around a bit. Season 1 is still classic and set the bar high early on, and things started to go downhill until the Season 3 finale up through the end of Season 4. There was a nice plateau through Season 5, and then Season 6 happened…

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