I was reading a thread and someone mentioned how Showtime shows are developing a bad reputation of starting off strong but ending very weak. Breaking Bad was awesome due to many factors but one of the main factors I believe was that the story lasted only 5 seasons, had that been on another network they would have milked Heisenburg for about a couple more season and probably wouldn't have ended epic as it did.
So what shows would have benefited being cut shorter and how long would you have made it?
My picks:
The Wire - only 4 seasons... should have ended after season 4
Dexter - 5 seasons, after Trinity season 5 should have been the fall out and Dexter's end
Weeds - 3 seasons, story was told after the third season it should have ended then
Saturday Night Live - should have ended once the new millennium came along in 2000, really hasn't been good ever since
MadTV - should have ended when Aries Spears and the bulk of the originals left
So what shows would have benefited being cut shorter and how long would you have made it?
My picks:
The Wire - only 4 seasons... should have ended after season 4
Dexter - 5 seasons, after Trinity season 5 should have been the fall out and Dexter's end
Weeds - 3 seasons, story was told after the third season it should have ended then
Saturday Night Live - should have ended once the new millennium came along in 2000, really hasn't been good ever since
MadTV - should have ended when Aries Spears and the bulk of the originals left
