Another interesting one is Two And a Half Men. You can clearly see when things changed. And it's building back: http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0369179
Graph TV – The Simpsons
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#32That's how you end a series: http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0165598 huge bump for the series finale
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#33Love this. You can really see how some series took a while to get their feet under them. Star Trek: TNG http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0092455 Deep Space 9: http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0106145 Enterprise: http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0244365 Or in each season Game of Thrones: http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0944947 Or took a while to hit their stride, then left right after the peak Seinfeld: h…
The Doctor Who reboot: http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0436992
Overall kinda consistent, but very scattered if you look at the episodes individually.
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#34This is great! Here's a few interesting ones I've come across: * The Wire ( http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0306414 ) Known for being a slow starting show, this is visible with the season trend lines. * The Shield ( http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0286486 ) Season 4 is such a massive outlier. * Seinfeld ( http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0098904 ) Held very steady until the last season.
Oh my, I could spend hours with this! 'Sopranos' has the same 'Season 4' problem as 'Shield': http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0141842 The massive drop in Twin Peaks after the murderer is revealed: http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0098936 The awful last season of 'Dexter': http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0773262 And that's how you do a last season (Six feet under): http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt024865…
I'm amazed Dexter maintained the highs it did. Everything after Season 4 was inferior.
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#35This graph of The Simpsons illustrates (for me at least) that IMDB is more reflective of the viewing community's weird quirks and biases.
Honestly: is "Homer the Smithers" the best episode of The Simpsons? I doubt anyone would truly put it on their "best ever" list. It's really more "solid" than great. Most importantly: it doesn't rub anyone the wrong way.
Is "Saddlesore Galactica" one of the worst episodes ever? No. It's extremely funny and the story is structured well. It gets lots of very low votes from viewers who favor realism over humor (the episode is implausible with the horse racing then gets silly/fantasy). The episode's score reflects a community desire rather than an objective opinion.
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#36It's a great hack that uses lousy data. IMDB ratings are best perhaps with films, a lot less reliable with individual episode scores. Also, if a show goes south do viewers keep watching it and rating it? That phenomena alone sort of spoils the fun for me.
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#37Sad the "jumping the shark" theory for Happy Days doesn't really hold up against the data: http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0070992
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#38Here's a great analysis of what made The Simpsons good and why it started to decline after season eight:
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#39For what it's worth, I watched every episode over the course of the last year, so I've got a real good perspective on this.
Here's proof that IMDb is bullshit: Simpson Tide is very highly rated. That episode is one of the absolute worst.
Here's a rough overview:
S1: terrible!
S2: promise!
S3: very good!
S3-S8: the absolute best!
S9-S10: still very good—but not as good
S11: definite decline
S12: yep.
S13-17: ok wow this is pretty bad.
S18-19: a little better
S20-21: definitely better
S22-25: actually pretty good!
The series has been extremely underrated since Season 20 or so when it came out of the slump that began with Season 11. It's not the
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#40Scrubs is the one I've found with the biggest outlier season. And for good reason: http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com/tt0285403
You know, I actually liked the last season. No, it was not as good as the other seasons, but when I add the handicap for it basically being the first season of a new show, it held up ok. I would have kept watching had it been renewed.
But I understand where people are coming from when they compare it poorly to the other ones. The original Scrubs was a growing up story about JD (and comrades to a lesser extent). The last season was more straight sitcom, less story arc. It wasn't attempting to be as meaningful.