Please be careful you aren't Complaining About Shows You Don't Like. A Retool may also be in order should the writers feel that the work needs it. Contrast Growing the Beard and Win Back the Crowd. Compare Franchise Zombie, Sequelitis, Audience-Alienating Era, Sophomore Slump and Later-Installment Weirdness and if the whole network is undergoing this, Network Decay. One reason that Short-Runners are often fondly remembered is that they never live long enough for Seasonal Rot to set in ( though exceptions do exist). In contrast, if Seasonal Rot is the result of elements that were always in the story growing out of control, you may be looking at a Franchise Original Sin. If the Seasonal Rot occurs because of a poorly-conceived major change to the status quo in an attempt to go in a new direction, it's a season-long Audience-Alienating Era. Other times, it proves to be irreversible and grows worse with each new season, at which point the series has Jumped The Shark. Sometimes it's a temporary dip from which the series recovers (perhaps by bringing in new writers, changing the premise, or in severe cases simply ignoring the events of the rotted season). Sooner or later, if a show runs long enough, Seasonal Rot always sets in. In some cases, a new director takes over and pulls the series in a different direction this can give the impression of Seasonal Rot to those who liked the old way, but may also bring in new viewers who prefer it like this (in other words, a change in tastes or audience). Often tied to the dislike of a specific arc, but can also befall episodic shows. Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory ' The Closure Alternative'Īn installment in any long running series that is widely held to be of notably poorer quality than the other installments.

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