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One reason that [[Too Good to Last]] series are so fondly remembered is that they never lived long enough for Seasonal Rot to set in. Compare [[Sequelitis]] and [[Sophomore Slump]]. Contrast with [[Growing the Beard]].
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* Oddly enough, the very first series of ''[[Blackadder]]'' seems to suffer this. It's almost universally panned and rarely shown in syndication. In fact, the show was actually canceled after the first series due to it not being well-received. It was only after Elton and Curtis stripped it down and made it into one of the cheapest production value shows on the BBC that the show was given a second chance, heavily retooled, and made into the Blackadder we all know and love.
* ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' takes a steep dive in Season 6. The first two episodes complete an arc centered on a Zoroastrian demon, whereas in previous seasons all "supernatural" elements were debunked (save the Immortals' existence). Thereafter, the main character and supporting cast disappear most of the time, and different Immortal women are "auditioned" for a possible spin-off series. Of the 13 episodes, only "Indiscretions" and the two-part series finale are worth watching.
* ''[[Charmed]]'' fans are pretty much divided on where the show started to go downhill with many hardcore Prue fans
** Season 5 was arguably the weakest of the lot - Phoebe's [[Took a Level in Jerkass|sudden Jerkass ways]] began there, fan-favorite Cole was suddenly written as a [[Designated Villain]], a lackluster one hundredth episode, and a return to episodic storytelling after two seasons of arc-driven stories.
** Actually quite some people think that Season 6 is one of the best. It's a return to the arc-based storytellng, has future Chris, and an epic two-parter finale.
* ''[[The Wire]]'''s fifth season. The sideplots of the previous seasons were fascinating and expanded the strong ensemble cast, to the point that they could practically carry the show by themselves when the main cast were absent from an episode. In Season 5, though, the newspaper sideplot feels extremely
* ''[[iCarly]]''{{'}}s fourth season. Season 2 was the [[Growing the Beard]] season, season 3 looked to be setting up the show for more mature characterization, continuity and a resolution to the [[Shipping]] aspect of the show. However, Season 4 started poorly, became reliant on Guest Stars where the show hadn't really used them at all in the past, the jokes haven't been funny, the addition of Gibby to the main cast wasn't done well and the shipping arc was handled extremely poorly, with one of the cast suddenly being 'in love' and having a computer program reveal it without any clear foreshadowing.
** This happened because of new Nick show ''[[Victorious]]''. The same production company and [[Dan Schneider|show runner]] produce both. Limited resources meant that at the time they couldn't film both at the same time. It led to a yawning gap of months and months in airings of ''[[iCarly]]'' episodes. There is also a distinct impression that the best ideas of the production group are being used on Victorious. There are also annoyed fans who dislike how obvious the push over the new show over the old one has become. One major example of this push is that the [[Crossover]] between the two shows used 3 episodes out of the 13 that had been budgetted for ''[[iCarly]]'' Season 4 despite revolving around the Victorious cast.
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* Season 7 of ''[[Family Guy]]'', due to the amount of episodes [[Anvilicious|focused]] [[Writer on Board|on]] [[Author Avatar|Brian's political views]], as well as a few terrible episode premises (i.e. "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven"), massive [[Flanderization]] of the whole main cast (i.e. Peter's reckless behavior in "Baby Not on Board"), and, of course, [[Non Sequitur Scene|a five-minute long Conway Twitty cutaway]]. Part of the reason behind the seasonal rot can be attributed to the 2007-2008 WGA strike that plunged a lot of shows into getting canceled, going on hiatus, or suffering through seasonal rot.
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] experienced a steady decline in quality between the [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie|first]] and second movie after Stephen Hillenburg resigned as show runner and was replaced by Paul Tibbet.
** Season 4 is generally considered to be the start of the decline. However,
** Season 5, while similarly not seen as bad, is where the series’ decline became more apparent
** Season 6 was a turning point for the series
** Season 7 is considered to be the nadir of the series, due to having two of the most
** Season 8 is considered to be a slight improvement over Seasons 6 and 7, due to some better writing and a few
** The decline finally got reverted in Season 9, especially when Stephen Hillenburg returned as showrunner for the second half of the season after the release of the second movie.
* Chris Savino's run of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' (seasons 3 and 4) and ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' (seasons 5 and 6) were heavily criticized by fans due to the fact that these seasons made [[Executive Meddling|without the original creators]] after the shows were [[Uncancelled]] due to boring plots, ungodly amounts of [[Flanderization]], and a really unfitting art style. Plus, with ''Dexter's Laboratory'', they got rid of the Justice Friends and Dial M for Monkey segments.
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