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'''Jumping the Shark''' is an expression that is used to refer to that point where a television show should have ended, but is continuing on anyway.  The implication is that the freshness and the originality of the show has expired and it is a shell of its former self; it is only living off of its past name and reputation.

'''Jumping the Shark''' is an expression used to refer to a point at which a television show moves into unusual or absurd stories that break conventions already established in the show.

The term was coined to refer to an episode of [[Happy Days]] where ''The Fonz'' jumps a shark.

The term was coined in reference to an episode of [[Happy Days]] where ''The Fonz'' literally jumps over a shark while riding water skis.

 

These changes usually occur in an effort to pull up ratings or to gather views from a competitor show.

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