The Practice - used to be my favorite show during the years it was on. Then the creator, David E. Kelley got weird, decided he wanted to create the spin-off, Boston Legal instead, so he butchered The Practice during the last season, firing Dillon McDermott, (the LEAD!) and another 2 actresses on the show, massacring the law firm the show was about, just to make way for James Spader's role for the spinoff.
If Kelley wanted to create a spin-off, fine. But, don't butcher a long-running, fantastic show to do it. End it with the grace & dignity it deserved.
Other shows:
I'm another one for
Grey's Anatomy. It got too highly overly-dramatic with neurotic characters all the time. I avoid people that are overly-dramatic in real life, so why would I sacrifice an hour of my time to that each week?
Desperate Housewives - Same became overly dramatic. Left when they made the jump forward in time. That was a signal, even they knew they were in trouble.
Ghost Whisperer - they killed off the husband, which was so sad. Then several episodes later brought him back . . . in another human's body. Only no none was supposed to know or remember it happened - except we audience did.
So the writers emotionally jerked us around for no good reason.
The whole storyline was the "jumping the shark" moment of the show.
The Blacklist - watched for the first 2 seasons. But, once her BF - or was it her DH(?) got weird, it was time to call it quits on the show.
Person of Interest - I binge watched it, so seeing the changes in the show during a condensed time period only magnified how bad the show was getting. The first 2 1/2 seasons were great. But, then Jim Caviezel wanted more time off the show. It was evident. But. . . he's the LEAD. He also had chronic back & body pains (from being crucified) during "The Passion of the Christ," so he could no longer do all the physical stunts his character required. Taraji P. Henson left the show, they brought in two new women to fill in the airtime for Caviezel & Henson. The concept of the show got really bizarre and the show went on a quick decline by the middle of Season 3.