Jumping the shark

Jumping the shark ( to German: " About to jump the shark " ) is a term used in the U.S. media, which describes the time at which a television series has passed its peak and the audience loses interest in her.

The term was (now taken over by a commercial firm, all original content and comments were deleted ) through the website jumptheshark.com established which dealt extensively with this issue. Your name goes on the episode Fonzie in Hollywood - Part 3 back from the fifth season of the television series Happy Days in which Fonzie, one of the main characters, jumping with water skis over a shark. Some critics saw this " ridiculous " scene as the end of the series - but now also a counter- voice to this view was loud.

Distinguishing the jumping -the -shark - effect, for example:

• Protagonist get out of the series from (for example, Happy Days, The wild seventies )
• The main characters are a pair after several years (for example, The Nanny, Who 's the Boss, Superman - Lois & Clark, Nikola )
• There are additional figures integrated ( for example in Married with Children )
• Figures that were actually written out of the series, come back on (for example, the resurgence of Bobby in Dallas )
• The child actors are too old and replaced by new children (for example, The Cosby Show and Full House )
• The actor in a role is changed (for example, Aunt Vivian in The Fresh Prince of Bel- Air)
• One or more main characters experience a drastic change in their lives, for example through a move or the like ( such as a supposed lottery win in Rose Anne).

Meanwhile, the expression in the United States is used metaphorically for people and things that have peaked.