Top 10 TV Shows That Started Off Being Good and Later Became Bad

1. Family Guy

   

   Family Guy is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of Peter, Lois, their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie, and their anthropomorphic dog, Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog... read more

2. The Fairly OddParents

   

   The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It originally premiered as a series of shorts on Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998 before debuting as a full series in March 2001.... read more

3. SpongeBob SquarePants

   

   SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It has become one of Nickelodeon's most popular and longest-running shows, attracting both children and adults.... read more

   Totally agree. I used to love SpongeBob when I was a kid because it was funny, but then when I got older and newer episodes started coming out, I realized how stupid it was.

   It started going downhill after "Fungus Among Us" aired. Yeah, but it wasn't really bad until their failed attempt at a musical.

4. The Simpsons

   

   The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening. It originally aired as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show starting April 19, 1987, and debuted as a standalone series on December 17, 1989.

   As of 2026, it remains the longest-running animated sitcom. The show follows Homer Simpson... read more

5. Arthur

   

   Arthur is a Canadian-American animated educational television series for children, created by Cookie Jar Group and WGBH for PBS. The show is based on the book series by Marc Brown and follows the adventures of Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark. It aired from 1996 to 2022 and became one of the... read more

   Old Arthur is excellent, current Arthur...

6. Martha Speaks

   

   Martha Speaks is an American-Canadian children's animated television series based on the 1992 book of the same name by Susan Meddaugh. It follows a talking dog named Martha, who gains the ability to speak after eating alphabet soup. Martha is voiced by Tabitha St. Germain.

7. Adventure Time

   

   Adventure Time is an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn, voiced by Jeremy Shada, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake, voiced by John DiMaggio. Jake is a dog with the magical power to change... read more

   Yeah, it started sucking after "BMO Lost" aired.

   This TV show sucks because mistakes suck.

   Jake the Dad. Need I say more?

8. Doug

   

   Doug is an American animated sitcom created by Jim Jinkins. The show focuses on the early adolescent life of its title character, Douglas "Doug" Funnie, who experiences common predicaments while attending school in his new hometown of Bluffington. Doug narrates each story in his journal, and the show... read more

   Was awesome with Nickelodeon, but when Disney took the show, they ruined it.

9. Wizards of Waverly Place

   

   Wizards of Waverly Place is an American fantasy teen sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from October 12, 2007, to January 6, 2012. Created by Todd J. Greenwald, the series stars Selena Gomez, David Henrie, and Jake T. Austin as three siblings who are wizards in training, each competing to become the... read more

10. Phineas and Ferb

    

    Phineas and Ferb is an American animated comedy-musical television series. It was initially previewed on August 17 and September 28, 2007, before officially premiering on February 1, 2008. The series ended on June 12, 2015, after a successful run on Disney Channel.... read more

The Newcomers
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    Doctor Who

    

    Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963. The programme follows the adventures of a Time Lord called "the Doctor", an extraterrestrial being from the planet Gallifrey.

    The Doctor travels through time and space in a ship called the TARDIS, which... read more

    The show started going downhill when Clara left and became bad when Chris Chibnail became show runner.

The Contenders

13. VeggieTales

    

    VeggieTales is an American series of direct-to-video children's computer-animated films created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki. It features anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables in stories that convey moral themes based on Christianity. The series debuted in 1993 and became widely known for its humorous... read more

    Should've been cancelled before the Netflix series.

14. Thomas & Friends

    

    Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series. In the United Kingdom, it was first broadcast on the ITV network in 1984. The series is based on The Railway Series books by Reverend W. Awdry.

15. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

    

    Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is a Japanese anime television series directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, with a screenplay written by Masaki Tsuzuki and produced by Seven Arcs. The series premiered in Japan in 2004 and is a spin-off from the visual novel Triangle Heart. It has since expanded into a multimedia franchise... read more

    The franchise jumped the shark with ViVid.

16. Victorious

    

    Victorious is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon from March 27, 2010, through February 2, 2013. The series follows aspiring singer Tori Vega, who attends Hollywood Arts High School after unexpectedly taking her sister Trina's place in a talent showcase.... read more

17. Good Luck Charlie

    

    Good Luck Charlie is an American sitcom that originally aired on Disney Channel from April 4, 2010, to February 16, 2014. The series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who aimed to design a show that would appeal to both children and their families. It starred Bridgit Mendler as Teddy Duncan... read more

18. Rugrats

    

    Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show premiered in 1991 and follows a group of toddlers navigating life from their unique perspectives. It became one of Nickelodeon's most successful and longest-running animated... read more

19. The Powerpuff Girls

    

    The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. The main characters of the show are Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. The story follows Professor Utonium, who accidentally creates three little superhero girls using a mixture of sugar... read more

20. Rocko's Modern Life

    

    Rocko's Modern Life is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an anthropomorphic Australian-immigrant wallaby named Rocko, along with his friends: the gluttonous steer Heffer, the neurotic turtle Filburt, and Rocko's faithful... read more

    In Season 4, the censors caught up and removed it all.

21. iCarly

    

    iCarly is an American teen sitcom that ran on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007, until November 23, 2012. The series was created by Dan Schneider and focuses on teenager Carly Shay, who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam Puckett and Freddie Benson. The show was a major... read more

22. The Penguins of Madagascar

    

    The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon. The series is a spin-off from the Madagascar film franchise produced by DreamWorks Animation. It focuses on the adventures of four penguins and their humorous missions based in the Central Park Zoo.

23. Drake & Josh

    

    Drake & Josh is an American television sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows two teenage boys with opposite personalities, Drake Parker (played by Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (played by Josh Peck), who become stepbrothers. Both actors had previously appeared on The Amanda... read more

24. Liv and Maddie

    

    Liv and Maddie is a live-action Disney Channel sitcom that premiered on July 19, 2013, and concluded on March 24, 2017. The show follows identical twin sisters Olivia "Liv" Rooney and Madison "Maddie" Rooney, both portrayed by Dove Cameron (born Chloe Celeste Hosterman in January 1996), as they adjust... read more

25. Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman

    

    Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, sometimes shortened as Fetch!, is an American children's television series that aired on PBS Kids from 2006 to 2010. It combined live-action and animation, featuring a talking animated dog named Ruff Ruffman who hosted various challenges for real child contestants. The show... read more

26. The Walking Dead

    

    The Walking Dead is an American horror drama television series developed by Frank Darabont. It's based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Andrew Lincoln plays the show's lead character, sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes, who awakens from a coma to... read more

27. American Ninja Warrior