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Jumping the Shark

Is The Walking Dead Nearing Its 'Jump-the-Shark' Moment?

David Aronchick | Posted 04.09.2013 | TV
Read More: Fonzie, The Walking Dead Season 3, Zombies, The Flinstones, The Walking Dead Mid-Season Premier, The Walking Dead Premier, Zombie Chicks, The CDC, The Living Dead, Happy Days, Centers for Disease Control, The Walking Dead, Jumping the Shark, Zombie Calendar, Zombie Apocalypse, Fonzie Jumped the Shark, The Love Boat, TV News
David Aronchick

Not only is The Walking Dead the most-watched drama series on basic cable, American society has gone zombie-mad! Instead of a population of nerds like me watching late night zombie flicks on the Sci-Fi channel, now large swaths of the population are soaking up the living dead.

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Has '30 Rock' Lost Its Mojo?

Katherine Patke | Posted 12.22.2012 | TV
Read More: 30 Rock Season 7, 30 Rock, 30 Rock Ending, Jumping the Shark, Poll, 30 Rock Nbc, 30 Rock Jump the Shark, Tv, Fall TV, Reality-Free, TV News
Katherine Patke

As with any TV show lasting longer than two seasons or so, "30 Rock" has seen its fair share of grumblers who say that the show's glory days are long over.

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Newt... One Toke Over the Line

Tom Gerdy | Posted 04.06.2012 | Politics
Read More: One Toke Over the Line, Punked, Jumping the Shark, Kosher Meals, Super PACs, Campaign System, Newt, Mitt Romney, Holocaust Survivors, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich, Jewish Voters, Campaign Funding, Politics News
Tom Gerdy

Sometimes in life, we have to laugh to keep from crying. I was hit with one of those moments when I heard the now infamous "kosher meal" robocall from...

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The Fin Trade Has Jumped the Shark

Mike Sweeney | Posted 11.27.2011 | Green
Read More: Jumping the Shark, Governor Jerry Brown, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Shark Fin Trade, Green News
Mike Sweeney

The shark fin trade has "jumped the shark," and it is time for Governor Brown to sign legislation that would bring it to an end in California.

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Dear Rush, Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Tom Gerdy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jumping the Shark, United Nation Meetings, Destructive Comments, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Huffington Post Columnists, Politics News
Tom Gerdy

I am not terribly prolific, Rush, and by my own admission only occasionally do I touch on the slightly profound. However, I still feel like I am one of those Deranged Pseudo Columnists you referred to.

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