24 jumped the shark twice, either side of the excellent series 5. Seems to be redeeming itself with series 7 though. I've seen a few people mention Buffy - Angel jumped the shark in series 5, though that may have something to do with it's budget being massively cut and then the series unexpectedly canned halfway through, leaving the writers with only a few episodes to tie everything up.
Here's a question though, would you rather your favourite show jump the shark, or not have the chance to? I'd have love to see Firefly get more than 14 episodes for instance, and I have similar fears about Terminator too.
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