I know I'm risking a visit from Captain Obvious (and going blind from the flash), but you'll notice that every one of the shows listed, and likely any others that will be added, are or were popular.
Because of how many shows end up failing, networks are going to take established shows and beat them until the horse turns to glue just from the force and number of blows and is completely absorbed into the ground. That's the sad fact.
Just like how through life you will watch loved ones decline until they are gone, one must go through the same process with the shows we love unless they die a premature death.
I fully expect to go through this with House and Burn Notice, and am seeing the warning signs already with Law and Order: SVU.
Such is the fate of the television aficionado.
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"Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen."
--Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun
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