There’s a point when watching a television series where viewers wonder why they bother continuing to watch.

It’s almost like the producers have no new ideas but still feel a need to continue the series because it used to be such a hit.

This has become such a common occurrence that it has been given the name “jumping the shark.”

The idiom is used to describe a decline in quality of a TV series.

Anyone who has ever faithfully watched a TV series can point out when the series began to fall.

Series today such as Pretty Little Liars, The Office, Grey’s Anatomy and others all have followed the “jumping the shark” pattern.

Sometimes episodes become repetitive and none ever end up being the “long awaited episode” that the previews promise.

At the end of season four of Pretty Little Liars, viewers were ready to witness the final reveal of “A”. But the episode ended like every other “big reveal” and left the viewers still waiting.

The storyline became so repetitive that each weekly episode would leave viewers frustrated.

The series ended this year after seven seasons, which is longer than expected, since the TV show lost much of its audience after the fourth season.

Many popular TV shows lose their once- faithful audience after a main character leaves.

After season seven of the comedic TV series The Office, the regional manager and main character, Michael Scott, leaves.

Although much of the audience stuck through the final seasons, the show lost some of its witty humor.

Other series use new characters to re-enact unforgettable hit episodes after the series loses much of its original cast.

It was during season thirteen of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy where viewers could see the decline in attempt to create a new and exciting episode.

Episode 20 of season 13 angered some of the weekly watchers. Meredith Grey and one of  the newest additions to the cast, Nathan Riggs, experienced a near plane crash on the way to a conference.

To many Grey’s Anatomy watchers the episode’s preview screamed déjà vu, with its similarity to the emotional and dramatic plane crash scene from season 8.

The episode was an emotional turning point in the series, where the series lost some of its most loved and unforgettable characters.

Grey’s Anatomy still holds a faithful following after 13 seasons. But as the weeks go by viewers can see repetition in storylines and the lack of attention put into each episode.

It is impossible to re-create an unforgettable episode and expect to have the same response as before from the audience.

Once popular TV series start to be forgotten when the producers lose interest in creating new and original ideas.