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m_o_s_s ([personal profile] m_o_s_s) wrote2004-05-04 03:24 pm

Idiom of the day: Jump The Shark

From today's CNN:

It ("Frasier") had its faults -- some say it jumped the shark when Niles and Daphne got married...

jump the shark

v. In a television show, to include an over-the-top scene or plot twist that is indicative either of an irreversible decline in the show's quality or of a desperate bid to stem the show's declining ratings. Also: JTS.

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