Today CliqueClack unveils its very own contribution to the TV watchers’ lexicon. It started as a back channel discussion that quickly (and suspiciously) started growing like the forehead of a late ’90s power hitter. Eventually it got so large that we couldn’t help but share it with you, our loyal readers.

Everyone here knows the term “Jumping the Shark.” If you don’t know it, I can only assume that you’re a Botswana Bushman come to America to return a Coca Cola bottle you believe was sent to your people by the gods. For your sake, I’ll define the term: it describes the moment a classic TV show enters its period of decline.

We got to talking about this and decided that if there is a “Jumping the Shark” moment for every classic TV show, there stands to reason that there must be an opposite moment. That is, a moment when a show goes from “good” to “all-time classic.”

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