Hello,
I'm wondering if there's a good expression that could be used to describe a TV show that has been running for too long. Is there a nice idiom one could use?
Ah, I wish they would finally end this show! It's been on for 14 seasons! Why do they keep it dragging?
It's grown stale. It's past its best. It's had its day.
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eg This TV show jumped the shark 2 years ago.
There was a TV show that ran out of interesting ideas, and instead had a stupid episode in which one of the characters jumped over a shark in a tank.