Why do television series tend to peak around the second or third season?
Most of the tv shows I've seen are best before the third season
ie Scrubs, Six Feet Under...
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Like with anything new, television series struggle to find their audience in the first season, further develop plot lines and characters in the second season, and then introduce major turning points in the third to fifth seasons.
Also, you may notice, that most new series are not always placed in the primetime slots, unless they have a "star" cast, or a heavily promoted theme which is already supported by trends in Hollywood (see Heroes). As is such, the more limelight a show gets, the more primetime it will get, the more sponsors it will get, and the more ratings and dollars it will recieve to hire better writers and attract guest stars.
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However, once the characters' behaviors have been introduced, writers have to be very careful about story.
Another reason is that some stories are completely depending on a previous episode - If the viewers missed the previous episodes, they'll eventually get bored and give up.
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Then, the next season, they develop that a bit more with a twist to the plot. If the writers are really good, they can then add another direction for the show before it moves too far away from its roots. In some cases, like the Stargate franchise, they can go through 11 seasons and a spinoff that goes through several more seasons and still keep up the excellence.
I think that sometimes, though, those initial discoveries about characters are part of what makes it so interesting, just like when you're dating someone new. Shows that make that a major part of their mix can find it hard to have their viewers adjust to other equally important elements of a good show, once those discoveries and revelations have wound down.
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The shows also find a niche in later seasons, they become the show everyone watches on a certain night of the week. They become part of a routine.
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I think Firefly, Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls are great examples of shows that were not given the opportunity to play out their stories.
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If this would be done in the first season, views could easily get lost and lose interest.
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The reason it's difficult for shows to last as long as, say, Friends, is because the story lines get offtrack and start to take away from the real reason the show was popular in the first place. After a while, there are so many directions you can go with fully developed characters.
So, the first couple seasons aren't so popular because it's still new. The characters themselves have yet to get into the swing of things.
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