The much beloved TV series Friends ended in 2004, which was to our horror nearly a decade ago, but many an avid fan has clung to the hope it will someday return as strongly as some of its creators did (hence the Joey spinoff series). However, recent comments from cast members like Lisa Kudrow have dispelled any return myths, stating she is now 'too old'. Maybe other people in TV should take this as a hint that there is such a thing as being on air too bloody long. The cue for leaving should be when the script your reading is so dull you start smacking your face with it just to feel something. At this point, call it a day please.

Devoted fans would most likley savage a harsh critic for saying it, but here it goes...How I Met Your Mother- nobody gives a tiny rodent's behind how you met anymore, you're viewers are filled with disdain at just how needy one man can be in his search for 'the one'. Settle already. Also, the love/hate friend Barney Stinson falls in love with his best lady friend...Now usually this would be a good parable style ending for the former promiscuous pal afraid of emotional transparency, but in this case it is the final straw in a show full of incestuous relationships. A gang of friends don't all have to hook up, and with Robin floating between Ted and Barney, you begin to wonder if the married cople will have a shot too.

Hate to have to go this further step, but what happened to once prime TV show Scrubs? Perhaps once the main character and most of the original cast leave, it's time to wrap up and go out with a bang, not a thud. Of course, it's now too late for Scrubs: Med School, they waited it out until they got cancelled. Fail. Dave Franco, stop copying your older brother, you already have the same face so you have to get another shtick aside from the slow-drawled Californian with a stoner quality through and through, though it's indistingusiable if it's the eyes, voice or lackadaisical attitude that lends to it the most.

Taking a step back in time, this 'outlasting your welcome' phenomenon isn't a new phase. Case in point: Saved by the Bell: The College Years. It's hard to put your finger on exactly why there is something creepy about it, but it's probably something to do with Dustin Diamond a.k.a. Screech having more air time, at a stage in his life when the once lovable nerd qualities were morphing into odd sex pest (it's no wonder he went on to make a porno given his real name; alliteration and bling tack are key ingerdients to a porn name after all).

Lost, Prison Break, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Smallville, you too are guilty, but then again more shows than not are once they break into a good slot-time and keep racking up the numbers. Presnt and future favourite shows, this is the warning- know the one that's one too many and just wave goodbye. If anything Phoebe and the Friends crew were overdue their one last bow a good bit before they worked up to it, but at least they are now well and truly calling it quits.If you really think up some great plot addition, there's always the movies or a show special.