Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a TV show "jumps the shark," that basically means that the storylines are getting too far-fetched or ridiculous. For example, ...

TV LEGEND: The inspiration for Fonzie jumping over a shark on Happy Days was because Henry Winkler's father pushed his son to tell the producers about using his son's water-skiing skills on the show.

Time jumps can be a storytelling tool as old as time itself, allowing showrunners to bypass uneventful stretches or inject ...