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May 25, 2012

That '70s Show's long goodbye

by Adam Finley, posted Apr 20th 2006 12:00PM

that 70s showOn May 18, FOX will air the 200th and final episode of That '70s Show. The hour-long finale will mark the end of one of the network's longest running scripted comedies. While I could sit and watch That '70s Show and always enjoy a few chuckles, I also felt like the show should have been much better than it was. Too often I would see great premises sucked into the vortex of sitcom cliches, which would normally make me change the channel, but the show and its characters had enough of that weird tripped out charm to make me come back on occasion. After awhile, though, I gave up, and I haven't seen a single episode of this season.

Despite my hot and cold feelings for the show, FOX has decided it needs a bigger send off than some mere series finale. On May 11, BEFORE the finale, FOX will air a retrospective titled That '70s Show: The Final Goodbye. The 90-minute special, which begins at 8:37 p.m. EST (it follows a preview of the new X-Men film) will consist of the same stuff of similar specials: interviews with cast members and guests, outtakes, deleted scenes, and etc.

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Jason Anderson

I've loved this show since the beginning. But I admit thee last season has been lacking. Eric is gone. Kelso is gone. The two characters that made the show. And Hyde and Jackie broke up? Now Jackie likes Fez? And Donna broke up with Eric? Sorry, should have ended it at Season 7 like it was. Glad Fox is at least giving it a formal good bye.

April 29 2006 at 7:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Library Monkey

I don't know if the show was good or bad, to me it was like "Wonder Years" when I was around a tv, I would watch it because it was reflective of a era that I grew up in and it was something I could reminisce

The last week I was dog/house watching and I watched about six episodes on fx. The last one, could have been the last show, it was about finding a quote for the yearbook. That would have been a good end: "what a long strange trip it's been in Forman's basement"

I figure any time the actor playing a teenager gets to be 25, it is time for them to pose in Playboy and the show to end.

April 22 2006 at 9:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

Good riddance ... or good day?

"I say good day to you now! And I do not mean have a good day."

April 20 2006 at 5:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sam

Holy crap, a retrospective?? This show was funny in its heyday, but Fox is acting as if its in the Friends-Seinfeld-Cosby Show-Raymond pantheon, and ratingswise, its not close. I mean, is every show thats been on for five years or more automatically going to get a retrospective when they leave the air?

April 20 2006 at 3:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lauryn

ohhh, this is the only show i've watched for 8 years until i started watching 24 too this year!

April 20 2006 at 3:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hemant

Good riddance??? reallly???

April 20 2006 at 3:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

Any talk of Topher coming back for the finale?

April 20 2006 at 1:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Don Wilson

Good riddance.

April 20 2006 at 1:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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