Un-shot the tycoon (Dallas)

Brain-damaged the teen (Skins)

Replaced the Becky (Roseanne)

Married the brother (90210)

Lost the Canadian (MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour)

Met the mother (How I Met Your Mother)

Graduated the high school (every teen show)

Kissed the vampire (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Opened the hatch (Lost)

Abducted the Mulder (X-Files)

Had the cancer scare (too many shows to count)

Demonized all the characters (Gossip Girl)

Birthed the precocious twins (7th Heaven)

Chopped the hair (Felicity)

A.J. Jacobs-ed the relationship with time (Felicity)

Lost the main character to Parks and Rec (Party Down)

Sufficiently charmed the nation (30 Rock)

Fucked the doctor (Girls)

Goth-ed the youngest son (Home Improvement)

Took the family to Disney World (Full House)

Took the family to Disney World (Family Matters)

Took the family to Disney World (Step by Step)

Nixed the Sheen (Two and a Half Men)

Murdered the Trey (The O.C.)

Went musical (Grey’s Anatomy)

Prematurely canceled (Firefly)

Tunneled to Tijuana (Weeds)

Went mad cow (Boston Legal)

Got ten minutes into the second episode (Glee)

Jumped the shark (Arrested Development)

– Jay Gabler, Sarah Heuer, Becky Lang, Lisa Olson, and Katie Sisneros