TV Shows That Became A Different Show From How They Began

In a perfect world, the show would have ended after its seventh season.

 

I'm sure someone has already mentioned it, but《外來媳婦本地郎》started as a standard family sitcom and changed dramatically when they started doing live episodes around season 15, and don't even get me started on all that interactive stuff.

 

Shocked this wasn't the FIRST post of this thread.

 

I know, right?

 

Spongebob Squarepants.

What started out as a simple comedy show with witty humor & jokes has now become a contest for the animators/storyboard team on how much wackiness they can shove into a 4 second animation.