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.

You've probably never seen shark footage quite like this. Fly fishing Captain Mark Martin recorded video of his fishing group hooking a mako shark, and it subsequently breaching out of the water as it ...

Jumping the shark is a fun thing that happens in media when something just forgets in its entirety what the point of a series was, and goes so far off the rails that the track is no longer in the ...

Commentary: Two new shark-related programs are among Netflix's most popular this week, but it's a big month for sharks on streaming services. Liz Kocan has spent the last 20 years covering TV, ...

These days, it’s common parlance for TV fans to talk about a show “jumping the shark” when it starts declining in quality, usually due to some unexpected plot point or storyline. The origins of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s one of the most infamous moments in television history. On the Sept. 20, 1977 episode of ABC’s hit sitcom Happy Days, Fonzie, ...

In 1977, the sitcom Happy Days launched its fifth season with a time-honored TV trope, sending its motley cast of characters on vacation. Scouted by Hollywood producers, Fonzie (Henry Winkler) and the ...