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* When Creator/TheABC chose to hire a new host for the popular gaming show ''Series/GoodGame'', it meant they had to farewell longtime host Jeremy "Junglist" Ray. Fans erupted with emphatic disdain, spamming the forum with hate for the new host, Stephanie "Hex" Bendixsen, and crying that they would '''never''' watch ''Good Game'' again, or until Junglist came back. They started a Facebook page (since renamed with its cause given up) and a website (formerly at savejunglist.com, but that's been bought out by one of those spam search engine or domain parking sites). The cause was forgotten little more than a fortnight later. That doesn't stop the FanDumb whining about how bad the show has become during every week's feedback board on [[http://www2b.abc.net.au/tmb/Client/Board.aspx?b=59 their forum.]]

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** Prior to this season, the Tournament of Champions (and Celebrity Jeopardy!), Teen Tournament, College Championship, and Seniors Tournament were respectively held in the sweeps periods of November, February, May, and July. [[note]]During season 12, tournaments began being shifted to a fluid, irregular schedule, with the Teen and College tournaments switching places, the Seniors Tournament being demoted to December for its final installment, and the first International Tournament debuting that July. Tournaments continue to be booked on a fluid basis, though almost always during the aforementioned sweeps periods.[[/note]]

** In Season 40 (2023-24), the producers put in a new rule (since reconsidered) which required players to say the entire category name with each new pick from that category-- e.g. if the category was "Lou Gehrig's Consecutive Games Streak," in previous seasons, you could just say "Lou Gehrig" and it was counted a valid selection. The new rule that required players to say the whole category title has led to complaints of, for one thing, clues being left on the board when time ran out in a round due to how long it took to say the category name, especially for the long and wordy category names.

* The attitude of the hardcore ''Price'' fanbase spread to the GSN revival of ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' when it was announced that Mike Richards, the producer of TPIR who is blamed for "unpopular" changes, would be the new host. Anyone would be doomed to comparison to Creator/DickClark, of course, but there were people who swore they'd never watch the new series just because of their feelings about Richards and TPIR. As it is, ''The Pyramid'' has proven to be one of the better game show revivals of the post-1980s world. Though there are parts of the fandom with nitpicks, such as the classic theme being reworked...in post-production, as the classic 1982-91 version had been the one used during tapings. These complaints quickly faded when ''The Pyramid'' uneventfully died after only one season, only for Creator/{{ABC}} to provide a well-received revival in 2016.

** The survey questions, progressively since the current version began in 1999, but especially since Steve Harvey took over in 2010, have become increasingly HotterAndSexier. The point of contention was pedestrian questions such as "Name something that a clown takes off after his show ends" becoming "Name something a woman would take off a clown before having sex with him." While outrageous answers have always been possible with even the most mundane questions, they are regular occurrences on virtually every episode of the Harvey era.

** The Express Wedge, introduced in the early 2010s, has also been criticized; it requires players who land on it to solve the puzzle in one turn. The wedge also causes them to go bankrupt if they incorrectly guess a letter.

** During the Ray Combs era, there was some complaint of this when the Bullseye round was introduced. Tacked onto the beginning of the game, it dragged proceedings down by having contestants guess quick questions to put more money into their Fast Money bank. Due to slumping ratings, a number of {{Celebrity edition}}s ensued, and original host Richard Dawson was brought back in an attempt to save the show. However, Dawson was very well past his prime, looking tired and overweight and lacking the wit of his earlier days. Combined with a cheap digital board, a reduction of families to four teams, and repeated cancellations due to the OJ Simpson trials, ''Feud'' was off the air again in a year.

* While some particular series of ''Series/BigBrother'' made [[ObviousRulesPatch rule changes]] or schedule adjustments, many that really caused this reaction was the eleventh season of the Canadian edition:

* With the ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' revival. Seriously. A large number of fans can't wrap their head around the OutOfGenreExperience for just one season and the change of hosts and are calling it by this trope and would rather leave the show dead. [[https://www.facebook.com/MythBusters/posts/10154187528768224 Observe]].
* ''Series/Dracula2020'':

* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' got this from fans of ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'' because fans felt the segments were too Americanized for their taste and that the new toy store segments took up too much time.

* Almost any game show revival or revival attempt by Creator/FremantleMedia (previously Pearson Television and All-American Television) since 1996 can fall under this category...especially ''Series/MatchGame'', ''Series/CardSharks'', and ''Series/{{Temptation|2007}}''. Even ''Family Feud'' took about seven years to find its footing amid mediocre hosts and broken rules (from the Louie Anderson era to the first Richard Karn season, the family with the most points won, making Round 4 the only one worth winning). Game show fans can be infuriatingly hard to please, but in this case, they had a point.

* For many years, ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' had a $10,000 cash prize on the wheel which was notably hard to get since its wedge was one-third the width of the rest, with a skinny [[{{Whammy}} Bankrupt]] on each side. This was replaced with a $1,000,000 wedge, which is part of a very convoluted DoubleUnlock schematic to win $1,000,000 in the BonusRound [[note]](the $1,000,000 has been won three times, in October 2008, May 2013, and September 2014)[[/note]].

** The 7th season episode "[[Recap/SmallvilleS07E05Action Action]]" contained an in-universe example. An actress is almost killed during the filming of a comic book adaptation. Twice. Turns out there was a lot of online controversy over the fact her character is SparedByAdaptation, and someone, apparently, is upset enough to try fixing it. One of the attempts is actually by [[NotSoFakePropWeapon rigging the scene]] where she is killed in the original material.

* ''Series/RedDwarf'' Series VII. At the time it came out in 1997, the show had been on hiatus for four years. Co-creator Rob Grant had left the show, but generally speaking, fans were expecting something in the style of Series VI. But then Creator/ChrisBarrie only committed to appearing in half the episodes. Kochanski[[note]]But not the original Kochanski, singer Claire Grogan - fans complained about this even though Chloe Annett did a pretty decent job[[/note]] was also introduced as a new main cast member and adding a lady changed the dynamic a lot. And new writers were hired to co-write the scripts. And the old visual-effects model shots were replaced with CGI. And the show shifted away from its sitcom roots to a comedy-drama. Cue backlash. [[note]](It's worth noting that some of the decisions that caught the most flack were things the show's creators were basically forced into. The CGI, for instance, was a last-minute replacement after scheduling errors in the model shoot.)[[/note]]

* Some fans touted this reaction once Drew Carey succeeded Bob Barker on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''. As was said, [[NostalgiaFilter "Those hardcore fans won't be happy with anything unless they go back to the way it was 20-25 years ago."]] The same cry rang out as Season 37 (the first after Roger Dobkowitz was kicked out) progressed, which to be fair was justified. Seasons 37-38 and the audition period of 39 are generally considered by fans to be the show's DorkAge.

* ''The CBS Evening News'' post-Walter Cronkite, particularly as Dan Rather's tenure coincided with increasing ratings declines and the infamous Bush documents scandal. Cranked UpToEleven with the further declines under Katie Couric, but it seems to be getting better under Scott Pelley.

** In 2016, when each country's jury votes and public votes would both carry equal weight and one set of votes would not affect the other. This came about after both the British and Irish votes saw their public's favourite entry receiving''nil points'' in the overall voting in 2014.

** And that gender-swap finally came with the announcement of Creator/JodieWhittaker in the role of the 13th Doctor after Creator/PeterCapaldi bowed out in the 2017 Christmas special. Complaints range from that it "ruins the show" for some reason to [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad "it's to appeal to the SJWs and Feminists"]] amongst other things.

* A lot of fans decided they hated ''Series/MockTheWeek'' when Frankie Boyle left. On the official Facebook page for the show, comments are still in the vein of "OMG WHERES FRANKIE IT SUX WITHOUT HIM".

** In 2003, after announcing that the following year would introduce the first Semifinal to accommodate the number of countries that wanted to compete (a second semifinal would be introduced in 2008, due to criticism of 28 songs competing for 10 spots in 2007's final) and finally
** In 2015, when Australia was invited - this was supposed to be a one-off to mark the Contest's 60th anniversary but were then invited back the following year and are now an annual entrant.