For most viewers of Happy Days, the wildly popular ABC sitcom of the 1970s and early 1980s, the sight of Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli jumping over a shark on water skis during the September 20, 1977 ...

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, the lovable tough guy portrayed by Henry Winkler, strapped on water ...

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 ...

You know like when the “Happy Days” writers ran out of ideas so they made Fonzie go to the beach and waterski over a shark and he was still wearing his brown leather jacket but with swim trunks?

Fans say a TV show has “jumped the shark” when it has become irredeemably outlandish. The term, after all, comes from the 1977 episode of Happy Days in which Henry Winkler’s Fonzie jumps over a shark ...

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 ...

While most actors pray for a hit show, Ted McGinley has had the luxury of being on several. From his first TV job on “Happy Days,” to now enjoying a gig on Apple TV+’s “Shrinking,” McGinley spent ...

Time jumps can be a storytelling tool as old as time itself, allowing showrunners to bypass uneventful stretches or inject ...

Henry Winkler stopped by the offices of The Howard Stern Show this week — not to talk to Stern, but to visit old pal Jon Hein. As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, Hein put a name to ...