The Resume

(March 26, 1989-May 5, 1993)
Aired on NBC
Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett
Dean Stockwell as Al Calavicci
Created by Donald Bellisario
Premise: Adventures of a scientist who ended up in bodies of different people in different time periods every week hoping to find the last leap home

Why Quantum Leap might be annoying:

In one episode, Sam 'leaped' into the body of Lee Harvey Oswald.
In a DVD season release, it replaced its score of licensed songs with generic music.
It never explained the 'unknown power' that caused the leaping.
Their ratings struggled through the seasons.
The series ended with a season-ending cliffhanging episode.

Why Quantum Leap might not be annoying:

Scott Bakula wrote and sung the original songs done for the show.
It correctly predicted that the Pittsburgh Steelers would make the Super Bowl in 1996.
Scott Bakula’s character, Sam Beckett ranked number 12 in TV Guide’s list of the ‘25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends’ (2004).
It was ranked number 15 in the list of ‘25 Top Cult Shows Ever’ by TV Guide (2004).

Credit: Neo NX2004 and Hoxy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Fox News' 10 Worst Tv Series Finales of All Time [2009] (Ranked: 3)
• Historical Figures Featured on Quantum Leap
• Hoxy's Profiles [Series 3]
• Look at Me, I'm Driving
• Maxim's 12 Worst Endings to TV Series [May 2007]
• Mike Post Composed Our Theme Song
• NBC TV Series
• Neo NX2004's Profiles [Series 1]
• Profiles 17251-17500 (Ranked: 17316)
• Satirized on Family Guy
• Satirized on Freakazoid
• Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series
• Top 100 TV Series of All Time - Classic TV Database (Ranked: 22)
• TV Guide's Top 25 Cult TV Shows of All Time [May 2005] (Ranked: 15)
• TV Shows/Series
• We Did a Christmas Carol Episode

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 33 Votes: 12.12% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 72 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 45 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 283 Votes: 57.60% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 27 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 32 Votes: 28.12% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 76 Votes: 35.53% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 290 Votes: 45.17% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 303 Votes: 45.87% Annoying