What television shows are you breaking up with?

Last year was hard on a couple groups of television fans and – if Internet chatter is to be believed – those fans just aren’t going to take it anymore.

I should probably point out that I don’t believe 50 percent of those individuals that  go on websites and say they’ll quit watching a show if (insert whatever horror you want here) happens. Guess what? If that were really true no show would make it past one season.

I have broken up with television shows before – I’m just not sure how many of those breakups were actually outrage driven.

I broke up with ‘Smallville’ after the third season – mostly because I couldn’t stand to watch the Lana Lang character anymore. The thing is, when she left the show, I didn’t come back. I tuned in a couple of times throughout the years just to see where the show was – but it was never good enough to woo me back.

This past year I broke up with the BBC’s ‘Being Human’ – but that wasn’t because the show did anything to tick me off. In fact, the season finale was brilliant. I just was ready to let the show go.

When I think hard, I can’t remember a show that I broke up with out of outrage. I’m sure there has to be one, but for the life of me I can’t think of one right now.

I mean, I walked away from ‘The X-Files’ after season seven. It wasn’t because I was mad, though, I was just bored with the show and I didn’t care to watch anymore.

I think the closest one would be NBC’s ‘Heroes.’  I walked away after the third season, when the show had completely burned its mythology and people were still making excuses for it. I guess that counts.

This year, though, three shows are getting the brunt of fan anger.

The first – and most visible – is ABC’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’

Fans of that show are up-in-arms about the death of Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) in the finale. It actually surprises me. I didn’t realize Lexie was that popular of a character. In fact, I remember when she joined the show and fans hated her.

Anyway, if you look at the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ message boards people are swearing they’re going to quit the show because Lexie and Mark didn’t get their happy ending. I’ll be curious to see the ratings when the show returns.

For my part, I lost interest in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ when I lost Izzie and George. It wasn’t outrage, though, I just wasn’t interested in all the newbies.

I do tune in from time to time – including the season finale – and I have to say the show lost its spark a long time before Lexie was killed off. That being said, I’ll tune into the season premiere because I’m interested in how the doctors will be rescued. I certainly won’t watch every episode this season, though.

The second show fans are complaining about is ‘Criminal Minds.’

The CBS procedural has had a lot of ups and downs since its inception. Lola Glaudini was out early in the second season. Mandy Patinkin was out after the second season. Then A.J. Cook and Paget Brewster were ousted in the same season – only to have both actresses brought back thanks to fan outrage.

Now Brewster is out again (her choice) and fans just can’t believe it.

I can’t muster up the energy to care. I never cared for Brewster’s Emily Prentiss. She was always my least favorite member of the team, frankly.

As it stands, I think that Morgan, Reid and Garcia are everyone’s favorite characters anyway. This faux outrage about Brewster befuddles me. I was actually excited to see that Jeanne Tripplehorn would be joining the cast.

That’s just me, though.

Finally, there’s ‘Gossip Girl.’

There is a small – but very, very vocal – minority of fans that are just frothing at the mouth because Dan and Blair broke up on ‘Gossip Girl.’

This one makes me laugh more than anything else.

Anyone that actually thought Dan and Blair had a chance to end up together obviously haven’t watched the show.

Since this is the final season of ‘Gossip Girl,’ the writers obviously don’t care what fans have to say. It’s not going to have any impact on the outcome of the story as it is.

I think, if fans are really honest with themselves, they would admit there was never a chance that Blair and Chuck wouldn’t end up together. Also, I think the same can be sad for Dan and Serena – although I can’t muster the energy to care about them either.

This is another show where I’ll be curious to see the ratings – because I honestly don’t think they’re going to fall that far.

What do you think? Are you breaking up with any shows this season?