Was there a major staff change for season 9? That’s when it appears to have markedly declined.

They also played reruns in the early mornings and late afternoons on weekdays.

Nothing fun ever played on Sundays.

What about pants?

These days your average hole in the wall family owned restaurant has much better food for about the same price as fast food. The serving sizes are often much larger as well, so you could spread it over a couple days or share it.

It seems intuitive but also 2000 years ago people thought that for example the eye emitting some sort of substance that interacts with the surrounding environment to be an intuitive explanation for how vision works, so intuitions need to be tested.