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re: TV shows that changed major characters and benefited...
Posted on 5/29/20 at 8:01 am to lsufan9193969700
Posted on 5/29/20 at 8:01 am to lsufan9193969700
Back before a lot of you folks time but "The Honeymooners" didn't start out with Joyce Randolph and Audrey Meadows playing the wives of Art Carney and Jackie Gleason.
Also back in the day, William Bendix didn't start out as the star of "The Life Of Reilley", that was Jackie Gleason's role for a while.
Then in the 60's "Bewitched" swapped out Samantha's husband from Dick York to Dick Sargeant.
In the 70's you had Suzanne Sommers deciding to try her acting chops in film and she left "Three's Company" only to flop and the other gal who replaced her, but that was not beneficial to the show in my opinion.
Also back in the day, William Bendix didn't start out as the star of "The Life Of Reilley", that was Jackie Gleason's role for a while.
Then in the 60's "Bewitched" swapped out Samantha's husband from Dick York to Dick Sargeant.
In the 70's you had Suzanne Sommers deciding to try her acting chops in film and she left "Three's Company" only to flop and the other gal who replaced her, but that was not beneficial to the show in my opinion.
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Posted on 5/29/20 at 12:06 pm to MF Doom
Also replacing John Randolph with Jerry Stiller as Frank Costanza
Posted on 5/29/20 at 5:29 pm to lsufan9193969700
Dumping Mark in Parks and Rec
Replacing Coach with Woody in Cheers
Replacing Coach with Woody in Cheers
Posted on 5/29/20 at 9:00 pm to PEPE
Additionally, changing Andy’s character to a lovable golden retriever. He was supposed to be characterized as a dead beat douche and be essentially a one off character, but Chris Pratt was so awesome the writers changed it.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 9:52 pm to StealthCalais11
That’s a good one. Season 1 Andy sucks so bad and he ends up being one of the best parts of that show
Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:35 am to NawlinsTiger9
Season 1 Andy was sort of a stalker which made him almost menacing
Posted on 5/30/20 at 8:37 am to biglego
Justified.
Boyd goes from being a one off character originally killed in the pilot to the primary antagonist.
Boyd goes from being a one off character originally killed in the pilot to the primary antagonist.
Posted on 5/30/20 at 10:54 am to SHOtime Tiger
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Also the OG Law & Order
We TV is showing the first season all day Sunday 5/31/2020.
Posted on 5/30/20 at 12:55 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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I don't know man. Coach was the best character to me when he was on the show. Woody is solid but Coach was money.
But..That give us Woody Harrelson. Not a lot of shows have launched careers like that since those days.
Dude is still cruising strong.
Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:19 pm to lsufan9193969700
Psych- Lassiter's female partner was switched to Juliet after the pilot. Pilot detective would not have been nearly as good.
Monk- I liked Sharona, but think ultimately Natalie is better.
Monk- I liked Sharona, but think ultimately Natalie is better.
Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:53 pm to lsufan9193969700
Valerie Harper being replaced by Sandy Duncan in a show called “Valerie,” no less. There was a lot of legal wrangling that went on after the move and I think Valerie won the case. Maybe it was Jason Bateman getting a bigger role, but the show seemed much better with Sandy.
Posted on 5/30/20 at 6:38 pm to Athos
Love me some Justified!
Posted on 5/31/20 at 12:16 am to lsufan9193969700
Jenna Wade
Posted on 5/31/20 at 1:02 am to lsufan9193969700
Andy Bernard
Easily
Easily
Posted on 5/31/20 at 6:41 am to lsufan9193969700
Jim Phelps replacing Dan Briggs in Mission: Impossible.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 6:46 am to lsufan9193969700
Breaking Bad
Walt after he killed Gus ego boost to the moon
Walt after he killed Gus ego boost to the moon
Posted on 5/31/20 at 1:38 pm to lsufan9193969700
Ever see the original Frank Costanza character ? Putting Jerry Stiller in that spot really brought that show to life. Stole every scene he was in.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 2:00 pm to Tigers0891
He was cast on King of Queens to basically play the same character and he stole those scenes too
Posted on 5/31/20 at 9:20 pm to Corso
Steve Landesburg was a guest star as a criminal on Barney Miller before becoming the regular character, Dietrich.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 8:49 am to lsufan9193969700
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I would say that the two biggest changes (Diane to Rebecca and Coach to Woody) were beneficial
I've been doing a Cheers rewatch and one thing i noticed binge watching is the chemistry between Ted Danson and Shelly Long is way better than between Danson and Kirstie Alley. The Sam/Diane relationship was played out imo and ended in the prefect amount of time and the show was still funny, maybe getting back to the original intent on focusing on the bar and the other characters.
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