Sitcoms where the main character left and the show went on
05-19-05, 07:10 AM
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Sitcoms where the main character left and the show went on
with the season finale of that 70s show and eric (topher grace) leaving, it got me thinking... i can't think of any other sitcom where the main character left the show and the show kept going... by main character, i don't necessarily mean the star, but the character that the show revolves around i.e. jerry seinfeld on senfield, JD on Scrubs, Richie on Happy Days, etc
05-19-05, 07:15 AM
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I would say Diane (Shelly Long) was as pivotal to Cheers as Eric is to That 70's Show. Cheers went on for several sucessful seasons after she left. Also there was Michael J. Fox on Spin City.
05-19-05, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Chew
John Ritter 8 Simple Rules
Shelley Long Cheers
Ron Howard Happy Days (he was only on Seasons 1-7, meaning 4 seasons without him)
Shelley Long Cheers
Ron Howard Happy Days (he was only on Seasons 1-7, meaning 4 seasons without him)
05-19-05, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Chew
It's questionable how much X-Files actually "went on" after Mulder left. 
05-19-05, 09:11 AM
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How about when Tripp died on Enterprise...oh wait... 
Doctor Who of course is an ongoing replacement of a main character...
Becky Left Rosanne...
Law and Order has had many characters come and go...
(but that is not a sitcom....)
Doctor Who of course is an ongoing replacement of a main character...
Becky Left Rosanne...
Law and Order has had many characters come and go...
(but that is not a sitcom....)
05-19-05, 09:15 AM
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John Amos from Good Times. The show was supposed to revolve around him and Florida but when that didn't work out he got killed off. Really killed the whole premise of the show IMO.
05-19-05, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by dadaluholla
Didn't John Goodman leave Roseanne before that garbage dump of a last season?
05-19-05, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
<slash>Didn't Dr. Joel Fleishman(Rob Morrow) leave Northern Exposure before it ended? </slash>
<slash>David Duchovney: X-files</slash>
<slash>David Duchovney: X-files</slash>
Just re-read the title. Sitcom
05-19-05, 10:11 AM
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So I quit watching Roseanne around that last season, but did John Goodman die? I remember something about the last episode where everything was a story she was writing or something.
Hope thats not a spoiler for anyone.
Hope thats not a spoiler for anyone.
05-19-05, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by latenight
MASH the character trapper,I beleive left the show as did Colonel Blake.
Trapper John
Col. Blake
Frank Burns
Radar
05-19-05, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by dadaluholla
So I quit watching Roseanne around that last season, but did John Goodman die? I remember something about the last episode where everything was a story she was writing or something.
Hope thats not a spoiler for anyone.
Hope thats not a spoiler for anyone.
EDIT: two biggest for OP are Valerie Harper and David Caruso (IIRC, Blue was supposed to be his show with Franz as the second or maybe even third lead).
