# Can one cast member save a show for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840 "2016-08-05T14:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/1 "2016-08-05T14:18:53Z")
Based on the thread about [Can one cast member ruin a show for you](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=788205)… Have you had a show that you were getting ready to ditch because of the blahs, and then they added a new cast member that got your interest back up? Happened to me with Grimm. Interesting concept, first season was okay, but I was losing interest. Then [Bree Turner](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877430/) came on board as Rosalee, and just was a breath of fresh air. She is beautiful and she is a talented actress. I’m glad they are giving her a fairly large role, and I like watching the show again. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/2 "2016-08-05T14:39:21Z")
Bruce Campbell kept me into Burn Notice during periods when I probably would have otherwise stopped watching. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/3 "2016-08-05T14:48:14Z")
I’ve never had occasion to find out; I’ve never been about to quit a show, which then added any new characters. I have, however, started watching some really bad shows because of an actor (usually an actress, because I’m kind of a perv), and kept watching, in spite of the show continuing to be really bad. ---
**Author:** ![SUZ\_MAC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@SUZ\_MAC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SUZ_MAC)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/4 "2016-08-05T15:22:03Z")
Isn’t the obvious answer Heather Locklear? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/5 "2016-08-05T15:23:26Z")
I watched “Nashville” way too long almost solely due to Connie Britton. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/6 "2016-08-05T16:57:58Z")
Big Bang without Jim Parsons would be a total deal breaker for me. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/7 "2016-08-05T16:59:18Z")
If it has Ted C. McGinley in it, I’m in for the long haul! ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/8 "2016-08-05T17:34:14Z")
The Blacklist is a really, really dumb show, that I would never waste my time watching…except that James Spader is in it. He single-handedly makes the show worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/9 "2016-08-05T18:33:04Z")
Given that both Walter (Fringe) and Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time) were so show making, and I gave up on both shows, I think the answer for me will have to be a “no”. And neither show was awful, they just seemed to have no end in sight and no other non-bland characters. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/10 "2016-08-05T19:07:33Z")
Tony not being in NCIS anymore , it not going to be the same with him gone. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/11 "2016-08-05T19:21:51Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > If it has Ted C. McGinley in it, I’m in for the long haul! I’ll watch the complete run of a Ted McGinley show, no matter how many weeks it takes! ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/12 "2016-08-06T00:40:01Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I watched “Nashville” way too long almost solely due to Connie Britton. Same show but Hayden Panettiere. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/13 "2016-08-07T19:38:41Z")
I was an over the road truck driver for 35 years so never really watched a lot of television until I retired so I’m now seeing things that are no longer in production. And with the policy of showing episodes back to back to back to back that seems to be the norm these days it don’t take long to see an entire run of a show. And because of that it did’t take real long to see that the addition of the characters Jessie on "Burn Notice"and Randy on “That 70’s Show” were bad moves. As a side note that back to back to back policy really sucks. They have 70 years of television programming to choose from. Do we really need 10 hours on four networks showing a P.O.S. show like “How I Met Your Mother”? Or “Two And A Half Men”? ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/14 "2016-08-07T19:53:38Z")
I’d say no, even Jennifer Love Hewitt couldn’t save “The Ghost Whisperer” for me and I’d watch her reading the dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/15 "2016-08-07T22:11:56Z")
I found I’d lost interest in _CSI_ after William Petersen left, so I guess it was him keeping me around. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/16 "2016-08-09T01:05:40Z")
I wouldn’t watch “The Middle” If Sue Heck was not on it. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/17 "2016-08-09T01:20:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ll watch the complete run of a Ted McGinley show, no matter how many weeks it takes! I guess you really liked _Married with Children_. Terry Crews is comedy gold, and makes everything he is in worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-save-a-show-for-you/761840/18 "2016-08-09T01:44:19Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > If it has Ted C. McGinley in it, I’m in for the long haul! Do you mean John C McGinley? Who will be in a new show soon that seems to be copying _Ash vs Evil Dead_ called _[Stan Against Evil](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5722214/combined)_.