# Has the new Night Court series acknowledged the deaths of previous cast members?

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**Created:** [February 16, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-new-night-court-series-acknowledged-the-deaths-of-previous-cast-members/997640 "2024-02-16T03:31:14Z")\
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**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:** [February 19, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-new-night-court-series-acknowledged-the-deaths-of-previous-cast-members/997640/21 "2024-02-19T21:24:58Z")

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> All I’m saying is that everyone in that cast who has died was well into senior citizen-hood when they passed. Markie Post dying at 70 and Harry Anderson were earlier than I’d have expected, but not way outside the bounds of the usual range. Charles Robinson and Richard Moll were both right around the average life expectancy for men (77.5 years).

Sorry for giving the wrong impression. I wasn’t disagreeing with you. You made a valid point that the deaths among the cast members is something that would be statistically expected.

I was just reminded by your post of the movie I mentioned and how it has completely defied the statistical expectation.

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-new-night-court-series-acknowledged-the-deaths-of-previous-cast-members/997640/22 "2024-02-21T22:50:10Z")

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They need new writers. I watched the show that followed and it had me laughing in the 1st minute.

The original show had much more going for it and they tailored the writing to the actors.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-new-night-court-series-acknowledged-the-deaths-of-previous-cast-members/997640/23 "2024-02-23T18:46:54Z")

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Regarding the Wheelers. The last time I saw either in anything was on _The Big Bang Theory_.

Spiner played himself in a “self-deprecating” sort of way. I.e., he was a clueless nothing. O’Donnell played Amy’s mother in a video chat. Later in the series they replaced her with Kathy Bates. I wondered if she wasn’t up to doing in-person sitcom stuff or what. I guess she can.

Plot idea: The latest failure in their life is they bought a load of Data action figures only to find out they are worthless.

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