# Sharona's Replacement **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738 "2004-10-28T21:41:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/1 "2004-10-28T21:41:32Z")
Someone named Traylor Howard has been cast as Adrian Monk’s new assistant. Here’s USA’s [press release](http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/monknews/news.091504.html). ::sigh:: I’ll miss Sharona, who played off the Monk character extremely well. However, I’m relieved that the new assistant isn’t that obnoxious nurse friend of Sharona’s, nor that nerdy upstairs neighbor of Monk’s. But whotheheck is Traylor Howard? I’m off to IMDB to see if there’s a picture of her. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/2 "2004-10-28T21:43:12Z")
I remember her from the show Boston Common - I think she’s kind of cute and clever. But she has some big shoes to fill, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/3 "2004-10-29T00:35:13Z")
I can kind of see that working. But let’s wait and see. Sharona was half the show. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/4 "2004-10-29T01:08:44Z")
I’m torn. I’ve hated Traylor Howard in everything I’ve ever seen her in, and actually gone out of my way not to watch shows just because she was in them. She’s awful. But, I really like Monk. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/5 "2004-10-29T02:24:19Z")
I always wanted Monk to ask Sharona why she was crying. And then tell her that there was no crying in detective work. No crying. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/6 "2004-10-29T02:31:21Z")
She played the Girl in “Two guys, a girl, and a pizza place”. I really liked that show so I’m willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. I’ll miss Sharona though. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/7 "2004-10-29T07:42:52Z")
When does the new season start? Or did it already? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/8 "2004-10-29T12:02:26Z")
What’s the name of the actress that plays Sharona? And what’s she going on to? It will be tough to replicate the chemistry between those two. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/9 "2004-10-29T12:32:54Z")
**ShibbOleth** , the actress’ name is Bitty Shram (yes, Bitty, not Betty, although I’m uincertain of the spelling of her last name!). I will also miss Sharona although perhaps the new nurse/caretaker position will give Monk more to play off of. JMHO. ---
**Author:** ![YPOD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e99b99/32.png) [@YPOD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YPOD)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/10 "2004-10-29T19:30:34Z")
Did Bitty?Sharonna leave voluntarily? or was she simply replaced? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/11 "2004-10-29T19:38:28Z")
> [@YPOD](#): > > Did Bitty?Sharonna leave voluntarily? or was she simply replaced? The official word is that Bitty left over a salary disagreement. > [@blowero](#): > > When does the new season start? Or did it already? We should see new episodes starting in January. “Monk” ran a split season laft year - 10 eps from June to August and seven eps from January to March. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharonas-replacement/271738/12 "2004-10-29T19:44:50Z")
Here’s how we’re introduced to Natalie (Traylor Howard), according to TV Tome: [Mr. Monk and the Red Herring](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-9130/epid-364780/) Monk thinks that Natalie Teeger, a thirty-something widow with a thirteen-year-old daughter, is applying to be his new assistant, but she really wants him to pose as an ichthyologist who will talk to her daughter’s biology teacher about a fish–and to help her figure out why two men have broken into her apartment in the last few days