# TV Binge Watch (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004 "2019-08-21T15:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 300
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5988 "2021-05-23T23:08:23Z")
Successful TV stars who tried for a movie career and were generally unsuccessful 1. David Caruso - _NYPD Blue_ 2. Sarah Michelle Gellar - _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 3. Andy Samburg - SNL 4. Matthew Perry - _Friends_ 5. Tom Selleck - _Magnum PI_ ---
**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:** [May 24, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5989 "2021-05-24T02:19:08Z")
Successful TV stars who tried for a movie career and were generally unsuccessful 1. David Caruso - _NYPD Blue_ 2. Sarah Michelle Gellar - _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 3. Andy Samburg - SNL 4. Matthew Perry - _Friends_ 5. Tom Selleck - _Magnum PI_ 6. Shelly Long - _Cheers_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5990 "2021-05-24T10:40:11Z")
Successful TV stars who tried for a movie career and were generally unsuccessful 1. David Caruso - _NYPD Blue_ 2. Sarah Michelle Gellar - _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 3. Andy Samburg - SNL 4. Matthew Perry - _Friends_ 5. Tom Selleck - _Magnum PI_ 6. Shelly Long - _Cheers_ 7. Bob Newhart - _The Bob Newhart Show_ ---
**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:** [May 24, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5991 "2021-05-24T12:13:23Z")
Successful TV stars who tried for a movie career and were generally unsuccessful 1. David Caruso - _NYPD Blue_ 2. Sarah Michelle Gellar - _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 3. Andy Samburg - SNL 4. Matthew Perry - _Friends_ 5. Tom Selleck - _Magnum PI_ 6. Shelly Long - _Cheers_ 7. Bob Newhart - _The Bob Newhart Show_ 8. Suzanne Somers - _Three’s Company_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5992 "2021-05-24T12:34:42Z")
Successful TV stars who tried for a movie career and were generally unsuccessful 1. David Caruso - _NYPD Blue_ 2. Sarah Michelle Gellar - _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 3. Andy Samburg - SNL 4. Matthew Perry - _Friends_ 5. Tom Selleck - _Magnum PI_ 6. Shelly Long - _Cheers_ 7. Bob Newhart - _The Bob Newhart Show_ 8. Suzanne Somers - _Three’s Company_ 9. Kirstie Alley - _Cheers_ ---
**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:** [May 24, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5993 "2021-05-24T13:14:38Z")
On a side note, Alley is now saying her acting career was deliberately sabotaged because of her political views. (She’s a Trump supporter.) Apparently she feels her career was going well back around 2015. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5994 "2021-05-24T13:19:50Z")
And nothing to do with her Scientology views! ---
**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:** [May 24, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5995 "2021-05-24T13:31:22Z")
Look at Tom Cruise or John Travolta or Will Smith. Their careers are going great. The more realistic view is the sad reality; Kirstie Alley’s career went into decline because she’s an actress and Hollywood doesn’t support aging actresses the way it supports aging actors. You could have predicted thirty years ago that Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, John Ratzenburger, and George Wendt would have better careers in 2021 than Kirstie Alley, Shelly Long, Bebe Neuwirth, and Rhea Perlman. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5996 "2021-05-24T14:30:54Z")
Good point. There are some women that survive of course - Helen Mirrin, Susan Sarandon, Sandra Bullock, Helen Hunt, Jodie Foster, Kim Basinger. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5997 "2021-05-24T14:55:29Z")
Or maybe Kirstie Alley just isn’t all that good or versatile an actress? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5998 "2021-05-24T15:40:13Z")
She was a great Vulcan! No emotions necessary… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5999 "2021-05-24T16:17:48Z")
Successful TV stars who tried for a movie career and were generally unsuccessful 1. David Caruso - _NYPD Blue_ 2. Sarah Michelle Gellar - _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 3. Andy Samburg - SNL 4. Matthew Perry - _Friends_ 5. Tom Selleck - _Magnum PI_ 6. Shelly Long - _Cheers_ 7. Bob Newhart - _The Bob Newhart Show_ 8. Suzanne Somers - _Three’s Company_ 9. Kirstie Alley - _Cheers_ 10. Melissa Joan Hart - _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_ Next: Movie actors who later took TV roles. 1. Kevin Spacey - _House of Cards_ ---
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**Movie actors who later took TV roles.** 1. Kevin Spacey - _House of Cards_ 2. Winona Ryder - _Stranger Things_ ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/6001 "2021-05-24T16:54:42Z")
**Movie actors who later took TV roles.** 1. Kevin Spacey - _House of Cards_ 2. Winona Ryder - _Stranger Things_ 3. Christina Ricci - _Pan Am_ ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/6002 "2021-05-24T18:04:29Z")
**Movie actors who later took TV roles.** 1. Kevin Spacey - _House of Cards_ 2. Winona Ryder - _Stranger Things_ 3. Christina Ricci - _Pan Am_ 4. Rock Hudson - _McMillan and Wife_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/6003 "2021-05-24T18:55:00Z")
**Movie actors who later took TV roles.** 1. Kevin Spacey - _House of Cards_ 2. Winona Ryder - _Stranger Things_ 3. Christina Ricci - _Pan Am_ 4. Rock Hudson - _McMillan and Wife_ 5. Robin Williams - _The Crazy Ones_ ---
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**Movie actors who later took TV roles.** 1. Kevin Spacey - _House of Cards_ 2. Winona Ryder - _Stranger Things_ 3. Christina Ricci - _Pan Am_ 4. Rock Hudson - _McMillan and Wife_ 5. Robin Williams - _The Crazy Ones_ 6. Kiefer Sutherland - _24_ ---
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**Movie actors who later took TV roles.** 1. Kevin Spacey - _House of Cards_ 2. Winona Ryder - _Stranger Things_ 3. Christina Ricci - _Pan Am_ 4. Rock Hudson - _McMillan and Wife_ 5. Robin Williams - _The Crazy Ones_ 6. Kiefer Sutherland - _24_ 7. Jane Fonda - _Grace and Frankie_ ---
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**Movie actors who later took TV roles.** 1. Kevin Spacey - _House of Cards_ 2. Winona Ryder - _Stranger Things_ 3. Christina Ricci - _Pan Am_ 4. Rock Hudson - _McMillan and Wife_ 5. Robin Williams - _The Crazy Ones_ 6. Kiefer Sutherland - _24_ 7. Jane Fonda - _Grace and Frankie_ 8. Shirley Jones - _The Partridge Family_ ---
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**Movie actors who later took TV roles.** 1. Kevin Spacey - _House of Cards_ 2. Winona Ryder - _Stranger Things_ 3. Christina Ricci - _Pan Am_ 4. Rock Hudson - _McMillan and Wife_ 5. Robin Williams - _The Crazy Ones_ 6. Kiefer Sutherland - _24_ 7. Jane Fonda - _Grace and Frankie_ 8. Shirley Jones - _The Partridge Family_ 9. Julia Roberts - _Homecoming_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=299) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=301)