TV Binge Watch (Part 1)

Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series

  1. Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
  2. Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
  3. Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
  4. Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)

Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series

  1. Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
  2. Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
  3. Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
  4. Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
  5. Gillian Anderson - The X-Files

Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series

  1. Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
  2. Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
  3. Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
  4. Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
  5. Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
  6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld

Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series

  1. Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
  2. Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
  3. Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
  4. Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
  5. Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
  6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
  7. Lucille Ball - I Love Lucy

They referred to it as “expecting” at the time.

Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series

  1. Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
  2. Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
  3. Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
  4. Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
  5. Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
  6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
  7. Lucille Ball - I Love Lucy
  8. Tina Fey - 30 Rock

Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series

  1. Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
  2. Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
  3. Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
  4. Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
  5. Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
  6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
  7. Lucille Ball - I Love Lucy
  8. Tina Fey - 30 Rock
  9. Katey Sagal - Married…With Children

Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series

  1. Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
  2. Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
  3. Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
  4. Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
  5. Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
  6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
  7. Lucille Ball - I Love Lucy
  8. Tina Fey - 30 Rock
  9. Katey Sagal - Married…With Children
  10. Mary McCormack - The West Wing and In Plain Sight

Just to be clear, this was two different pregnancies.

I’ll pass.

Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show

  1. Matthew Perry - Friends

Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show

  1. Matthew Perry - Friends
  2. Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show
    He had a stroke during season 3 but was able to come back about a year later and continued until the end of season 7 when his health worsened.

Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show

  1. Matthew Perry - Friends
  2. Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show
  3. Michael J. Fox - Spin City

Spin City ran from 1996 to 2002. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1992.

Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show

  1. Matthew Perry - Friends
  2. Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show
  3. Michael J. Fox - Spin City
  4. Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek

Dealing with alcoholism, alas.

Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show

  1. Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
  2. Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
  3. Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
  4. Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
  5. Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)

Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show

  1. Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
  2. Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
  3. Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
  4. Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
  5. Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
  6. Robert Guillaume - Sports Night (stroke)

Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show

  1. Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
  2. Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
  3. Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
  4. Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
  5. Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
  6. Robert Guillaume - Sports Night (stroke)
  7. Sarah Hyland - Modern Family (kidney disease)

Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show

  1. Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
  2. Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
  3. Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
  4. Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
  5. Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
  6. Robert Guillaume - Sports Night (stroke)
  7. Sarah Hyland - Modern Family (kidney disease)
  8. Anthony Anderson - Blackish (Type 2 Diabetes)

Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show

  1. Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
  2. Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
  3. Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
  4. Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
  5. Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
  6. Robert Guillaume - Sports Night (stroke)
  7. Sarah Hyland - Modern Family (kidney disease)
  8. Anthony Anderson - Blackish (Type 2 Diabetes)
  9. Gilda Radner - Saturday Night Live (bulimia)

Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show

  1. Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
  2. Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
  3. Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
  4. Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
  5. Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
  6. Robert Guillaume - Sports Night (stroke)
  7. Sarah Hyland - Modern Family (kidney disease)
  8. Anthony Anderson - Blackish (Type 2 Diabetes)
  9. Gilda Radner - Saturday Night Live (bulimia)
  10. Patty Duke - The Patty Duke Show (Bipolar Disorder)

A PBS Cartoon

  1. Ready, Jet, Go!

A PBS Cartoon

  1. Ready, Jet, Go!
  2. Arthur

A PBS Cartoon

  1. Ready, Jet, Go!
  2. Arthur
  3. Word Girl

A PBS Cartoon

  1. Ready, Jet, Go!
  2. Arthur
  3. Word Girl
  4. The Adventures of Letterman

*It’s a word; it’s a plan…it’s Letterman!
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