# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 383
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7641 "2025-03-19T17:22:27Z")
**Cast member died during production** 1. Chico and the Man - lead actor, Freddie Prinze committed suicide 2. Cheers - main cast member Nicholas Colasanto (Coach) died of a heart attack. 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Mako, who played Uncle Iroh, died from cancer 4. Rizzoli & Isles - Lee Thompson Young, who played Barry Frost, committed suicide 5. The Big Bang Theory - Carol Ann Susi who played Mrs. Wolowitz died of cancer. 6. Hotel - Anne Baxter, who played hotel owner Victoria Cabot, died of a stroke. 7. Hill Street Blues - Michael Conrad, who played Sgt Phil Esterhaus, died of cancer during the fourth season. 8. Night Court - Selma Diamond died of cancer; she played Selma Hacker. 9. Wagon Train - lead, Ward Bond, died of a heart attack midway through season 4. Replaced without any explanation by actor John McIntire ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7642 "2025-03-19T18:14:43Z")
**Cast member died during production** 1. Chico and the Man - lead actor, Freddie Prinze committed suicide 2. Cheers - main cast member Nicholas Colasanto (Coach) died of a heart attack. 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Mako, who played Uncle Iroh, died from cancer 4. Rizzoli & Isles - Lee Thompson Young, who played Barry Frost, committed suicide 5. The Big Bang Theory - Carol Ann Susi who played Mrs. Wolowitz died of cancer. 6. Hotel - Anne Baxter, who played hotel owner Victoria Cabot, died of a stroke. 7. Hill Street Blues - Michael Conrad, who played Sgt Phil Esterhaus, died of cancer during the fourth season. 8. Night Court - Selma Diamond died of cancer; she played Selma Hacker. 9. Wagon Train - lead, Ward Bond, died of a heart attack midway through season 4. Replaced without any explanation by actor John McIntire 10. Petticoat Junction - Bea Benaderet died of cancer during the 6th season. Sitcom characters didn’t die in the 1960s. Kate Bradley “went out of town” and never came back, without any explanation. **The character died, but the actor didn’t** 1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - _Roseanne/The Conners_ ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7643 "2025-03-19T18:22:29Z")
**The character died, but the actor didn’t** 1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - _Roseanne/The Conners_ 2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - _West Wing_ ---
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**The character died, but the actor didn’t** 1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - _Roseanne/The Conners_ 2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - _West Wing_ 3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M \* A \* S \* H ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7645 "2025-03-19T18:51:13Z")
**The character died, but the actor didn’t** 1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - _Roseanne/The Conners_ 2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - _West Wing_ 3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M \* A \* S \* H 4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - _NYPD Blue_ ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7646 "2025-03-19T18:57:32Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - _NYPD Blue_ My husband had just been diagnosed with congestive heart failure at the same time Bobby was dying of it. He refused to watch, understandably. I never cried harder for any character as I did for Bobby Simone. 😢 ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7647 "2025-03-19T19:04:36Z")
**The character died, but the actor didn’t** 1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - _Roseanne/The Conners_ 2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - _West Wing_ 3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M \* A \* S \* H 4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - _NYPD Blue_ 5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7648 "2025-03-19T19:08:27Z")
**The character died, but the actor didn’t** 1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - _Roseanne/The Conners_ 2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - _West Wing_ 3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M \* A \* S \* H 4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - _NYPD Blue_ 5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 6. James Evans, Sr. (John Amos) - _Good Times_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7649 "2025-03-19T19:43:07Z")
**The character died, but the actor didn’t** 1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - _Roseanne/The Conners_ 2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - _West Wing_ 3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M \* A \* S \* H 4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - _NYPD Blue_ 5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 6. James Evans, Sr. (John Amos) - _Good Times_ 7. Christopher Moltisante (Michael Imperioli) - _The Sopranos_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7650 "2025-03-19T22:16:16Z")
**The character died, but the actor didn’t** 1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - _Roseanne/The Conners_ 2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - _West Wing_ 3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M \* A \* S \* H 4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - _NYPD Blue_ 5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 6. James Evans, Sr. (John Amos) - _Good Times_ 7. Christopher Moltisante (Michael Imperioli) - _The Sopranos_ 8. Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) - _Two and a Half Men_ Had a piano dropped on him. Somewhere, Tex Avery is smiling. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7651 "2025-03-20T00:42:01Z")
> [@](#): > > **The character died, but the actor didn’t** 1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - _Roseanne/The Conners_ 2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - _West Wing_ 3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M \* A \* S \* H 4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - _NYPD Blue_ 5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 6. James Evans, Sr. (John Amos) - _Good Times_ 7. Christopher Moltisante (Michael Imperioli) - _The Sopranos_ 8. Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) - _Two and a Half Men_ 9. Lady Marjorie (Rachel Gurney) - _Upstairs, Downstairs_ set out for the US on the _Titanic_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7652 "2025-03-20T02:12:39Z")
> [@](#): > > **The character died, but the actor didn’t** 1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - _Roseanne/The Conners_ 2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - _West Wing_ 3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M \* A \* S \* H 4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - _NYPD Blue_ 5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 6. James Evans, Sr. (John Amos) - _Good Times_ 7. Christopher Moltisante (Michael Imperioli) - _The Sopranos_ 8. Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) - _Two and a Half Men_ 9. Lady Marjorie (Rachel Gurney) - _Upstairs, Downstairs_ 10. Martin Riggs (Clayne Crawford) - _Lethal Weapon_ Riggs never died in the movie series, but he was killed off in the television series. New category: **Recurring characters in the _Star Trek_ franchise** 1. Peanut Hamper, _Lower Decks_ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7653 "2025-03-20T03:36:56Z")
**Recurring characters in the _Star Trek_ franchise** 1. Peanut Hamper, _Lower Decks_ 2. Lwaxana Troi, _The next generation_ Played by the same actress who played the nurse Chapel in the original series, and the voice of the computers. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7654 "2025-03-20T04:04:35Z")
**Recurring characters in the _Star Trek_ franchise** 1. Peanut Hamper, _Lower Decks_ 2. Lwaxana Troi, _The next generation_ 3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, _TOS_ ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7655 "2025-03-20T04:27:41Z")
**Recurring characters in the _Star Trek_ franchise** 1. Peanut Hamper, _Lower Decks_ 2. Lwaxana Troi, _The next generation_ 3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, _TOS_ 4. Q, _TNG_ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7656 "2025-03-20T04:38:42Z")
**Recurring characters in the _Star Trek_ franchise** 1. Peanut Hamper, _Lower Decks_ 2. Lwaxana Troi, _The next generation_ 3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, _TOS_ 4. Q, _TNG_ 5. Spot, _TNG_, _Picard_, and two movies Data’s pet cat. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7657 "2025-03-20T11:43:16Z")
**Recurring characters in the _Star Trek_ franchise** 1. Peanut Hamper, _Lower Decks_ 2. Lwaxana Troi, _The next generation_ 3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, _TOS_ 4. Q, _TNG_ 5. Spot, _TNG_, _Picard_, and two movies 6. Gul Dukat, _DS9_ ---
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**Recurring characters in the _Star Trek_ franchise** 1. Peanut Hamper, _Lower Decks_ 2. Lwaxana Troi, _The next generation_ 3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, _TOS_ 4. Q, _TNG_ 5. Spot, _TNG_, _Picard_, and two movies 6. Gul Dukat, _DS9_ 7. Guinan, _TNG_, _Picard_, and two movies ---
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**Recurring characters in the _Star Trek_ franchise** 1. Peanut Hamper, _Lower Decks_ 2. Lwaxana Troi, _The next generation_ 3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, _TOS_ 4. Q, _TNG_ 5. Spot, _TNG_, _Picard_, and two movies 6. Gul Dukat, _DS9_ 7. Guinan, _TNG_, _Picard_, and two movies 8. Lore (Data’s amoral brother), _TNG_ ---
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Several of these characters have appeared even more recently; entries amended. **Recurring characters in the _Star Trek_ franchise** 1. Peanut Hamper, _Lower Decks_ 2. Lwaxana Troi, _The Next Generation_ 3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, _TOS, Discovery_ 4. Q, _TNG, DS9, VGR_ 5. Spot, _TNG_, _Picard_, and two movies 6. Gul Dukat, _DS9_ 7. Guinan, _TNG_, _Picard_, and two movies 8. Lore (Data’s amoral brother), _TNG, Picard_ 9. Garak, _DS9_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=382) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=384)