MASH - Lt. Col. Henry Blake. Maclean Stevenson left show to do his own sitcom ‘Hello Larry’. Replaced by Col. Potter (Harry Morgan).
NYPD Blue - Det. John Kelly. David Caruso left the serries to do films after not getting a raise. Replaced by Det. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits)
Cheers - Diane Chambers. Shelley Long left the series after feeling unchallenged by her role. Replaced by Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley).
The Andy Griffith Show - Barney Fife. Don Knotts left to pursue a movie career. Replaced by Warren Ferguson (Jack Burns), who was unpopular and dropped after only a few episodes.
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Tasha Yar. Character was written off when Denise Crosby asked to be released from her contract; later, after the show got good, she returned as her own half-Romulan daughter.
The Waltons - Olivia Walton. Michael Learned left show in season 7 after feeling unchallenged by her role. Replaced by several relative characters moving in. Learned returned for a few episodes in season 8
NewsRadio - After Phil Hartman died, John Lovitz came in for the 5th and final season.
MASH - Lt. Col. Henry Blake. McLean Stevenson left show to do his own sitcom Hello Larry. Replaced by Col. Potter (Harry Morgan).
NYPD Blue - Det. John Kelly. David Caruso left the serries to do films after not getting a raise. Replaced by Det. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits)
Cheers - Diane Chambers. Shelley Long left the series after feeling unchallenged by her role. Replaced by Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley).
The Andy Griffith Show - Barney Fife. Don Knotts left to pursue a movie career. Replaced by Warren Ferguson (Jack Burns), who was unpopular and dropped after only a few episodes.
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Tasha Yar. Character was written off when Denise Crosby asked to be released from her contract; later, after the show got good, she returned as her own half-Romulan daughter.
The Waltons - Olivia Walton. Michael Learned left show in season 7 after feeling unchallenged by her role. Replaced by several relative characters moving in. Learned returned for a few episodes in season 8
NewsRadio - After Phil Hartman died, John Lovitz came in for the 5th and final season.
Sherlock Holmes - Dr. John H. Watson was played by David Burke in the first season of the Granada TV series; he was succeeded by Edward Hardwicke, who I thought was much better in the role.
MASH - Lt. Col. Henry Blake. McLean Stevenson left show to do his own sitcom Hello Larry. Replaced by Col. Potter (Harry Morgan).
NYPD Blue - Det. John Kelly. David Caruso left the serries to do films after not getting a raise. Replaced by Det. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits)
Cheers - Diane Chambers. Shelley Long left the series after feeling unchallenged by her role. Replaced by Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley).
The Andy Griffith Show - Barney Fife. Don Knotts left to pursue a movie career. Replaced by Warren Ferguson (Jack Burns), who was unpopular and dropped after only a few episodes.
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Tasha Yar. Character was written off when Denise Crosby asked to be released from her contract; later, after the show got good, she returned as her own half-Romulan daughter.
The Waltons - Olivia Walton. Michael Learned left show in season 7 after feeling unchallenged by her role. Replaced by several relative characters moving in. Learned returned for a few episodes in season 8
NewsRadio - After Phil Hartman died, John Lovitz came in for the 5th and final season.
Sherlock Holmes - Dr. John H. Watson was played by David Burke in the first season of the Granada TV series; he was succeeded by Edward Hardwicke, who I thought was much better in the role.
Valerie - Valerie Harper’s was killed off of her own series over a salary dispute. She was replaced the next season by Sandy Duncan playing Valerie’s sister. The show changed names from “Valerie’s Family” to simply “The Hogan Family”.
MASH - Lt. Col. Henry Blake. McLean Stevenson left show to do his own sitcom Hello Larry. Replaced by Col. Potter (Harry Morgan).
NYPD Blue - Det. John Kelly. David Caruso left the serries to do films after not getting a raise. Replaced by Det. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits)
Cheers - Diane Chambers. Shelley Long left the series after feeling unchallenged by her role. Replaced by Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley).
The Andy Griffith Show - Barney Fife. Don Knotts left to pursue a movie career. Replaced by Warren Ferguson (Jack Burns), who was unpopular and dropped after only a few episodes.
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Tasha Yar. Character was written off when Denise Crosby asked to be released from her contract; later, after the show got good, she returned as her own half-Romulan daughter.
The Waltons - Olivia Walton. Michael Learned left show in season 7 after feeling unchallenged by her role. Replaced by several relative characters moving in. Learned returned for a few episodes in season 8
NewsRadio - After Phil Hartman died, John Lovitz came in for the 5th and final season.
Sherlock Holmes - Dr. John H. Watson was played by David Burke in the first season of the Granada TV series; he was succeeded by Edward Hardwicke, who I thought was much better in the role.
Valerie - Valerie Harper’s was killed off of her own series over a salary dispute. She was replaced the next season by Sandy Duncan playing Valerie’s sister. The show changed names from “Valerie’s Family” to simply “The Hogan Family”.
Two and a Half Men - Charlie Harper. Character killed off when Charlie Sheen had a rather spectacular public meltdown and got himself fired. Replaced by Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher).