TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

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  1. Tattingers becomes Nick & Hillary, going from an hour-long comedy-drama to a half-hour sitcom before getting cancelled.
  2. The Naked Truth, season one focused on the world of tabloids, then the show switched networks and was retooled to focus more on the lead’s personal life.
  3. Barney Miller - early episodes were focused on Barney, and featured his home life as well as his life at the 12th Precinct; Barbara Barrie, who played his wife Liz, had second-billing in the credits. Starting with the second season, the writers refocused the show on the ensemble cast of detectives, and largely wrote the Liz character out of the series.
  4. Teachers Only - Sitcom, two seasons, set in a high school. Most of the Season 1 cast was replaced with a different cast for Season 2; the two members that remained kept their names but had different jobs at the school. The school changed also.
  5. The Big Bang Theory - the pilot episode featured the characters of Leonard and Sheldon, and two female leads: “Katie” and “Gilda”. Katie was a wise-cracking street-smart woman who moves in with the men, and Gilda was a colleague of theirs. The producers retooled the show by replacing both female leads with Penny, as the guys’ neighbor.
  6. Seinfeld - originally called The Seinfeld Chronicles, Kramer was a hermit named Kessler, George wasn’t neurotic and there was no Elaine.
  7. These Friends of Mine changed to Ellen, characters were dropped and added, and Ellen DeGeneres became more of the focal point of the show.
  8. Roseanne became The Conners after Roseanne Barr was fired from the show for controversial tweets; her character was killed off
  9. When CBS didn’t want to renew Cagney & Lacey for a 2nd season, Cagney was recast, but there were other changes: the theme music was changed from a gritty “life’s tough” song to a wordless jazz piece that didn’t give away the show’s genre, and the opening montage was generic, instead of “how they became detectives.” The biggest change was how the supporting cast was written: there was a lot less casual sexism and mild harassment from the men in the precinct.
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Shows that were retooled

  1. Tattingers becomes Nick & Hillary, going from an hour-long comedy-drama to a half-hour sitcom before getting cancelled.
  2. The Naked Truth, season one focused on the world of tabloids, then the show switched networks and was retooled to focus more on the lead’s personal life.
  3. Barney Miller - early episodes were focused on Barney, and featured his home life as well as his life at the 12th Precinct; Barbara Barrie, who played his wife Liz, had second-billing in the credits. Starting with the second season, the writers refocused the show on the ensemble cast of detectives, and largely wrote the Liz character out of the series.
  4. Teachers Only - Sitcom, two seasons, set in a high school. Most of the Season 1 cast was replaced with a different cast for Season 2; the two members that remained kept their names but had different jobs at the school. The school changed also.
  5. The Big Bang Theory - the pilot episode featured the characters of Leonard and Sheldon, and two female leads: “Katie” and “Gilda”. Katie was a wise-cracking street-smart woman who moves in with the men, and Gilda was a colleague of theirs. The producers retooled the show by replacing both female leads with Penny, as the guys’ neighbor.
  6. Seinfeld - originally called The Seinfeld Chronicles, Kramer was a hermit named Kessler, George wasn’t neurotic and there was no Elaine.
  7. These Friends of Mine changed to Ellen, characters were dropped and added, and Ellen DeGeneres became more of the focal point of the show.
  8. Roseanne became The Conners after Roseanne Barr was fired from the show for controversial tweets; her character was killed off
  9. When CBS didn’t want to renew Cagney & Lacey for a 2nd season, Cagney was recast, but there were other changes: the theme music was changed from a gritty “life’s tough” song to a wordless jazz piece that didn’t give away the show’s genre, and the opening montage was generic, instead of “how they became detectives.” The biggest change was how the supporting cast was written: there was a lot less casual sexism and mild harassment from the men in the precinct.
  10. Star Trek - The pilot episode with Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike and Majel Barrett as Number One was replaced with William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, and Leonard Nimoy was moved from a secondary role to become the ship’s first mate, Mr. Spock. Barrett was recast in a minor role as Nurse Chapel.

(Hard to believe no one listed this earlier. I’m fairly certain someone will come along to point out discrepancies in my synopsis.)

TV Pets (No supernatural, anthropomorphic, fantastic creatures. Just basic cats, dogs, etc. May have some characteristics but don’t speak or act human-like.)

  1. Fred - Baretta
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TV Pets (No supernatural, anthropomorphic, fantastic creatures. Just basic cats, dogs, etc. May have some characteristics but don’t speak or act human-like.)

  1. Fred - Baretta
  2. Mr. Turtle - My Name Is Earl
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TV Pets (No supernatural, anthropomorphic, fantastic creatures. Just basic cats, dogs, etc. May have some characteristics but don’t speak or act human-like.)

  1. Fred - Baretta
  2. Mr. Turtle - My Name Is Earl
  3. Spot - Star Trek: The Next Generation

Data’s pet cat.

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TV Pets (No supernatural, anthropomorphic, fantastic creatures. Just basic cats, dogs, etc. May have some characteristics but don’t speak or act human-like.)

  1. Fred - Baretta

  2. Mr. Turtle - My Name Is Earl

  3. Spot - Star Trek: The Next Generation

  4. Comet - Full House

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TV Pets (No supernatural, anthropomorphic, fantastic creatures. Just basic cats, dogs, etc. May have some characteristics but don’t speak or act human-like.)

  1. Fred - Baretta
  2. Mr. Turtle - My Name Is Earl
  3. Spot - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  4. Comet - Full House
  5. Sparky - WandaVision
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TV Pets (No supernatural, anthropomorphic, fantastic creatures. Just basic cats, dogs, etc. May have some characteristics but don’t speak or act human-like.)

  1. Fred - Baretta
  2. Mr. Turtle - My Name Is Earl
  3. Spot - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  4. Comet - Full House
  5. Sparky - WandaVision
  6. Tiger - The Brady Bunch
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TV Pets (No supernatural, anthropomorphic, fantastic creatures. Just basic cats, dogs, etc. May have some characteristics but don’t speak or act human-like.)

  1. Fred - Baretta
  2. Mr. Turtle - My Name Is Earl
  3. Spot - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  4. Comet - Full House
  5. Sparky - WandaVision
  6. Tiger - The Brady Bunch
  7. Lucky - ALF
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TV Pets (No supernatural, anthropomorphic, fantastic creatures. Just basic cats, dogs, etc. May have some characteristics but don’t speak or act human-like.)

  1. Fred - Baretta
  2. Mr. Turtle - My Name Is Earl
  3. Spot - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  4. Comet - Full House
  5. Sparky - WandaVision
  6. Tiger - The Brady Bunch
  7. Lucky - ALF
  8. Odie - Garfield and Friends

Garfield himself “spoke” by way of having his thoughts spoken, and walked on two legs. But Odie did not.

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TV Pets (No supernatural, anthropomorphic, fantastic creatures. Just basic cats, dogs, etc. May have some characteristics but don’t speak or act human-like.)

  1. Fred - Baretta
  2. Mr. Turtle - My Name Is Earl
  3. Spot - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  4. Comet - Full House
  5. Sparky - WandaVision
  6. Tiger - The Brady Bunch
  7. Lucky - ALF
  8. Odie - Garfield and Friends
  9. Porthos - Star Trek: Enterprise

For more: Porthos | Memory Alpha | Fandom

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TV Pets (No supernatural, anthropomorphic, fantastic creatures. Just basic cats, dogs, etc. May have some characteristics but don’t speak or act human-like.)

  1. Fred - Baretta
  2. Mr. Turtle - My Name Is Earl
  3. Spot - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  4. Comet - Full House
  5. Sparky - WandaVision
  6. Tiger - The Brady Bunch
  7. Lucky - ALF
  8. Odie - Garfield and Friends
  9. Porthos - Star Trek: Enterprise
  10. Ben - Gentle Ben

pass

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More TV Pets! (bonus points for non-cats/dogs)

  1. Argo – horse; Xena, Warrior Princess
    Argo was superior to a typical horse in her ability to understand human speech, but I wouldn’t call it supernatural, given what normally happens on the show.
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More TV Pets! (bonus points for non-cats/dogs)

  1. Argo – horse; Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Bear - chimp; B.J. and the Bear
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More TV Pets! (bonus points for non-cats/dogs)

  1. Argo – horse; Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Bear - chimp; B.J. and the Bear
  3. Clyde - tortoise; Elementary
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More TV Pets! (bonus points for non-cats/dogs)

  1. Argo – horse; Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Bear - chimp; B.J. and the Bear
  3. Clyde - tortoise; Elementary
  4. Rocco - Zoe’s pet rock Sesame Street
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More TV Pets! (bonus points for non-cats/dogs)

  1. Argo – horse; Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Bear - chimp; B.J. and the Bear
  3. Clyde - tortoise; Elementary
  4. Rocco - Zoe’s pet rock; Sesame Street
  5. Homer - Wednesday’s pet spider; The Addams Family (1964)
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More TV Pets! (bonus points for non-cats/dogs)

  1. Argo – horse; Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Bear - chimp; B.J. and the Bear
  3. Clyde - tortoise; Elementary
  4. Rocco - Zoe’s pet rock; Sesame Street
  5. Homer - Wednesday’s pet spider; The Addams Family (1964)
  6. Santa’s Little Helper - The Simpsons
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More TV Pets! (bonus points for non-cats/dogs)

  1. Argo – horse; Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Bear - chimp; B.J. and the Bear
  3. Clyde - tortoise; Elementary
  4. Rocco - Zoe’s pet rock; Sesame Street
  5. Homer - Wednesday’s pet spider; The Addams Family (1964)
  6. Santa’s Little Helper - The Simpsons
  7. Marcel - Friends

Ross’s pet white-headed capuchin monkey during the series’ first season.

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More TV Pets! (bonus points for non-cats/dogs)

  1. Argo – horse; Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Bear - chimp; B.J. and the Bear
  3. Clyde - tortoise; Elementary
  4. Rocco - Zoe’s pet rock; Sesame Street
  5. Homer - Wednesday’s pet spider; The Addams Family (1964)
  6. Santa’s Little Helper - The Simpsons
  7. Marcel - Friends
  8. Sweet Cheeks - Guinea pig; Abbott Elementary
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More TV Pets! (bonus points for non-cats/dogs)

  1. Argo – horse; Xena, Warrior Princess
  2. Bear - chimp; B.J. and the Bear
  3. Clyde - tortoise; Elementary
  4. Rocco - Zoe’s pet rock; Sesame Street
  5. Homer - Wednesday’s pet spider; The Addams Family (1964)
  6. Santa’s Little Helper - The Simpsons
  7. Marcel - Friends
  8. Sweet Cheeks - Guinea pig; Abbott Elementary
  9. Noelle = Suzanne Sugarbaker’s pig; Designing Women