# TV shows in which cast members have ended relationships during their runs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356 "2012-12-07T21:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/1 "2012-12-07T21:46:46Z")
It’s pretty well known that Michael C. Hall (Dexter, from _Dexter_) met, married, and subsequently divorced his costar Jennifer Carpenter (Deb). It’s a testament to their acting abilities that none of that comes across on screen, but I’m sure it creates a strange work environment. Anyway, this can’t be the only time this happened. What other TV shows have featured actors who have ended personal relationships with each other, yet still had to see each other every day on set? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/2 "2012-12-07T21:53:13Z")
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were in the process of breaking up while filming the episodes of [The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lucy-Desi_Comedy_Hour), apparently. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/3 "2012-12-07T21:56:42Z")
Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer got engaged to each & subsequently split up while they were both major players on “House”. also - Kaley Cuoco & Johnny Galecki had a fairly long relationship during the beginning of Big Bang Theory’s run. They aren’t seeing each other any more, but are still costarring. (so glad the library where I work carries People…) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/4 "2012-12-07T21:58:48Z")
Rhoda and some guy she married during a football game. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/5 "2012-12-07T22:07:10Z")
If we can count bands, Stevie Nicks/Lindsay Buckingham and John/Christie McVie both broke up in between the releases of _Fleetwood Mac_ and _Rumours_. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/6 "2012-12-07T22:10:51Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Rhoda and some guy she married during a football game. NM, didn’t read that OP right. Let’s go with Sonny and Cher then. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/7 "2012-12-07T22:40:50Z")
If **Saturday Night Live** counts, how about Fred Armisen and Abby Elliott? They had a relationship while working together which ended before she was fired from the show before this season. (FYI, while looking her up I discovered that she’s Chris Elliott’s daughter - had no idea). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/8 "2012-12-08T02:03:52Z")
Basically every permutation that didn’t involve Screech happened on _Saved by the Bell_. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/9 "2012-12-08T03:09:57Z")
Nikki Cox was linked to Kevin Connolly on their show _Unhappily Ever After_ before getting engaged to her other co-star, Bobcat Goldthwait. Then she was dating Josh Duhamel on _Vegas_ before she left the show, but they may have broken up earlier. She’s now married to Jay Mohr. There’s a woman who looks beneath the surface, at least 75% of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/10 "2012-12-08T03:41:59Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > If **Saturday Night Live** counts, how about Fred Armisen and Abby Elliott? They had a relationship while working together which ended before she was fired from the show before this season. > > (FYI, while looking her up I discovered that she’s Chris Elliott’s daughter - had no idea). Sure it counts! Bill Murray and Gilda Radner had a thang for about a year, broke up, and continued to work on the show through the end of season 5. Dan Aykroyd had a rather open affair with Rosie Schuster, Lorne Michaels’ wife at the time; I gather all three of them had an unusually deep commitment to the philosophy of Free Love, as Lorne and Dan displayed no overt friction over the matter. A different sort of relationship soured behind the scenes of Planet Cosby: Bill Cosby and Lisa Bonet had a falling-out (reportedly over her participation in _Angel Heart_), causing Bill to fire his TV daughter from her own show and be conspicuously absent from any reunions on his. ---
**Author:** ![FeAudrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/11 "2012-12-08T04:41:26Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > … Saturday Night Live … Abby Elliott … Chris Elliott’s daughter … Which means that she is the grand-daughter of Bob Elliott (the Bob of “Bob and Ray”). ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/12 "2012-12-08T11:30:17Z")
Which means that Chris and Abby are the only parent and child cast members on _Saturday Night Live_ (and Bob appeared once in a small role). ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/13 "2012-12-08T12:41:12Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer got engaged to each & subsequently split up while they were both major players on “House”. They get extra points because \*\*\*after \*\*\*they got together, got engaged, then split _their characters on the show_ got together, got engaged, got married, then got divorced. Makes my head hurt thinking about it (especially considering how unbelievably cute Jennifer Morrison is!) > [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Which means that Chris and Abby are the only parent and child cast members on _Saturday Night Live_ (and Bob appeared once in a small role). Actually Bob & Ray hosted the show very early in its run. The one bit I remember was the girls singing a then Rod Stewart hit, and they cut to Bob & Ray to sing the chorus. Was pretty funny seeing these two old guys belt out, _ **“If you want my body, and you think I’m sexy…”** _ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/14 "2012-12-08T12:46:06Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Sure it counts! Bill Murray and Gilda Radner had a thang for about a year, broke up, and continued to work on the show through the end of season 5. Gilda was also briefly married to GE Smith (as in “G.E. Smith and the Saturday Night Live Band”). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/15 "2012-12-08T13:02:56Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer got engaged to each & subsequently split up while they were both major players on “House”. > > also - Kaley Cuoco & Johnny Galecki had a fairly long relationship during the beginning of Big Bang Theory’s run. They aren’t seeing each other any more, but are still costarring. > > (so glad the library where I work carries People…) Now Jennifer Morrison is apparently with Sebastian Stan (Mad Hatter). And Snow White and Prince Charming are shacking up. “Don’t shit where you eat” does not apply in Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/16 "2012-12-08T14:19:13Z")
No, as far as I’ve been able to determine, Bob and Ray did not host the show. That was a cameo appearance. Do you have any evidence otherwise? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/17 "2012-12-08T14:30:00Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Nikki Cox was linked to Kevin Connolly on their show _Unhappily Ever After_ before getting engaged to her other co-star, Bobcat Goldthwait. Then she was dating Josh Duhamel on _Vegas_ before she left the show, but they may have broken up earlier. She’s now married to Jay Mohr. > > There’s a woman who looks beneath the surface, at least 75% of the time. Too bad she couldn’t see the value of her own surface. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/18 "2012-12-08T15:25:59Z")
John Cleese and Connie Booth co-wrote and co-starred in _Fawlty Towers_ - and their marriage broke up - ending in divorce during the first run of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/19 "2012-12-08T15:37:58Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Too bad she couldn’t see the value of her own surface. I could. Can anyone explain why Unhappily Ever After has never been on DVD? It’s a much better show than a zillion others with full releases. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356/20 "2012-12-08T15:47:09Z")
Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan started and ended relationships during their time on **Alias** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-which-cast-members-have-ended-relationships-during-their-runs/643356.md?page=2)