# When Bad Actors Happen to Great TV Series

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**Created:** [February 16, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bad-actors-happen-to-great-tv-series/344810 "2006-02-16T16:08:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bad-actors-happen-to-great-tv-series/344810/81 "2006-02-19T14:30:43Z")

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Just finished watching S1 of 24. (Netflix) I wish they would have found a different actress to play Jack’s daughter on 24. \*\*Elisha Cuthbert \*\* just doesn’t cut it for me. Which is a shame because the other actors are top notch.

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**Author:** ![Gladstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90db22/32.png) [@Gladstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gladstone)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bad-actors-happen-to-great-tv-series/344810/82 "2006-02-19T15:42:39Z")

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> [@Sage Rat](#):
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> Star Trek Voyager: Captain Janeway

Not to re-open this can of worms, but Voyager=great tv series? It seems like, for better or for worse, all the Trek leads received the series they deserved.

I’m going to have to go with the entire cast of Stargate Atlantis. It had a pretty good S1 that indicated it could be a great tv series, but the cast’s acting abilities allow only two modes - wooden or snark.

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