Has Behind-the-Scenes Drama Ever Ruined Your Enjoyment of a Series?

[Khan]

For me, that series would be "Moonlighting." Once I discovered some of the crap that happened BTS -- between stars Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis, between Cybill and the show's creator/EP/showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron, between Cybill and, well, everybody else -- it was hard for me to watch another rerun.

Another candidate: "Roseanne." And the sad part there is that, these days, I tend to think Matt Williams, along with just about every other writer whom she fired, was right; and that once she obtained the complete control that she wanted, the show turned into crap.

[DRW50]

SNL. Reading just how much the 86-91 cast hated each other ruined any fond memories I had of that era. I haven't watched since.

Buffy. Hearing about SMG's attitude problem, the fighting between her and Allyson Hanigan, etc. seriously soured me, and Whedon's general incompetence made me much less likely to ever invest in anything he has done.

[Khan]

The rumors about SMG confuse me. Depending on who you talk to, either she was besties with everyone on-set, or she was the Evil Succubus Queen From Below, without any in-between.

[DRW50]

Any show with Lucille Ball, but especially I Love Lucy. Knowing the cast hated each other or would go on to hate each other, and knowing that Lucille Ball spent most of her life as a very unhappy, bitter woman, alone no matter who she was with - all ruined.

I tend to believe the latter, mostly because she and Hannigan were clearly friends and that abruptly stopped about halfway through the show's run.

[Bright Eyes]

I only recently read about Vivian Vance basically cheering when she learned William Frawley died. What a complete blow in the gut.

I watched to the bitter end, but Michael C. Hall cheating on Jennifer Carpenter with Julia Stiles, shortly after he went into remission from cancer. Now I'm glad he never won the Emmy, the prick.

[frequentsoapfan]

Oh yes. And it's worse when you get a bad feel of an actor's personality when you already disliked their character.

There's been a few of times that an actor's personality turned me off so much I would change the channel upon the sight of them or have to quit watching shows.

[Khan]

Which show is this?

[Bright Eyes]

Dexter, you silly goose.

[Khan]

*cough*NicolasCage*cough*

Oh, okay, lol. You threw me at the Julia Stiles mention.

[Bright Eyes]

Julia Stiles was on the show for the fifth season.

Nicolas Cage was on a series? Either way I agree, he is a someone I can never stand to watch. Horrible actor. Weirdo de la creme.

[Khan]

She was? See, this is what I get for never watching "Dexter." I missed another opportunity to make fun of Miss Julia.

[Khan]

No, but I can relate to frequent's aversion to certain actors. It just happens with me more with film stars than with TV ones.

[DRW50]

This didn't "ruin" the show for me, because the show was mostly silliness and not that good, but I don't really watch Welcome Back Kotter anymore after learning Gabe Kaplan and Marcia Strassman were at war for the show's entire run (until Kaplan was fired). The relationship between Kotter and his wife was the best part of the show for me.

The backstage tension also makes it hard for me to watch Good Times.

After I learned that one of the main writers/producers of Homicide said Melissa Leo (my favorite actor on the show) was fired for not being fuckable (his words), I lost most of my interest.

And you're totally right about Roseanne.

[Bright Eyes]

I gather/hope that Homicide writer isn't involved in Treme?

[DRW50]

No. It was Tom Fontana.