Members Soaplovers Posted February 28, 2018 Members Share Posted February 28, 2018 Being an actor, it's difficult to get that big break but it's even more difficult once you get that break to have lightening strike twice...some example below.. Jenna Elfman (dharma and Greg in the 90s...three or so flop sitcoms after) Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy made her famous...two attempts at shows both failed) Linda Lavin (had a nine season sitcom from the mid 70s through the mid 80s...at least 3 flops since then..maybe a 4th depending on if her current sitcom succeeds). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted February 28, 2018 Members Share Posted February 28, 2018 Sarah Brown (Carly, GH) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted February 28, 2018 Members Share Posted February 28, 2018 Nia Vardalos after My Big Fat Greek Wedding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted March 1, 2018 Members Share Posted March 1, 2018 Lauren Tewes........was beloved as Julie on The Love Boat 1977-1984, but her spiral into drugs got her fired from the show. Several members of the talented cast of Mad TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mango Posted March 1, 2018 Members Share Posted March 1, 2018 Matthew Perry - (Studio 60, Mr. Sunshine, Go On, The Odd Couple remake - eesh that one, in particular, was bad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members P.J. Posted March 11, 2018 Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 Shelly Long McLean Stevenson Kirstie Alley Mary Tyler Moore Dean Cain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 11, 2018 Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 Didn’t lightning sort of strike twice for MTM with The Dick Van Dyke Show and then her own show? (Not to mention Ordinary People?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted March 11, 2018 Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 I didn't mind Perry reviving TOC, but IMO, he should've played Felix instead. Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted March 11, 2018 Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 Yes. I think this was some passion project for him and he wanted to play against type. It didn't really work. (my parents did really enjoy the show - although they did think it was amusing that it was canceled what seemed like five minutes after Teri Hatcher appeared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mango Posted March 11, 2018 Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 @Khan @DRW50 I didn't even think of having MP play a different character. Great points. Funny enough, Felix's neurotic-ness reminded me of Monica from Friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reallyhateskateonlost Posted March 11, 2018 Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 Rose McGowan Joyce Dewitt Mr.T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted March 11, 2018 Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 Kirstie's weight struggles may have played a huge role in her not being able to replicate the Cheers success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted March 11, 2018 Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 Delta Burke Farrah Fawcett Jaclyn Smith Lindsay Wagner The cast of Eight Is Enough with the exception of Willie Aames. Victoria Principal Linda Gray Charlene Tilton Ann Jillian Larry Wilcox Erik Estrada Jim. J. Bullock Deborah Van Valkenburgh Lydia Cornell Nancy Dussault The cast of Seinfeld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 11, 2018 Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 Re: Seinfeld. Veep may not be a Seinfeld-scale hit, but it’s a legitimate success in Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s career. It’s not like she’s just coasting on name recognition at the moment. Seinfeld himself doesn’t appear to have tried to recreate his sitcom, but he’s settled into a new legacy visibility with the digital stuff and Netflix specials. Jason Alexander and Michael Richards? Totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted March 11, 2018 Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 Well, that, and the School of Religious Thought Which Shall Not Be Named. Please register in order to view this content Which is smart, I think. Love it or not, "Seinfeld" is a generation-defining sitcom; and I think ANY attempt on his part to replicate that success might have ended disastrously. (Yes, JLD is doing fine on "Veep," but it took one flop and one sorta-hit series to get her there.) Could we add Kelsey Grammer to the list (if we haven't already)? Granted, he played Dr. Frasier Crane for twenty years, on two LONG-running series ("Cheers" and, of course, "Frasier"). However, it seems like all his post-"Frasier" efforts on TV have not fared as well. "Back to You" was okay, but probably on the wrong network; "Hank" was so not his kind of comedy that he reportedly asked ABC to pull the plug; "Boss" suffered, I think, from lack of buzz; and that brief show w/ Martin Lawrence was just one big WTF. It's really no surprise, then, that he has chosen to stick with theater work and with films (although, I don't see him ever becoming an in-demand actor on the latter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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