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Unnecessary and Unwanted: The Worst TV Cast Additions

March 5th, 2008 3:33pm EST Post a comment

You know them, you loathe them. They are the unnecessary, obnoxious and often just plain annoying mid-series additions to established shows. Sure, there are times when a compelling, fresh-faced character is introduced and breathes new life into a series. Unfortunately, those instances are few and far between. Like with most of the television industry, the bad in this case far outweighs the good.

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Wed Mar 5 2008 20:47:36 By: gely (

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Cutely tied

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Wed Mar 5 2008 21:18:42 By: rmabe22 (

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She wasn't the worst, but Kirstie Alley didn't fill Shelley Long's shoes on "Cheers"even though she is doing great on the Jenny Craig commercials.

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Thu Mar 6 2008 02:08:31 By: I_B_FRIENDLY (

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I didn't mind those changes,even though I always wondered what happened to Steve on "Married With Children." Raven was tolerable on the "Cosby Show". Brian Bonsall was okay too.

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Thu Mar 6 2008 02:15:02 By: I_B_FRIENDLY (

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THEY WERE ALL GREAT CAST MEMBERS I THINK!

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Thu Mar 6 2008 02:45:32 By: kelsimims1 (

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I thought I was the only one who changed the channel when it was known Raven would be on. She was cute as a button, but she really grated on my nerves. She tried a little too hard. And that Pam (Erika Alexander)! Talk about desperation. Even though she wasn't a kid, they brought her in to replace the kids who had flown the coop. Worst addition ever. "Cosby" went downhill fast after those two additions.

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Fri Mar 7 2008 02:27:40 By: baileys_wisdom (

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The worst case for inept replacement has to fall on Barbara Walters sholders. When the View started it had a wonderful asian woman, Lisa Ling .who now does documtaries for National. Geographic. When she left the show her replacement was Merideth Verra. Merideth made it a daily practice to work the word X@@##! into every discussion.
Later Merideth was replaced with you know who. Now the show is offers no intelligent conversation yet for some reason has lasted 10 years. Beats me.

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