5 Times a TV Show Replaced a Departing Star With a New Character

[hewontgo]

25 Times a TV Show Replaced a Departing Star With a New Character - Was It an Upgrade or a Flop?https://t.co/8vEdY3UKHH
- TVLine.com (@TVLine) April 17, 2021
Cast changes on a long-running TV show are inevitable… but some work out better than others

Comments

[cstoffer]

Why are you making me choose between Brenda and Valerie?

[__onthebound]

I voted for both!

[cstoffer]

So did I now

[roisin_farrell]

For me, it was tough choosing between Doug and Luka.

[cstoffer]

I prefer luka, his relationship with Abbie seemed more natural than doug and Carols.

[sixdemonhag]

I was pleased to see other people voting for Luka; I thought I would be in the minority. I didn't mind Doug, but Luka...damn.

[vibeology_e]

Same. I chose Doug because I think the writing was stronger and fresher for him, but I do adore Luka.

[carminaburana]

Same but i loooooove Goran, so I ended up voting for Luka,

[ty]

I voted Luka because I never felt like he was a replacement, he was his own full-baked character

[walker_sarah]

I was very young when I was watching ER so I always had a crush on Doug, Luka was good too but still

[likeiused2]

I voted for both

[false_hate]

I loved how Valerie was openly disgusted by Kelly from the beginning. She didn’t buy into everyone placing her on a pedestal.

[georgiana08]

By the time Brenda left Kelly had become completely insufferable and it only got worse as the show dragged on. I hate that we never got to see Brenda and Val onscreen together, it would have been so much more fun!

[skyler_white_yo]

They made Kelly the eternal victim during the college years. She got Single White Femaled and almost died; she was in a fire and had face scarring; she joined a cult; she was addicted to drugs (I think); and I’m sure there are other horrible tragic things happened to her.

[georgiana08]

Kelly was definitely addicted to drugs. Her coke habit is what landed her in rehab where she met Tarah aka her Single White Female stalker! And don't forget the miscarriage that she had near the end of season seven, getting shot in the parking lot of LAX which of course resulted in her getting amnesia in early season eight, and at some point after Jason left the show I know she got raped. I'm sure there's more that I've blocked out because I never bother rewatching past the college years.

[skyler_white_yo]

I must have stopped watching before she had a miscarriage and got shot, because I don’t remember that. Them making her the eternal victim made me give up the show. Although the high school episode where she talks about her rape at the sleepover was compelling.

Didn’t Brandon have a stalker in high school at first he dated her then she went “crazy”. I almost think Jason was dating the actress in real life, and I guess viewers hated that, so they made her a stalker.