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05-15-2008, 05:48 PM
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1 new cast member who saves an established show?
while he may not have saved "Til Death" he certainly has raised the show above ordinary.
He would be J.B. Smoove.
he appeared on season 6 of curb your enthusiasm
and was a surprise high-lite of that season.
i had never heard of him before Curb but he's a riot.
he truly raises 'til death from a bubble show to a show i want to watch every week.
now the main question.
has there ever been a show that was either on the bubble or about to be
canceled that was brought back from the dead by 1 new cast member?
My "B" button rarely works.
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05-15-2008, 08:14 PM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
Supposedly Heather Locklear saved Melrose Place from early cancellation.
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05-15-2008, 08:16 PM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
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has there ever been a show that was either on the bubble or about to be canceled that was brought back from the dead by 1 new cast member?
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Did Jaleel "Urkel" White save "Family Matters" from cancellation?
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05-15-2008, 08:32 PM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
I can't think of any off-hand, but I can think of tons of characters who probably caused established shows to be cancelled.
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05-15-2008, 08:54 PM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
yea thats a bit of a different topic.
i'm looking for people who saved not killed a show.
My "B" button rarely works.
"Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?"
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05-15-2008, 09:54 PM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
i never watched it, but didn't Geri Ryan save Voyageur?
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05-15-2008, 10:25 PM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
She may have helped.
At least she brought a new interest to the show.
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"Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?"
Movies watched 2008 Watching a Mits 73831 DLP Arnold is here
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05-16-2008, 12:37 AM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
I just remembered (and am kicking myself for forgetting), Nancy McKeon's Jo character is credited as helping to save "The Facts of Life" from an early death.
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05-16-2008, 06:48 AM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
James Spader...kind of.
Allan Shore on The Practice led to Boston Legal. Seems to me The Practice eeked out on more season thanks to him.
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05-16-2008, 12:06 PM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
Joan Collins saved Dynasty, she was not in the first several episodes.
Sally Field may have helped Brothers and Sisters, but I don't think she "saved" it.
Michael Dorn helped save DS9.
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05-16-2008, 01:47 PM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
Bruce Boxleitner -- Babylon 5.
I'm not sure he saved the show, but I doubt that it could have survived with Michael O'Hairr as the main lead for 5 years.
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05-16-2008, 02:10 PM
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Re: 1 new cast member who saves an established show?
William H Macy saved the fictional version of SportsNight enough for them to get bought out by a company that would keep them on the air? 
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05-16-2008, 02:16 PM
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