Shows that had a lot of guest stars?

[Janice]

I've been watching The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air lately, and that show had many guest stars.

Will & Grace has had plenty.

The Practice had their fair share.

Ally McBeal had some good guest stars. Barry White's musical guest appearance was great.

[billyfh]

full house did

tommy paige
Little Richard
Kirk Cameron
Beach boys
wayne newton
atleast 4 i dont know of
stacie Q
and more

[Dean Winchester]

at this point, the show should be "Will & Grace & (fill in the blank, whoever the major guest star this week is)" because it's been done so much.

I agree with Ally McBeal, but I think the constant guest stars ended up killing the show because episodes were more about Jon Bon Jovi and Matthew Perry than the actual characters you watched the show for in the shows last two seasons IMO.

[An 80s Guy]

Friends(this isn't all of them)

Reese Witherspoon
Christina Applegate
Bruce Willis
Cole Sprouse
that's all i can think of right now

[Johnny S]

Friends(this isn't all of them)

Reese Witherspoon
Christina Applegate
Bruce Willis
Cole Sprouse
that's all i can think of right now

Friends has the geust stars listed on the back of the each season on DVD, and each season has at least 6 if I recall correctly. So I agree with that.

Will & Grace has had soo many it is getting ridicoulous.

[Dean Winchester]

Friends never went as over the top with guests as Will And Grace has though. I notice that Friends really cut down on guest stars in the final season because they wanted more time spent with the characters you knew and loved and less with "look, it's Susan Sarandon!!!". I know Christina Applegate returned in the last season but she was Rachel's sister on it, as well as some of the other stars who appeared in the last year

[treky]

"The Beverly Hillbillies" had a lot.

[Classicshowsgurl15]

The Partridge Family had alot of Guest stars.

[tv star collector]

I think THE SIMPSONS has had more guest stars than anybody (with the possible exception of GUNSMOKE).

[Superstar]

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch had a good share of guest stars, especially in its last season to boost ratings.

[Johnny S]

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch had a good share of guest stars, especially in its last season to boost ratings.

I was watching it in syndication and three episodes in a row had musical geust stars. lol It was Avril Lavigne, Goo Goo Dolls and someone else I don't remember.

[Céline]

Gilligan's island

[Zebra 3]

Gilligan's island
My fav. was that groovy 60s rock band The Mosquitoes. - Fantasy Island and The Love Boat had a parade of guest stars.

[TV DVD Fan]

Yeah, I really don't think any television show's number of guest stars even came close to matching the number of guest stars that appeared in Love Boat, and they were pretty much all notable. Seinfeld also had its fair share of supporting characters like Babu, Puddy, Newman, Mr. Lippman, Mr. Peterman, some of Jerry's nightclub friends, the low-talker, Susan, and so many more... Then there were the voices by Larry David and small roles played by the crew and the usual un-notable guest stars.

Pat

[gilligan fanatic]

Gunsmoke, with over 600 episodes there was tons of guest stars

[gilligan fanatic]

Gilligan's island

Gilligan didn't really have that many guest stars. And if was usually just one per episode. About half of the episodes didn't even have one.

[Dean Winchester]

well, with Seinfeld, the guest characters 95% of the time were because they were funny additions to the show, it was "look, it's Newman", not "look, it's Wayne Knight who was in Jurassic Park". The notable exceptions for Seinfeld I can think of offhand were Bette Midler and Keith Hernandez, the rest of the guests were more just because the characters were funny and not in the same sense that "on Thursday's Seinfeld... special guest star Bette Midler meets Kramer" was.

To me, Seinfeld was more a show about four characters and the offbeat characters that surround them. Will And Grace instead went out of the way to make sure that each week there was somebody huge to promote in the commercials, and it got to the point where the show couldn't do a week without some star to push.

[Classicshowsgurl15]

I forgot The Love Boat. They had a new set a guest stars every week.

[slackermonkey]

"The Love Boat" and "Will & Grace" are the most obvious offenders.

"Friends" had a lot of guest stars, but that was more a case of writing a character first, then lucking into the star being willing to do the part. Whereas with "Will & Grace," they land the star first, then write a character around that person, and it's usually some celebrity du jour like Jennifer Lopez or Janet Jackson, who more often than not has no or limited acting experience.

[robyrob]

Fantasy Island

[Dean Winchester]

"The Love Boat" and "Will & Grace" are the most obvious offenders.

"Friends" had a lot of guest stars, but that was more a case of writing a character first, then lucking into the star being willing to do the part. Whereas with "Will & Grace," they land the star first, then write a character around that person, and it's usually some celebrity du jour like Jennifer Lopez or Janet Jackson, who more often than not has no or limited acting experience.

lol, actually J. Lo and Janet were acting before they sang

[friendsfan77]

Will & Grace.

[factsoflife]

Lately, "Hope and Faith".

[Superbatboy]

I Love Lucy had a hoarde of guest stars. Not only that, but a hoarde of guest stars who were the same actors/actresses and played different roles.

[mstewart]

Hello how about The Lucy Show/Here's Lucy. Nearly every week a celebrity was on the show playing themselves.

[friendsfan77]

or Janet Jackson, who more often than not has no or limited acting experience.

Right. The only other show that Janet did that I can think of was Good Times. Though her position on Good Times was a regular role later in the run.

[lockdown06]

The dukes of hazzard had a handful. And Jesse always had connections with them.

Smallville has had a few. (I know they ain't exactly sitcoms)

[Dean Winchester]

Right. The only other show that Janet did that I can think of was Good Times. Though her position on Good Times was a regular role later in the run.

false, Janet was recurring as Willis' girlfriend on Diff'rent Strokes from 1980 to 1984, and she also was on Fame in the 1984-1985 season.

[dlemond]

Law & Order

(SVU & CI also)