Characters with Accents in Early Episodes.

[Adamantium]

I'll watch a show towards the end and when they get back to the beginning, I'll notice some of the characters have accents, which they usually ditch after a few shows. Here are a few examples.

Al Bundy
Shirley Feeny
Andy Taylor
Alex Reiger (Though mainly just the first episode)

Are there others?

[Lee]

Originally posted by TVAdam:
I'll watch a show towards the end and when they get back to the beginning, I'll notice some of the characters have accents, which they usually ditch after a few shows. Here are a few examples.

Al Bundy
Shirley Feeny
Andy Taylor


What accents did they have?

[gilligan fanatic]

Andy Taylor had more of a southern accent in the first couple seasons and he looses it by a lot as the show went on.

[Adamantium]

What accents did they have?

More 'Brooklyn,' I think the word is. Like I say, they didn't last long. And yes, Andy Taylor had the more southern accent. He was also sillier in the early episodes. I guess as Barney got more popular, they wanted Andy to be more of the straight man, and so he lost his accent as well as his silly attitude.

[Lee]

In the pilot episode of Family Ties, I did notice that Mallory spoke with a noticeable New York
Jewish accent. She sounded more like a valley girl afterwards.

[sara]

It's not really an accent per say but Karen's voice is far less cartoonish during the 1st episode of Will and Grace.