There were a lot that was tough for me watching my Favorite shows but I will probably have to say the Character of James Evans being killed off was the one I wish had not happened. Especially since I thought he was the star of the show.

Two words: OLIVIA WALTON

Ralph and Richie from Happy Days (happened at the same time)

Two words: CHRISSY SNOW

Richie and Ralph on Happy Days

Shirley leaving Laverne and Shirley, and the show going on without her.

Lowell on Wings leaving, the show was not the same without him.

Denise Huxtable

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
Denise Huxtable


From the Cosby Show or A Different World?

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
From the Cosby Show or A Different World?

Cosby Show really sucked without her. A Different World was able to sustain her absence by making Whitley the lead

Barney Fife, when he left the Andy Griffith Show.:(

As much as I enjoy the latter seasons of M*A*S*H and the character of BJ, I wish Trapper (Wayne Rogers) never left. The character is my favorite and Wayne Rogers played Trapper oh-so-very well.

The same could be said for all the cast members from M*A*S*H who left over the years. They were all fantastic. The problem is, the characters who replaced them were also fantastic. So on the one hand I wish we had Henry Blake, Trapper John, Radar O'Reilly and Frank Burns for all eleven seasons but on the other and I am glad we got Colonel Potter, BJ and Charles.

I wish Lecy who played Becky from season 1-5 and season 8 never left the show. I think she really made that character what it was and very funny. Sara Chalke who replaced her for seasons 6,7,9 could never do it as well as Lecy did.

Originally posted by Will and Grace Fanatic
I wish Lecy who played Becky from season 1-5 and season 8 never left the show. I think she really made that character what it was and very funny. Sara Chalke who replaced her for seasons 6,7,9 could never do it as well as Lecy did.

Ditto

Originally posted by Will and Grace Fanatic
I wish Lecy who played Becky from season 1-5 and season 8 never left the show. I think she really made that character what it was and very funny. Sara Chalke who replaced her for seasons 6,7,9 could never do it as well as Lecy did.

I must be the only person who hated Lecy's Becky, and loved Sarah's Becky. :)

Diane on Cheers.

When Debbie Allen left "In the House" the show, in my opinion, went to crap. Even if it did last longer without her.

Buz Murdock on Route 66. That other guy was okay, but he was pretty bland and one dimentional.

I have a few:
Barney Fife from "The Andy Griffith show"-and took all the black-and-white with him, almost all the cast members exept Fonzie from "Happy Days" in the 2nd season-oh exuse me, it just seemed that way, Trapper, Col. Blake and Radar from "MASH", Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers from "All In The Family", and Cindy Williams from "Laverne & Shirley".

I have a few as well:

- The departure of Suzanne Somers on Three's Company. Believe it or not but she made a huge impact on the show and it was obvious how crucial it became when she left ... the ratings dipped and thus it was the beginning of the end.

- The departure of Vivian Vance on The Lucy Show. Once Viv left the series, The Lucy Show wasn't ever quite the same.

- The departure of Don Knotts on The Andy Griffith Show.

Maybe it doesn't count as a "departure", but I'd have thought someone would have mentioned John Ritter from 8 Simple Rules by now. Also, Phil Hartman from NewsRadio.

Originally posted by Sterling Holobyte
Barney Fife, when he left the Andy Griffith Show.:(

EXACTLY.
That's the only sitcom where I plan on buying only certain seasons on DVD.

SUZANNE SUGARBAKER from DESIGNING WOMEN!!!!!

HELEN and Stanley Roper from Threes Company

Shirley from Laverne and Shirley

Diane from Cheers

Henry Blake from M*A*S*H* not the same as Colonel Potter but funnier.

Richie from Happy Days

also Frank Burns.......mash


and FLO from alice ....kiss mah grits

Diane from Cheers

Rhoda and Phyllis from Mary Tyler Moore

3's company chrissy

Mr. and Mrs. Roper from Three's Company.

I wish Lecy who played Becky from season 1-5 and season 8 never left the show. I think she really made that character what it was and very funny. Sara Chalke who replaced her for seasons 6,7,9 could never do it as well as Lecy did.
I highly agree.

Also, John Travolta from Welcome Back Kotter

Barney Fife on the AGS.

Diane from Cheers

James from Good Times

Mama from What's Happening!!

Bob (Saverio Guerera) from Becker.

THe Jeffersons leaving All in the Family

Florida Leaving Maude

Chrissy Snow!! (although I do love Cindy. If Suzanne stayed, I would have still wanted them to bring in Cindy as recrring character)

Kelly [saved by the bell] (I liked Tori better than Jesse)

and Minkus from Boy Meets World. I wish he would have grown up with them.

Trapper and Radar on MASH

Lowell on Wings

Reggie on Becker

Richard Cunningham - Happy Days

Stanley and Helen Roper - Three's Company

Steve Rhoades - Married With Children

Richard Cunningham - Happy Days

Stanley and Helen Roper - Three's Company

Steve Garrison - Married With Children


OH Yes, I never recovered from Steve leaving MWC. That really bothered me.

Mike and Gloria Stivic (All In The Family)

Denise leaving
Ralph and Richie leaving

Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke

Maybe it doesn't count as a "departure", but I'd have thought someone would have mentioned John Ritter from 8 Simple Rules by now. Also, Phil Hartman from NewsRadio.
I think it counts, and I totally agree with you. When John was gone 8 Simple Rules wasn't the same. They really needed him on the show. It would have done a lot better if he never passed away.
I also pick Chrissy Snow. Even though I like Terri Alden better I still think the show would have done better if Suzanne Somers never got fired.

I think it counts, and I totally agree with you. When John was gone 8 Simple Rules wasn't the same. They really needed him on the show. It would have done a lot better if he never passed away.
I also pick Chrissy Snow. Even though I like Terri Alden better I still think the show would have done better if Suzanne Somers never got fired.



The show did do well after Suzanne left

Prue Dying on Charmed

Florida Evans (Maude)
Mike and Gloria Stivic (All In The Family)

Florida Evans (Maude)
Mike and Gloria Stivic (All In The Family)


Yeah Gloria and Mike leaving was the true end of the show

Either Cody from Step By Step or Waldo from Family Matters.They were both halarious

Cordy and Angel leaving Buffy.

and Cordy dying on Angel

The Original Becky Conner (and In my mind the One and Only Becky Conner) Lecy Goranson

When Charlotte Rae left The Facts of Life.