list Shows That Suffered Backstage Proble,s Like Fights,Arguments,walkout,disputes,differences,actors not getting along or any other problems.
here are some shows
All In The Family
Roseanne
The Cosby Show

What back stage problems did Roseanne have?

I've heard that Designing Women had problems. If I remember correctly it was between Delta Burke and the actress that played Julia.

Three's Company.

Good Times

Alice

Sanford And Son

Bewitched - Dick York's chronic back pain caused him to miss so many episodes he eventually had to be replaced.

One Day at a Time - with Mackenzie Phillips' drug addiction; she was fired twice.

Growing Pains - with Tracey Gold's anorexia, she had to be sent to the hospital and written out of several episodes.

What show hasn't? E! True Hollywood Story can't cover them all.

McMillian and wife

Star Trek

But; I saw an interview with Norman Lear on some show YEARS ago, and he was saying that sometimes a shows star will go to a party, or something, and it'll be toward the end of the season for their show, and someone'll come up to them and say something like "Hey, Mr. O'Connor, how's the show going"?(they'll be asking about ALL IN THE FAMILY) and he'll say something like "Oh, it's brutal! If I do it just one more time I'm gonna go crazy". (just kidding, of course) And someone will overhear him, think he's serious and the next day, or a week later or whatever you'll see in the paper or something CARROL O'CONNOR IS TIRED OF ALL IN THE FAMILY AND WANTS TO QUIT.

However, I think I must be remembering it wrong. (a 49 year old memory will do that!:lol: )

The Brady Bunch, Robert Reed had battles with Sherwood Schwartz over the scripts.

Lost In Space, creator/producer Irwin Allen had battles with the Network over the effects/prop budget and disciplined the actors for laughing at some of the stories by not having them in the episode.

Bonanza, it was said that Pernell Roberts didn't fit in with the rest of the cast members and was a loner.

Gilligan's Island, Tina Louise was under the impression that it was her show and the cast were her supporting players. She wanted to quit when she discovered it was an ensamble cast.

Welcome Back Kotter, Marcia Straussman wanted more to do producer James Komac drew a wedge between Kaplan and Straussman.

Laverne & Shirley, The girls battled each other on the set.

I Love Lucy, Vivian Vance and William Frawley didn't get along in real life. Vivian didn't like being Fred's TV wife she thought he was too old and he took offence and the two disliked each other. Lucy and Desi argued on set and it got worse as their marriage came apart.

Bewitched - Dick York's chronic back pain caused him to miss so many episodes he eventually had to be replaced.


In addition to that, during the first season William Asher and Elizabeth Montgomery had a falling out with producer Danny Arnold, which led to his and Irene Vernon's departure the first Louise Tate.

What back stage problems did Roseanne have?


Roseanne had battles with Matt Williams over creative control that led to his departure, on the set Roseanne was really in charge.

A Different World
Family Matters
Grace Under Fire

The Love Boat. Lauren Tews (sp?) supposedly had a terrible cocaine addiction that led to her being fired.

that 70s show and the problems with lisa robin kelly are well documented also there was some fricton between topher grace and the other guys and i dont know if this is true or not but i read that at one time head 70s show writer mark brazil had a falling out with topher wich lead to topher being canned from another project that mark brazil was working on for him . another show that has has alot of backstage drama is saturday night live

GREY'S ANATOMY!!!! Big time problems!

GREY'S ANATOMY!!!! Big time problems!
They got rid of part of the problem, lol. :D

Square Pegs - drug use among members of the crew

Beverly Hills 90210
Charmed
Diff'rent Strokes
Home Improvement
Reba
7th Heaven
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Step By Step

Sabrina The Teenage Witch

Wat problems did Sabrina have? And I call myself a fan ohno:

Wat problems did Sabrina have? And I call myself a fan ohno:
Well there weren't drastic problems like most of the other shows listed here, but Sabrina did have some.

*Melissa's weight was an issue. The producers didn't have any problems with it, but when she went to film "Drive Me Crazy" during summer break, they told her she's not getting the role unless she lost at least 10 lbs!...There was another incident when she was doing "Sabrina Down Under" and refused to get in the bathing suit they had for her. They eventually worked things out (I don't rememebr what exactly happened, but I'm guessing they made some edits to the outfit)...She said she developed an eating disorder for a little while, and she really didn't want to lose any weight. (Melissa said Sabrina was a teenager, and wasn't supposed to be rail thin)...If you watch a lot of the middle episodes, you can see her weight goes up and down every few episodes.

*There were fights with the owners of the comic book, and the producers of the show, because the producers wanted to drop "The Teenage Witch" from the title, but the comics wouldn't allow it.

*ABC wouldn't commit to more than just season 5, so they picked up and went to The WB (for 3 years!)

Also, Melissa and her mother, Paula, were in charge and they didn't like it when a girl upstaged Melissa, which is why Jenny, Valerie, and Libby left when they did.

Lost In Space, creator/producer Irwin Allen had battles with the Network over the effects/prop budget and disciplined the actors for laughing at some of the stories by not having them in the episode.
The episode most famous for this was "The great vegetable rebellion" Which had the cast being turned into giant living carrots, and such....June Lockhart and Guy Williams were written out of the next two produced episodes for "giggling" on the set of this episode. As a result they are not in "Space Beauty" and "Fugitives in Space". ( As it turned out, this show was the second to last ever shown as the show was cancelled, soon afterwards )

Also on Welcome Back, Kotter Gabe Kaplan and the producers had creative differences and that's why in the final season, Kotter appears in only about five or six episodes. Kaplan wanted the Sweathogs to attend a community college and Kotter would end up being their teacher there as well. But the producers wanted the Sweathogs to remain in high school. I'd imagine either way they went, Barbarino still would only have been a guest star that season with his popularity in the movies.

On a musical note, The Monkees had many battles back stage about their music and they didn't seem to like how the show was just formula.

They got rid of part of the problem, lol. :D
Not according to "the problem" they didn't. :rolleyes: What a whiner.

The Brady Bunch, Robert Reed had battles with Sherwood Schwartz over the scripts.

Lost In Space, creator/producer Irwin Allen had battles with the Network over the effects/prop budget and disciplined the actors for laughing at some of the stories by not having them in the episode.

Bonanza, it was said that Pernell Roberts didn't fit in with the rest of the cast members and was a loner.

Gilligan's Island, Tina Louise was under the impression that it was her show and the cast were her supporting players. She wanted to quit when she discovered it was an ensamble cast.

Welcome Back Kotter, Marcia Straussman wanted more to do producer James Komac drew a wedge between Kaplan and Straussman.

Laverne & Shirley, The girls battled each other on the set.

I Love Lucy, Vivian Vance and William Frawley didn't get along in real life. Vivian didn't like being Fred's TV wife she thought he was too old and he took offence and the two disliked each other. Lucy and Desi argued on set and it got worse as their marriage came apart.
Well; acutually I read about Vivian Vance and William Frawley on ILL; that they were good friends in real life; but just didn't get along on the set because; like the above poster said; she didn't like playing his wife and she also had to gain weight for the show; and wear frumpy housedresses which she also wasn't too happy about. Also; he could be heard sometimes in his dressing room shouting things like "I'M NOT DOING THIS SCENE WITH THAT ****"!!!!
But; I heard that she and Bill were such good friends that if she ever heard that he was sick; she'd drop everything to be by his side-even if it meant flying halfway across the country.
But I also read that; when she heard that he died; she was having dinner with friends; and she raised her glass and said "I thought that **** would never die"!
And once; when he was doing MY 3 SONS and she was down the hall doing THE LUCY SHOW he went down to her set during a break in filming his show, had little Stanley Livingston crawl up onto a catwalk above her; and drop a large, metal piece of equipment with a loud BANG; startling her. They both went back to their set laughing and he said "IT SERVES THAT **** RIGHT"!

It would probably be easier to come up with a list of shows that didn't have backstage drama.

Let's compare two Garry Marshall productions...

It's been said that the cast of Happy Days got along very well and were like a family. I'm sure there had to be some disputes, but they were apparently very minor because I've never heard a peep about them. Some days, they'd come in to rehearse and would go home by three o' clock in the afternoon, happy to be going home to their families.

On the other side of the lot...

All the cast of Laverne & Shirley did was complain about their parts & the quality of the scripts. Because of that, they'd be there until midnight or one in the morning. That cast sounded like a bunch of whiners. While the L&S cast were squabbling, the HD cast was enjoying themselves.

Well there weren't drastic problems like most of the other shows listed here, but Sabrina did have some.

*Melissa's weight was an issue. The producers didn't have any problems with it, but when she went to film "Drive Me Crazy" during summer break, they told her she's not getting the role unless she lost at least 10 lbs!...There was another incident when she was doing "Sabrina Down Under" and refused to get in the bathing suit they had for her. They eventually worked things out (I don't rememebr what exactly happened, but I'm guessing they made some edits to the outfit)...She said she developed an eating disorder for a little while, and she really didn't want to lose any weight. (Melissa said Sabrina was a teenager, and wasn't supposed to be rail thin)...If you watch a lot of the middle episodes, you can see her weight goes up and down every few episodes.

*There were fights with the owners of the comic book, and the producers of the show, because the producers wanted to drop "The Teenage Witch" from the title, but the comics wouldn't allow it.

*ABC wouldn't commit to more than just season 5, so they picked up and went to The WB (for 3 years!)
I knew about the last two things you mentioned, but I had no idea about the weight thing. I did read on a fansite a few years back that she had to lose 10lbs for Drive Me Crazy, but I didn't know about the eating disorder :\

I knew about the last two things you mentioned, but I had no idea about the weight thing. I did read on a fansite a few years back that she had to lose 10lbs for Drive Me Crazy, but I didn't know about the eating disorder :\

I think she looks good either way. But I must say, she looks better with the weight on.

She does charity and stuff, and goes around schools and such, talking about the disorder....She said she used to purposely throw up in front of people, just so they could tell her to stop...but they didn't!

Another thing was Melissa's decision to pose for Maxim magazine. Archie Comics thought it was inappropriate of "their character" to be seen that way....Some people just complain about everything. :rolleyes:

Another thing was Melissa's decision to pose for Maxim magazine. Archie Comics thought it was inappropriate of "their character" to be seen that way....Some people just complain about everything. :rolleyes:
That shouldnt be a surprise to anyone who knows anything about MLJ/Archie Comics publications......They have always been well-known for being anal about such things, in fact , it was John Goldewater ( Archie publisher ) who not only wrote a large part of the "Comics Code" which held creative artists back for over 35 years, but was also the one who pushed for it the hardest.
Today, his son carries on the family tradition! :lol:

on THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES; Max Baer had disagreements at first over Jethro.
GOOD TIMES-Esther Rolle and John Amos were upset when the scripts started focusing on Jimmie Walker. The writers promised to fix that but they never did so they left.

The Golden Girls
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The Golden Girls

What happened on The Golden Girls set?

Beatrice Arthur And Betty White Did Not Get along.

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Cheers
The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air

Home Improvement - have heard there were prob's between Tim and JTT
Full House - Bob Saget and John Stamos didnt get along at the beginning of the show
Growing Pains - Kirk Cameron had problems with the blonde that posed in Playboy being his girlfriend on the show, and his religious views got in the way of some of the scripts causing problems (or so I have heard)

Friends

Alf i dont think anyone liked being on that show

Friends

Do you have something to back this up with?? I've always heard they got along pretty well.

Square Pegs - drug use among members of the crew

I've heard there was drug use among the actors too. I've always wondered who it was among the cast that was taking drugs because none of them seem to heve been the type.

will David almost quit because he was the lowest payed actor on the show.
Jennifer And Coutney Had an Arguement and did not speak for a couple of days During The Second Season.
matt perry had his drug problem

7th Heaven


What problems were there on 7th Heaven?

The 7th Heaven trauma was with Jessica and her topless spread for Gear magazine and the oldest boy there had cancer and was ill for a while.

What happened on The Golden Girls set?
They were all fighting over the same girdle! :lol: :rolleyes:

Family Matters

What happened on Family Matters?

Urkel Stealing The Show cause problems in the cast and as urkel grew and got older it cause even more problems between the crew.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips

Some other stuff...

"Falcon Crest" - Jane Wyman wanted everyone to be perfectly clear in understanding that this was *HER* show and that *SHE* was the star. Robert Foxworth sure as hell didn't agree, however. They measured each other's trailers to see who had the biggest. When Robert Foxworth was allowed to direct episodes, Jane Wyman begged and pleaded to be allowed to do the same. She didn't even direct, though. She just wanted to know that she had the same rights as Robert. When Lana Turner joined the show in 1982, she and Jane resumed the feud they had in their Hollywood days. They didn't talk and filmed any scenes they had together, separately. It is believed that Jane got Lana fired from the show.

Laverne & Shirley/Cindy Williams feuded with the Marshalls.

I dont remember anything happening on The Golden Girl's

What happened on The Golden Girls set?
They all got into a fistfight over the last cheesecake!!! :joke: :brent

What happened on the 'Reba' set?

What happened on the 'Reba' set?
Scarlett Pomers battled anorexia, causing Kyra to be gone for the entire 5th season....Jokes/references were made about it the following year, when she returned.

Norething that I know of

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air - Janet Hubert-Whitten did not get along with Will Smith and most of the cast. It got worse when she got pregnant in the third season. Her part on the show that season was reduced. I guess they were getting fed up with her so they were going to reduced her episode appearance and keep her at the same salary. She no can do and she was replaced. She felt that he had no acting experience and here he is with his own show and she's been in the business for a long time. Her unhappiness on the show was showing on her during the season she was pregnant.

Alice - Linda Lavin put it out there that it was her show and she is the star. She was threatened by Polly Holliday and Diane Ladd. They both end up leaving the show. In the fourth season you can see the hostility on screen between Lavin and Holliday. The first three seasons you can see the warmth and friendship between those two but in Polly's final season the interaction between Alice and Flo was different.

Good Times - That subject been covered many, many, many times. That was doomed from day 1.

Family Ties - Meredith Baxter Birney became unhappy with the way her role was reduced to a point that she became a supporting player when she was the star of the show. The show was originally her and Michael Gross' vehicle until Michael J. Fox became the breakout star and the storylines were featuing him every week. The producers even would had understood if Baxter-Birney and Gross would had quit.

The New Dick Van Dyke Show - Hope Lange was unhappy with her role and wanted more to do on the show.

The Hogan Family - Valerie Harper wanted more money plus she was unhappy with the direction the show was going where it was becoming the Jason Bateman Show. Harper did not want her role on the show the way Meredith Baxter Birney's role was on Family Ties going from being the lead to a supporting player. I understand there was issues between Jason Bateman and Sandy Duncan.

Eight Is Enough - There were major problems with Betty Buckley. She was unhappy doing television and her behavior was outrageous that she was almost fired in her first season of the show. Good things got worked out.

Too Close for Comfort - Nancy Dussault was not happy with the way her character Muriel Rush was written. She wanted to use more of her comedy skills. She made her view known publicly about her role on the show and the scripts. Ted Knight was not happy with it and they did not get along too well during the run of the show.

ALF - I understand Anne Schedeen, who played Kate Tanner, was not happy on the show. She wanted more to do on the show.

I think she looks good either way. But I must say, she looks better with the weight on.

She does charity and stuff, and goes around schools and such, talking about the disorder....She said she used to purposely throw up in front of people, just so they could tell her to stop...but they didn't!

Another thing was Melissa's decision to pose for Maxim magazine. Archie Comics thought it was inappropriate of "their character" to be seen that way....Some people just complain about everything. :rolleyes:

:eek: I didn't know about that at all! Where did you read/hear about that?

I remember hearing about the controversy regarding the Maxim spread. I think the thing that Archie Comics were most upset about was the name of the article that was on the cover. "Sabrina The Witch Without A Stitch" or something like that. Which is pretty understandable, but that was Maxim's fault, not Melissa's. Weren't they threatening to fire her if she didn't apologize?

you leard something newI did not know about Will Smith and Janet Hubert not getting Alinf

Scarlett Pomers battled anorexia, causing Kyra to be gone for the entire 5th season....Jokes/references were made about it the following year, when she returned.

Thanks for the info. I read over on the Reba board that Joanna Garcia was a (rhymes with 'witch'). I figured that was the problem. Had no idea about Scarlett.

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW-Ted Knight was upset at the way Ted Baxter was created; he was afraid that people would think he was really like that. That's partly why they gave him a girlfriend in the 2nd season.

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air - Janet Hubert-Whitten did not get along with Will Smith and most of the cast. It got worse when she got pregnant in the third season. Her part on the show that season was reduced. I guess they were getting fed up with her so they were going to reduced her episode appearance and keep her at the same salary. She no can do and she was replaced. She felt that he had no acting experience and here he is with his own show and she's been in the business for a long time. Her unhappiness on the show was showing on her during the season she was pregnant.

Alice - Linda Lavin put it out there that it was her show and she is the star. She was threatened by Polly Holliday and Diane Ladd. They both end up leaving the show. In the fourth season you can see the hostility on screen between Lavin and Holliday. The first three seasons you can see the warmth and friendship between those two but in Polly's final season the interaction between Alice and Flo was different.

Good Times - That subject been covered many, many, many times. That was doomed from day 1.

Family Ties - Meredith Baxter Birney became unhappy with the way her role was reduced to a point that she became a supporting player when she was the star of the show. The show was originally her and Michael Gross' vehicle until Michael J. Fox became the breakout star and the storylines were featuing him every week. The producers even would had understood if Baxter-Birney and Gross would had quit.

The New Dick Van Dyke Show - Hope Lange was unhappy with her role and wanted more to do on the show.

The Hogan Family - Valerie Harper wanted more money plus she was unhappy with the direction the show was going where it was becoming the Jason Bateman Show. Harper did not want her role on the show the way Meredith Baxter Birney's role was on Family Ties going from being the lead to a supporting player. I understand there was issues between Jason Bateman and Sandy Duncan.

Eight Is Enough - There were major problems with Betty Buckley. She was unhappy doing television and her behavior was outrageous that she was almost fired in her first season of the show. Good things got worked out.

Too Close for Comfort - Nancy Dussault was not happy with the way her character Muriel Rush was written. She wanted to use more of her comedy skills. She made her view known publicly about her role on the show and the scripts. Ted Knight was not happy with it and they did not get along too well during the run of the show.

ALF - I understand Anne Schedeen, who played Kate Tanner, was not happy on the show. She wanted more to do on the show.
yea; on THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW; Hope Lange went into it thinking that her character would be like Mary Tyler Moores on the other show. That's why they expanded her role in the 2nd season.

will David almost quit because he was the lowest payed actor on the show.


That's because he doesn't act. I've seen cardboard cutouts act better.

That's because he doesn't act. I've seen cardboard cutouts act better.
OUCH!! :brent

I did not know that

:eek: I didn't know about that at all! Where did you read/hear about that?

I remember hearing about the controversy regarding the Maxim spread. I think the thing that Archie Comics were most upset about was the name of the article that was on the cover. "Sabrina The Witch Without A Stitch" or something like that. Which is pretty understandable, but that was Maxim's fault, not Melissa's. Weren't they threatening to fire her if she didn't apologize?
I've seen her "Intimate Portrait" on Lifetime about 3 times, LMAO! She said it all. It's a shame how they treated her.

And yeah, I can see why Archie Comics would be pissed off about the headline in the Maxim issue, but like you said, Melissa wasn't responsible for that...IMHO, they probably were really pissed about Melissa showing some skin, so they used the title as an excuse.

Mork and Mindy had it's fare share of problems too.

what happend there

I've seen her "Intimate Portrait" on Lifetime about 3 times, LMAO! She said it all. It's a shame how they treated her.

And yeah, I can see why Archie Comics would be pissed off about the headline in the Maxim issue, but like you said, Melissa wasn't responsible for that...IMHO, they probably were really pissed about Melissa showing some skin, so they used the title as an excuse.

oooh, I've never seen her Intimate Portrait. I'll have to look out for it :lol: