Who's the boss?:
-Tony had to quit because angela and her husband michael were getting back together but he came back.
-Angela was fired by wallace and mcwade (the advertizing agency) but she ended up making her own agency.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show:
-Mary was going to quit her job to take another job but lou and the others realized how much they would miss mary and lou gave mary a raise to stay.

Good Times:

Florida got fired from the dept. store job
James...well we know his job status :lol:
J.J. got fired from the Chicken Shack


I Love Lucy:

Ricky quit the job at the Tropicana when he thought he could pick his place "anywhere in town".

Alice:

The girls quit. Well, really Alice quit for all three of them when she felt Mel should be paying them more money.

The Andy Griffith Show: Barney Resigned to take a position in Raleigh
Amos & Andy: Kingfish was fired from or quit more than one job
The Munsters: Herman was fired from or quit his job at the funeral parlor

Bewitched: Larry was always firing and re-hiring Darrin. Darrin quit more than once but always went back. :lol:

Barney Miller: Chano, Wojo and Harris were laid off once during a budget crunch. They were back on duty by the end of the episode.

Bob Newhart Show: Howard was laid off from the airline and ended up joining Bob's out of work workshop. Then he was hired by a different airline. Carol quit a couple of times but always came back.

Bewitched: Larry was always firing and re-hiring Darrin. Darrin quit more than once but always went back. :lol:

Barney Miller: Chano, Wojo and Harris were laid off once during a budget crunch. They were back on duty by the end of the episode.

Bob Newhart Show: Howard was laid off from the airline and ended up joining Bob's out of work workshop. Then he was hired by a different airline. Carol quit a couple of times but always came back.

It seemed like every other episode Larry was firing Darrin until Samantha came to the resuce.

Carol quit the final season to search for something more meaningful. She ended up working for Eliot Carlin and that did not work out. She tried to come back but Bob did not take her back for the reason that she wanted to do something more meaningful with her life so it was the opportunity to.

when I saw the title of this thread; I thought you meant actors who were fired, quit, etc. Anyway:

Chandler quit his job on "Friends"
Alex quit and got a job as a waiter on "Taxi" once.
On "Cheers" once; Sam fired Rebbeca for burning the bar down; but then took her back.
And earlier; on another episode; she quit; then returned later.
Frasier, Roz, and Bulldog were all laid off once on "Frasier".
on "The King of Queens" once, Doug, and Deacon were out of work temporarily when IPS went on strike.
on "All in the Family" once, Archies union went on strike.

George Costanza was always fired or quit his jobs on Seinfeld.
Fred Flintstone was fired or quit his job on The Flintstones.
Ralph Kramden quit his job and Alice got it back for him on The Honeymooners.
Red Foreman was laid off his job on That 70's Show.
Sean Finnerty quit his job to when he bought a bar on Grounded For Life.
Lamont quit his job with Sanford And Son to work at another junkyard, then quit to go back to work for his Father.
Lamont also worked for a department store and got fired cause of Fred.

On Family, Willie quit his job at the photographer's studio (much to his father's dismay).

when I saw the title of this thread; I thought you meant actors who were fired, quit, etc. Anyway:

Chandler quit his job on "Friends"

Also:

Monica was fired for taking those steaks from the vendor.
Rachel quit Central Perk because she thought she was getting this other great job.
Ross was told to take a sabbatical because of his 'rage'.

on "The King of Queens" once, Doug, and Deacon were out of work temporarily when IPS went on strike.


Doug also quit IPS because he thought he was going to get a job with FedEx.
Carrie quit her secretary job and was out of work for a bit.

On 3's, Jack kept getting fired from Mr. Angelino. If that even counts because he kept getting rehired. Janet also quit many times but kept coming back until she got a job teaching aerobics. Yeah, on that show many people either kept quiting or getting fired.

It seems like on every show, one of the characters gets fired eventually. But, here are some of mine:

*Roseanne quit her job at the plastics factory at the end of the first season.
*Jesse and Joey quit the advertising agency in the season four of Full House.
*Jamie got fired from here first job at an advertising office in Mad About You.
*Whitley got fired from the art agency in A Different World.

Family Ties:
On an early episode Alex quits his job at Alders market to take a job at a better market but later on ends up taking his old job back at Alders market

Mr Slate always fired Fred Flintstones

On Perfect Strangers Larry and Balki quit working at Ritz Discount for "management trainee" positions at Fat Marsha's restaurant. (They went back to Ritz eventually.)

On The Wonder Years Norma was fired after one day on the job in the attendance office at RFK Junior High, I believe.

On Coach Hayden fired Dauber from his assistant coaching position with the Orlando Breakers (this was after the gang left Minnesota State) after he claimed he was abducted by aliens, only to rehire him by the end of the episode.

Laverne and Shirley (as well as Lenny and Squiggy) were fired from the Shotz brewery on Laverne and Shirley. They all moved to California! (Weren't Laverne and Shirley fired from Bardwell's Department Store during the second episode of the final season? :confused: )

I believe Carol Foster-Lambert was fired after one day as the sports commentator on the local television station on Step By Step.

On The Brady Bunch Peter was fired by the bike store, and Marcia was let go in favor of Jan at Haskell's, the ice cream parlor. Greg was fired after losing Mike's documents while working for him at the architectural firm, only to be rehired at the end of the episode.

On The Jeffersons-Florence Quit For A Short Period of time But Came Back And The Jeffersons Gave Her Job Back

On All In The Family Gloria got let go from her job at the department store because she was pregnant.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show:
Well on an earlier episode Lou learns from Mary that he will be fired but Mary goes to see the station owner who gives Lou a job at Idaho but lou was then transfered back to Minnesota

Benson quit once in an episode, and the Governor begged him to come back. "If you quit again Benson, I'll have to fire you!" :rofl:

NewsRadio - In the third season episode "Review" Matthew quits because Dave won't let him do his story on Dilbert. He ends up downstairs working in the new coffeeshop. However, by the end of the episode, Matthew is back at WNYX.

NewsRadio - There's a fourth season story arch, where Matthew was fired by the efficiency expert (played by Lauren Graham). He keeps coming back to the office, however, just to hang out and eventually he gets rehired.

Ellen - At the end of the fourth season, Ellen quits Buy the Book because her boss is uncomfortable with her being gay and he won't let her babysit his daughters anymore.

Wings - Before Lowell left the show for good at the beginning of the seventh season, he quit in a season four episode. However, he expected Joe and Roy to give him a raise, but they didn't. By the end of the episode, Lowell was back.

Homer Simpson has quit or been fired from the nuclear plant quite a few times. He's also had many other jobs that he gave up or was fired from.

And how many times was Drew fired from Winfred-Louder on The Drew Carey Show? It seemed like everytime you watch it, he gets fired, but eventually gets his job back.

Elaine got Louie fired once on "TAXI" for spying on her changing clothes.
Once on "CHEERS" Sam fired Rebbeca in a fit of anger when he learned that she burned down the bar. (how many others here felt sorry for her when Sam was yelling at her?)
On "BEWITCHED" Larry would sometimes fire Darrin; only to say later "Oh, I was only kidding!" or something like that.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Alex quit the Sunshine Cab Co. once on "TAXI".
Bobby quit Ewing Oil on "DALLAS" once.
Barney quit once on "THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW"
Another time on "TAGS" Wally fired Gomer.
On "GET SMART" once, 99 quit Control, but at the end of the episode she revealed to Max that she didn't really.

Didn't Tony quit NASA once on "I DREAM OF JEANNIE"?

Archie Bunker quit his job at the loading dock to open Archie Bunker's Place.
Laverne & Shirley got laid off so off to California they moved.
Red Foreman lost his job at the factory on That 70's Show.
Sean Finnerty quit his job to open a bar on Grounded For Life.

Benson quit once in an episode, and the Governor begged him to come back. "If you quit again Benson, I'll have to fire you!" :rofl:

True. Clayton also quit and had to beg the Governor to get his job back. :lol:

True. Clayton also quit and had to beg the Governor to get his job back. :lol:
Which season did that one air, Lisa? :rofl: Sounds hilarious.

Which season did that one air, Lisa? :rofl: Sounds hilarious.

Season 5, "The Endicott Dynasty."