View Full Version : Actors you love on one TV show, but can't stand in another
Chocoholic 10-21-2007, 03:11 PM I love Maura Tierney on NewsRadio but I never warmed up to her ER character.
I love Kelsey Grammer on Cheers, but I lost interest in Frasier after the first couple of seasons.
I'm sure I'll think of more later.
Mikado 10-21-2007, 03:22 PM Ted Danson - On Cheers :thumbsup:/ As Becker :thumbsdow
Bea Arthur- on Maude :thumbsup:/ on Golden Girls :thumbsdow
Carol O'Connor- On AITF :thumbsup:/ on Heat of the night :thumbsdow
Tom Bosley- on Happy Days :thumbsup:/ on Murder she Wrote :thumbsdow
Betty Garrett- As Irene Lorenzo on AITF :thumbsup:/ on Laverne and Shirley as Edna Babish :thumbsdow
catlover79 10-21-2007, 04:35 PM I thought Howard Hesseman ROCKED on WKRP as Dr. Johnny Fever, and was fine as Charlie Moore on Head of the Class, but feel he didn't fit in on One Day at a Time at all. I didn't buy him and Bonnie Franklin together at all.
friendsfan77 10-21-2007, 05:02 PM I love Sarah Chalke as Eliot on Scrubs, but hated her as Becky #2 on Roseanne.
OH Nuts! 10-21-2007, 05:03 PM Bob Saget on Full House :thumbsup:, on Raising Dad :thumbsdow
Mikado 10-21-2007, 05:14 PM I thought Howard Hesseman ROCKED on WKRP as Dr. Johnny Fever, and was fine as Charlie Moore on Head of the Class, but feel he didn't fit in on One Day at a Time at all. I didn't buy him and Bonnie Franklin together at all.
I know what you mean, I loved Ted Bessel as Don on That Girl, but, somehow, I never felt he had the same chemistry with Mary on the MTMshow...for one thing, he seemed to be playing the same character, more or less ( BF second banana, who cant seem to win his GF's heart completely )
I liked Don Knotts as Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show but didn't like him that well as Ralph Furley on 3's Company.
comedyfreak 10-22-2007, 10:38 AM Carroll O'Connor liked on AITF, Didn't like on In Heat Of The Night.
Ted Danson liked on Cheers, Didn't like on Becker.
treky 10-22-2007, 01:55 PM I liked Terry Farrel on STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 9, but thought she was just OK on BECKER.
I liked Ted Danson on CHEERS; but not on BECKER.
mstewart 10-22-2007, 04:28 PM I thought Howard Hesseman ROCKED on WKRP as Dr. Johnny Fever, and was fine as Charlie Moore on Head of the Class, but feel he didn't fit in on One Day at a Time at all. I didn't buy him and Bonnie Franklin together at all.
I sure did not buy Howard and Hesseman and Bonnie Franklin as a couple. If the relationship was better developed that might had been better.
I know what you mean, I loved Ted Bessel as Don on That Girl, but, somehow, I never felt he had the same chemistry with Mary on the MTMshow...for one thing, he seemed to be playing the same character, more or less ( BF second banana, who cant seem to win his GF's heart completely )
I actually enjoyed Ted Bessel and Mary Tyler Moore as a couple but they were not given a fair chance for the relationship to develop. I love their love scene in the restaurant. That was great and Mary was a good kisser.
Here are the following actor/actress liked in one show but not the other:
Shelley Fabares - yes, Francine Webster on One Day at A Time but did not care for her on Coach as Christine Armstrong Fox. She was not fully utilized on Coach.
Nancy Dussault - yes on the New Dick Van Dyke Show but not, she was OK but not great, on Too Close for Comfort as Muriel Rush. I understand her and Ted Knight did not get along too well because she voiced her opinions on the lack of character development for Muriel. The chemistry between Ted and Nancy was good and believable as a married couple.
Meredith Baxter Birney - was outstanding on Family but on Family Ties she was not too great on there. She is more of a dramatic actress than a sitcom actress. On Family she turned in some powerful performances. On Family Ties I did enjoy her on-screen chemistry with Michael Gross. Their love scenes looked genuine.
Sherman Hemsley - yes on the early years of the Jeffersons but the last five years I did not care for his performances on the show. He was not as funny. On Amen I loved his role as Deacon Ernest Frye. He had me screaming it was so funny.
Bob Newhart - yes as Bob Hartley on the Bob Newhart Show and as Dick Loudon on Newhart but he was awful on the last series Bob as Bob McKay. His chemistry with Carlene Watkins was horrible and she was way too young to play his wife. Each TV wife got younger and younger. His chemistry with Suzanne Pleshette was great and good with Mary Frann. On the last show Newhart was 63 at the time and Carlene Watkins was 40. I understand housewives, especially, complained about the age difference.
I liked Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor on TAGS but I didn't like him that well as Matlock.
Scoobiedoo30 10-22-2007, 04:39 PM Tamera Mowry Sister Sister and Strong Medicine
ekkostar 10-23-2007, 03:37 PM John Larroquette in almost everything he has been in, but I absolutely HATE him on Boston Legal. I hate Carl Sack with a seething passion. There are horrible, cruel things I want to do to Carl Sack.
Dean Winchester 10-23-2007, 04:06 PM Dixie Carter: On Designing Women :thumbsup:, On Diff'rent Strokes and Desperate Housewives :thumbsdow
Jason Dohring: On Veronica Mars :thumbsup:, On Moonlight :thumbsdow
Joely Fisher: On Ellen and Desperate Housewives :thumbsup:, On 'Til Death :thumbsdow
Justine Bateman: On Family Ties :thumbsup:, On Men In Trees :thumbsdow
Sara Gilbert: On Roseanne :thumbsup:, On Twins :thumbsdow
dawsongirl 10-23-2007, 08:50 PM Loved Teri Hatcher on Lois and Clark. Hate her character on Desperate Housewives.
James 10-28-2007, 06:50 PM Harry Anderson: hated him on Night Court, liked him on Dave's World
Shelly Fabares: liked her on The Donna Reed Show, hated her on Coach
Don Knotts: liked him on The Andy Griffith Show, hated him on Three's Company
Danica McKellar: liked her on The Wonder Years, hated her on The West Wing
Mary Tyler Moore: liked her on The Dick Van Dyke Show, hated her on The Mary Tyler Moore Show
John Ritter: liked him on The Waltons, hated him on Three's Company
Fred Savage: liked him on The Wonder Years, hated him on Working
David Schwimmer: liked him on The Wonder Years, hated him on Friends
Alia Shawkat: liked her on State of Grace, hated her on Arrested Development
Suzanne Somers: hated her on Three's Company, liked her on Step By Step
David Spade: liked him on Saturday Night Live, hated him on Just Shoot Me
Rezny@gmail.com 10-28-2007, 07:57 PM John Dehner-liked him in other roles("Perry Mason:The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant-he played the prosecutor in that episode,"The Twilight Zone" as Allenby in the episode "The Lonely",Alan Richards in the episode "The Jungle",and Garrity in the episode "Mr.Garrity and the Graves",and all the other shows he guest starred in)but did NOT like him as Sy Bennett in seasons 4 and 5 of "The Doris Day Show".
Rezny@gmail.com 10-28-2007, 08:04 PM John Dehner-liked him in other roles("Perry Mason:The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant-he played the prosecutor in that episode,"The Twilight Zone" as Allenby in the episode "The Lonely",Alan Richards in the episode "The Jungle",and Garrity in the episode "Mr.Garrity and the Graves",and all the other shows he guest starred in)but did NOT like him as Sy Bennett in seasons 4 and 5 of "The Doris Day Show".And yes,I am well aware that this is a post about series,NOT guest starring roles.So please don't get mad.I did not mean to veer off the subject.
Rezny@gmail.com 10-28-2007, 08:31 PM McLean Stevenson-I liked him as Mr.Nicholson on "The Doris Day Show",but not as Col.Henry Blake on "M*A*S*H".And a question:If anyone knows,did Col.Blake EVER call Hawkeye and Trapper John by their FIRST names?
friendsfan77 11-08-2007, 03:32 AM I just thought of this a little bit ago:
I loved Julia Duffy on Newhart, but really didn't care for her on Designing Women
Dean Winchester 11-08-2007, 04:28 AM Shannen Doherty. I hated Brenda Walsh (Beverly Hills 90210) but loved Prue Halliwell (Charmed)
Nighthawk76 11-09-2007, 03:43 PM As someone else mentioned, Terry Farrell was wonderful in Star Trek-Deep Space Nine as my all time favorite television character Jadzia Dax, but she wasn't so great on Becker, which was a pretty unwatchable show to start with.
andress_jade 11-19-2007, 09:24 PM Kelsey Grammer-Hated him on Cheers, loved him on Frasier.
Bea Arthur-Didn't watch Maude, loved her on The Golden Girls.
Betty White-Hated her on MTM, loved her on The Golden Girls.
Sarah Chalke-Hate her on Scrubs, loved her as Becky #2 on Roseanne.
I will think of more later. Most of the others I like them on both or all the shows they were or are on.
Tubehead 11-20-2007, 12:33 AM I liked micheal j fox on family ties. I didn't like him on spin city.
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