Lana Wagner (Night Court)
Sheila Gardner (Night Court
Billie Young (Night Court)
Liz Williams (Night Court)
Judy Winslow (Family Matters)
Jenny (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
Mr. Pool (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
Annie (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
Quizmaster (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
Mr. Kraft (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
James (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
Lenard (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
Miles (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
Cole (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
Dreama (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
Brad (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)
Brendon Lambert (Step By Step)
Penny Foster (Step By Step)
Vy Foster (Step By step)
Jean-Luc (Step By Step)
Mr. Bradley (The Facts Of Life)
Ms. Mahoney (The Facts Of Life)
Molly (The Facts Of Life)
Kelly (The Facts Of Life)
Max (Saved By The Bell)
Tori Skye (Saved By The Bell)
Chuck Cunningham (Happy Days)

What do you mean by No Man's Land?

We've had this type of thread before. It is basically characters that just seemed to disappear from a show without any explanation. Like the dog, Tiger from the Brady Bunch or the cat, Fluffy. I know, they aren't characters but they are things we seen on the pilot or in the first season but suddenly disappeared.

Just like Carrie's sister on King of Queens. We never saw her again.

It is called the CHUCK CUNNINGHAM SYNDROME, named after the character on Happy Days we never saw or heard from again:

Karin Argoud and Eric Brown (Sonja and Buzz) in Mama's Family.

Samantha Molly on Life With Bonnie.

Sara Spooner and Richie Ianucci on King of Queens.

Warren Ferguson on The Andy Griffith Show.

Lana Shields on Three's Company.

Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard.

Brendan Lambert on Step by Step.

Kim McFarlane, Dan Ferreira and Sasha Perkins in EastEnders.

Tina Pinciotti on That '70s Show is revealed to be Donna Pinciotti's younger sister, after Fez hits on her she is never seen again.

On Square One TV, the character Kate Monday disappeared after the third season and was replaced with Pat Tuesday.

In The West Wing the character Mandy did not return after the end of season one, even though the first two episodes of season 2 included flashbacks to the campaign she also worked on. The term Mandyville was coined for her character.

In The Doris Day Show, Day's character had originally been depicted as a widowed mother of two small children working as a secretary at a publishing firm. At the beginning of the show's fourth season the character abruptly became a "swinging single" journalist and all the supporting characters disappeared. The departures included her coworker, played by Rose Marie, her boss, played by McLean Stevenson, and her two small children. No effort was made to explain this change.

Benny Hawkins, the slow-witted repairman on Crossroads, was last seen in 1987 climbing up a ladder to change a light bulb.

Because of the nature of the show, 24 does this often. The characters Adam Kaufman and Tom Baker both disappeared after the third season. Several characters such as Lynne Kresge, Evelyn Martin, and President John Keeler, were last seen in serious condition but their fate has never been revealed. Milo Pressman appeared in the first season but was dropped partway through. He returned in season 6, 105 episodes later.

The first season of M*A*S*H had several characters that were carried over from the novel and film of the same name, but subsequently dropped, including Spearchucker Jones, Ugly John, Lieutenant Dish, and General Hammond.

Miles Goodman on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

Claire Simms of Boston Legal. Also Sara Holt and Garrett Wells disappeared during the second season with no explanation.

Wendy Goldman on ER vanished without explanation after the third season.

After the first season of Gerry Anderson's British science fiction TV series UFO, Alec Freeman, Gay Ellis and Peter Carlin disappear. Their absence is never explained.

Similarly, Victor Bergman, Paul Morrow and David Kano vanish after the first season on Anderson's subsequent series Space: 1999.

Kevin Swanson and Cleveland Jr. from Family Guy have both vanished after the third season for unexplained reasons, both have had quick cameos in The Perfect Castaway and haven't appeared since.

Judy Winslow in Family Matters

The character of Boxey in the Battlestar Galactica TV series.

Don't forget Libby and Valerie from STTW.

Does anyone know why Miranda, Lizzie McGuire's best friend and most
trusted confidante, was absent from "The Lizzie McGuire Movie"?

Didn't she stay behind when they went on the Rome trip?

Don't forget Libby and Valerie from STTW.
Didn't they give a reason for why Libby and Valerie left? Valerie moved to Alaska or something...

Didn't they give a reason for why Libby and Valerie left? Valerie moved to Alaska or something...


I don't remember a reason for Libby but I think you're right about Valerie.

Sabrina deffinitly said somthing about Libby moving

the Pigeon sisters from "THE ODD COUPLE"
Miriam on "THE ODD COUPLE"
Vinnie and Roy on "THE ODD COUPLE"
Felixes bird Albert on "THE ODD COUPLE" (who also just "appeared" suddenly in a first season episode:lol: :lol: )

Igor and Lt. Ginger Balis on "MASH"

The Clampetts bloodhound Duke on "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES"

The Douglases dog Mignon on "GREEN ACRES"

Irene, I can't believe you forgot to mention CARL DIXON (Good Times)!!! :eek2: Cletus Hogg did turn up in the Dukes of Hazzard reunion movies, for the record.

I don't call where these characters vanished to No Man's Land - I call it the Island of Misfit TV Characters (instead of the Island of Misfit Toys in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). I always felt kind of sorry for those characters. :lol:

remo- caroline in the city; was a reoccuring character for 3 seasons but by the fourth he was nowhere to be seen. no explanation given as to why he left

Seven from Married With Children's 7th season disappeared by season 8.

Now, I watch Roseanne but didn't the same thing happen to Crystal? You just didn't see her anymore. From what I've read, alot of fans thought she was annoying anyway.

On Wings, Kenny & Bud. Kenny was on for a few episodes when he got hired on to fly in the place of Joe who couldn't fly because of his high blood pressure. Then you never saw him again. Did Sandpiper end up letting him go or what??

Bud was brought in to take over Lowell's job when Thomas Haden Church left the show. I have to say that Bud wasn't as funny as Lowell and I know Lowell was a fan favorite. I guess the writers felt they really didn't have a good storyline revolving around Bud.

Bobby Martin, the youngest Martin sibling on "All My Children," went up to the attic to get his skis in 1970 and never came down. Many, many years later, when a character (I forget who) was up in the Martin attic, they happened to come across a scarf with the name "BOBBY" stitched in it. In 1985, Don Craig of "Days of our Lives" went outside to get the mail and never came back.

Many of the characters on the original "Mission: Impossible" came and went and their absence is never explained.

What's even more weird is that whenever a new character comes along, they're never properly introduced to the team and it's as if they were a part of the team.

Dan Briggs (Steven Hill)
Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain)
Rollind Hand (Martin Landau)
Paris (Leonard Nimoy)
Dana Lambert (Leslie Ann Warren)


Others:
Emily Weston - Empty Nest, she came for one season in 1992 and was never heard from again after that.

Billy - Who's the Boss?

Fay Furillo - Hill Street Blues

George Burnett - The Facts of Life

Bobby Martin, the youngest Martin sibling on "All My Children," went up to the attic to get his skis in 1970 and never came down. Many, many years later, when a character (I forget who) was up in the Martin attic, they happened to come across a scarf with the name "BOBBY" stitched in it. In 1985, Don Craig of "Days of our Lives" went outside to get the mail and never came back.
That was Opal who found the "Bobby" skeleton in the Martin attic. :lol:

Frank Lorenzo on "ALL IN THE FAMILY"

Seriously, somebody hasn't even MENTIONED the notorious no mans land character of all time, Chuck Cunningham! Forget the girl on Family Matters, Chuck was written off after 2/3 episodes in the second season, the happy days overall had 11 seasons, almost 10 without Chuck!

It is called the CHUCK CUNNINGHAM SYNDROME, named after the character on Happy Days we never saw or heard from again:

Tina Pinciotti on That '70s Show is revealed to be Donna Pinciotti's younger sister, after Fez hits on her she is never seen again.


Judy Winslow in Family Matters



Exactly, there was also another daughter of the Pinciottis on '70s Show that had the Syndrome. Well actually, she never appeared but was mentioned once or twice and never appeared or never was heard of again so Donna was always called the Pinciotti's lonely child, do you remember that if you watch the show or no? Her name was Valery. Also, Hyde's mother, played by Katie Segal was sort of written off in a Chuck Cunningham kind of way. She only appeared visibly ONCE and was heard of 3 times, the other 2 you just heard her yelling to hyde from another room of the house in early episodes of That 70s Show.

Seriously, somebody hasn't even MENTIONED the notorious no mans land character of all time, Chuck Cunningham! Forget the girl on Family Matters, Chuck was written off after 2/3 episodes in the second season, the happy days overall had 11 seasons, almost 10 without Chuck!
Why forget about her?! I like Judy, and it was stupid that they got rid of her. Sure it was only 5 years without her, but it still isn't an excuse!

Seriously, somebody hasn't even MENTIONED the notorious no mans land character of all time, Chuck Cunningham! Forget the girl on Family Matters, Chuck was written off after 2/3 episodes in the second season, the happy days overall had 11 seasons, almost 10 without Chuck!
I did mention Chuck in my post. As a matter of fact, you quoted it above. ;)

That was Opal who found the "Bobby" skeleton in the Martin attic. :lol:
Good ol' nosey Opal Gardener. :lol:

Cody and Vance, the one-season Bo and Luke replacements on "The Dukes of Hazzard" vanished without a trace.

Cody and Vance, the one-season Bo and Luke replacements on "The Dukes of Hazzard" vanished without a trace.

Sadly, I actually know this enough to correct you: It's COY and Vance, not Cody.

Sadly, I actually know this enough to correct you: It's COY and Vance, not Cody.
Yes, Coy and Vance vanished into oblivion the moment Bo and Luke returned. Here's another one - Annie Fairgate, Sid's oldest daughter, on the pilot episode of Knots Landing. She was played by Karen Allen and was only seen once. Annie was mentioned a couple more times the rest of the first season, and that was it!! :eek: :lol:

Cody and Vance, the one-season Bo and Luke replacements on "The Dukes of Hazzard" vanished without a trace.
Coy and Vance...thank God they were gone. D of H was never the same without Bo and Luke.

Greg Vincent - Nurses
Dr. Amanda Riskin - Nurses
Sandy Miller - Nurses
Luke Fitzgerald - Nurses

Greg Vincent - Nurses
Dr. Amanda Riskin - Nurses
Sandy Miller - Nurses
Luke Fitzgerald - Nurses

Greg...was he played by Jeff Altman? Now that you mention this, I do remember his not being on the show...always liked that character, too. Don't remember the other three.

Greg...was he played by Jeff Altman? Now that you mention this, I do remember his not being on the show...always liked that character, too. Don't remember the other three.
That was indeed Jeff Altman, better known for his gig on Dukes of Hazzard as Boss' nephew, Hughie, and his AWFUL short-lived variety show, Pink Lady & Jeff. I actually watched all 6 episodes of PL&J on DVD and it really is as bad as everyone says. :eek: :rofl:

and his AWFUL short-lived variety show, Pink Lady & Jeff. I actually watched all 6 episodes of PL&J on DVD and it really is as bad as everyone says. :eek: :rofl:

:rofl: There's time you'll never get back.

lorenzos on all in the family mr mcgee after disappearing from the incredible hulk after episode triangle half the family on family matters

Greg...was he played by Jeff Altman? Now that you mention this, I do remember his not being on the show...always liked that character, too. Don't remember the other three.

Nurse Sandy was played by Stephanie Hodge (who later went on to star in the WB's "Unhappily Ever After," the WB rip-off of "Married with Children") and she received the worst of all the other four by the time S3 of Nurses came along, since she was the most heavily sacrificed character for Loni Anderson's character.

Dr. Amanda Riskin was played by Florence Stanley, a.k.a. Fish's wife on "Barney Miller" and "Fish."

Luke was played by Marcus Flanagan, which his only season was S2.

Speaking of "Fish," both Fish and his wife were never heard of again on BM after "Fish" ended.

^ That's not entirely true - Abe Vigoda did reprise the role of Fish in the 1981 Barney Miller episode "Lady and the Bomb".

:rofl: There's time you'll never get back.
My boss at the time hosted a pop culture radio show on the side, and he loaned me his PL&J box set. What were the people at NBC thinking (or smoking) when they decided it was a good idea to put this show on the air?? :eek: :lol:

Speaking more of Barney Miller:

Barney's Wife (Barbara Barrie) was never heard from after S2 and especially since Hal Linden once mentioned how Barney was unceremoniously left w/out a wife w/out rhyme or reason.

Barney's Kids

Chano?

Linda Lavin's character on BM?

I never hear much from any of them anymore...all I really see is Christopher Knight doing Celebrity Circus now.

I never hear much from any of them anymore...all I really see is Christopher Knight doing Celebrity Circus now.
Maureen McCormick's going to be doing a reality show on CMT, and Barry Williams had a radio show on XM last I heard. As for the other three, I have no clue.

Maureen McCormick's going to be doing a reality show on CMT, and Barry Williams had a radio show on XM last I heard. As for the other three, I have no clue.
He's on Sirius Ch 7.

My boss at the time hosted a pop culture radio show on the side, and he loaned me his PL&J box set. What were the people at NBC thinking (or smoking) when they decided it was a good idea to put this show on the air?? :eek: :lol:

Pink Lady & Jeff was produced by Pufnstuf and Lidsville creators Sid & Marty Krofft, who always denied they were smoking anything.... But DAMN are they weird!

Lisa, Will girlfriend in season 5 of Fresh Prince Of Bel Air.

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John from Taxi, who disappeared after season 1

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He's on Sirius Ch 7.
Thanks, Cathy.

Mr. and Mrs Tyler, Carol Brady's parents from the pilot of the Brady Bunch, never seen or heard from (or refered to) again.

Any of the characters that left on Mission: Impossible

Dan Briggs (Steven Hill)
Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain)
Rollind Hand (Martin Landau)
Paris (Leonard Nimoy)
Dana (Leslie Ann Warren)

Funny thing is, the voiceover on the tape always said "should you or any of your teammates were caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions."

But in truth none of the cast members that left never got caught or killed.

To me the classic is the move from the Torkelson's to Almost Home, most of the Torkelson children disappeared - how do you lose half your children when you move to the other side of the country?

Susan Campbell, Larry and Balki's nurse neighbor from the first season of Perfect Strangers, vanished with no explanation. Mr. Twinkicetti, their first boss/landlord, disappeared after Season 2. Twinkie's wife was reincarnated the following season as Chicago Chronicle gossip columnist Lydia Markham (both roles were played by Belita Moreno). :lol:

Janice Rand on "STAR TREK"

Joe Campanella's character on "Mannix" was gone without a trace after the 1st season.

same with Dana Eclairs character on "BARRETA" now that I think of it.

Also, Max and 99s twins on "GET SMART"

Speaking more of Barney Miller:

Barney's Wife (Barbara Barrie) was never heard from after S2 and especially since Hal Linden once mentioned how Barney was unceremoniously left w/out a wife w/out rhyme or reason.

Barney's Kids

Chano?

Linda Lavin's character on BM?

Actually Barney's wife, Liz, came back for a few 5th season eps while Liz and Barney were separated, and Barney's daughter came back for a 7th season ep when she was going on a date w/ Wojo. Both of these characters were played by the original actresses also.

Larry, Judy, Chester, and Tooey from Leave It To Beaver

Richie from King of Queens

Lana from Three's Company

Seriously, somebody hasn't even MENTIONED the notorious no mans land character of all time, Chuck Cunningham! Forget the girl on Family Matters, Chuck was written off after 2/3 episodes in the second season, the happy days overall had 11 seasons, almost 10 without Chuck!

Seriously, go back to the very first post of this thread and read the OP's list again:crazy:

Seven from Married With Children's 7th season disappeared by season 8.

I'm glad he did, what an annoying character. There's an episode(it may be the episode right after he 'vanished')that you can see a picture of Seven on the back of a milk carton.

I'm glad he did, what an annoying character. There's an episode(it may be the episode right after he 'vanished')that you can see a picture of Seven on the back of a milk carton.

Thankfully I never saw any of the eps. w/ Seven in it.

And the orignial Jump the Shark said MWC jumped when he came? He was gone very shortly.

I thought MWC jumped when Buck the Dog died.

Another one from Knots Landing:

Kenny and Ginger Ward left after season 4 and were never mentioned again for the rest of the series (although Ginger had a brief cameo in the 1997 reunion "Back To The Cul-De Sac").

Mr. Twinkicetti, their [Larry and Balki on "Perfect Strangers"] first boss/landlord, disappeared after Season 2.

I think the reason he left was because the cousins had moved on to greener pastures at the Chicago Chronicle. (Then again, I always thought of "Twinky" as their boss at Ritz Discount.)

I'll add the following to the list:

Rose Burton - The Waltons
Serena Burton - The Waltons
Jeffrey Burton - The Waltons

I think they all left by the time Season 9 (1980-81; the final season) started.

Randy Mitchell - The Wonder Years
Doug Porter - The Wonder Years
Becky Slater - The Wonder Years

All were never seen again after Kevin and Co. moved on to high school.

Spearchucker on "MASH"
Ginger Ballis on "MASH"
Ugly John on "MASH"
Leslie on "MASH"
Lt. Dish on "MASH"

The reason they all dissapeared was; after the first season they realized they didn't need that many characters, but they could have at least mentioned what became of them!

All those "guys in the back" in the newsroom scenes on "THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW".

Dr. Tupperman and the other doctors on Bob and Jerrys floor in "THE BOB NEWHART SHOW.

Vinnie and Roy on "THE ODD COUPLE"

Janet Trego on "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES"
Pearl on "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES"
Mrs. Drysdale on "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES"
Sonny Drysdale on "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES"

Aunt Bee on "THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW"

Did they ever say what happened to Kate Bradley on "PETTICOAT JUNCTION"?

^About Kate Bradley, I think it was mentioned in passing, the following season, the one where June Lockhart joins the cast as Dr. Janet Craig, that she had passed away.

Pearl went back home to the hills. She continued to be refered to and appeared one last time in the 6th or 7th season. (Bea Benaderet left BH to star in Petticoat Junction.) Mrs. Drysdale was just missing from the last season, though I guess we can assume she was still there, next door, but just didn't come over.

Aunt Bee never left the Andy Griffith Show, she was on longer than Andy, himself, when she continued on into Mayberry RFD; however she left this show (don't know if there was explanation).

How can we forget dear "Ant Clara" from BEWITCHED? She was a semi-regular for the first four seasons, until the death of actress Marion Lorne (May, 1968) who played her.

"Ant Clara" was never mentioned again - which seems rather odd to BEWITCHED fans.

How can we forget dear "Ant Clara" from BEWITCHED? She was a semi-regular for the first four seasons, until the death of actress Marion Lorne (May, 1968) who played her.

"Ant Clara" was never mentioned again - which seems rather odd to BEWITCHED fans.
Yeah, but at least she was never recast. Even Darrin and Mrs. Kravitz (for starters) were recast, but not sweet Aunt Clara. I loved her!!

Thankfully I never saw any of the eps. w/ Seven in it.

And the orignial Jump the Shark said MWC jumped when he came? He was gone very shortly.

I thought MWC jumped when Buck the Dog died.

It definitely jumped when he joined- Peg became extremely annoying with her constantly catering too him, she became very un-Peg.

Yeah, but at least she was never recast. Even Darrin and Mrs. Kravitz (for starters) were recast, but not sweet Aunt Clara. I loved her!!

I couldn't imagine anybody being able to fill her shoes.

I don't remember a reason for Libby but I think you're right about Valerie.

am what is sttw

Debbie Morgenstern (Rhoda) She was introduced on TMTMS, but disappeared
when Rhoda premiered.

Walter & Dottie Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) Mary's parents who move to Minneapolis
to be close to her in the 2nd season, appeared 2 or 3 times, then disappeared for good with no explanation.

Mr. and Mrs. Tyler on The Brady Bunch, appear in the pilot, then never refered to again

Not sure if this has been said or not:

CoCo - the gay housekeeper in the 1st episode of The Golden Girls

Art LaFluer's character on Webster

Trudy, the neighbor in the apartment of the 1st season of Webster

Alan - Punky Brewster (wasn't seen againt after S2, although he did make one last return in the 3rd season and then vanished after that)

Mrs. Morton (Punky's teacher from the 1st season) - Punky Brewster

Eddie (the crazy janitor) - Punky Brewster, was gone after the 1st few episodes

Leonard Rollins - Silver Spoons

Uncle Phillip - Webster

Bill and Cassie Parker - Webster

Lorenzo Hollingsworth - Amen
Casietta Hetebrink - Amen
Margaret Hoover - Bob Newhart Show

Mr. Turner - Boy Meets World

Don't forget Libby and Valerie from STTW.
I remmeber them also.