When I'm talking about "add-on" I mean they add a new character or new replcement late-in-the-series, and It can be either a new child or baby or sometimes or perhaps It can be a new husband or wife etc. What do you think is the worst add-on to a series? I think my guess would most-likely be Cousin Oliver from The Brady Bunch because he didn't fit in. In your opinion what is the worst add-on character to a show/series?

I agree that Cousin Oliver was a bad add-on.

I also did not like the addition of Nicky and Alex on Full House. It was ok when they were babies but as they got older I thought that they were annoying little brats and the show would have been better off without them.

Cousin Oliver... bad, bad, BAD idea.

In the same kind of situation:

I didn't like it when they added that neighbor kid Ricky, played by Ricky Segal (sp?), to The Partridge Family. Sure he was cute, and this very young kid apparently really did write the songs that he sang (poorly, in my opinion), but he added nothing to the show. All he did was eat up air time. I don't think that his scenes ever had anything to do with the story being told in the episode.

Anyone thats 10 yrs or younger...especially when the mother gives birth in say 1998..and in 1999 its suddenly 5! ARGH! I hate that!! Its totally stupid..atleast adopt a kid or something!

Andy on Family Ties
Pam on The Cosby Show
Lana on Three's Company

Just any kids that are added on after the first season of a series.

The replacement of the mother on family matters very late in the series sucked.

When Seven was added to Married With Children

When Jerry was added to Roseanne, we hardly even seen him after she had him.

Mabel on "Mad about you" (even the way they named her- "Mothers Always Bring Extra Love"-oh, please!), Oliver on "The Brady Bunch"

I have to agree with you guys.
Anytime a baby is brought into a long running series, that usaully means they have run out of ideas. You have the usual litany of pregnancy jokes, followed by the "very special" birth episode in which everyone runs aroung like crazy trying to get the Mom to the hospital, followed by the episodes devoted to such wonderful subjects like dirty daipers and breast feeding...
You get the point.
Then of course there it the miraculous time in a TV kid's development when they grow from a newborn to a six year old in one Summer hiatus! What are they feeding that kid!
Oh happy day, the child is now saying cute funny things! How precious!

Somebody shoot me!!!

Olivia on The Cosby Show

Charlie Sheen on Spin City

Robin Colcord on Cheers

Pippa on Facts of Life

Maggie & Sam Mckinney on Diff'rent Strokes

Originally posted by TJL
I have to agree with you guys.
Anytime a baby is brought into a long running series, that usaully means they have run out of ideas. You have the usual litany of pregnancy jokes, followed by the "very special" birth episode in which everyone runs aroung like crazy trying to get the Mom to the hospital, followed by the episodes devoted to such wonderful subjects like dirty daipers and breast feeding...
You get the point.
Then of course there it the miraculous time in a TV kid's development when they grow from a newborn to a six year old in one Summer hiatus! What are they feeding that kid!
Oh happy day, the child is now saying cute funny things! How precious!

Somebody shoot me!!!

That is exactly how I feel about adding kids to sitcoms too. Exactly how I feel

I agree with TJL and Jenny. "Step by Step" added Lily and she aged to be a pre schooler over one season. And they, of course, had her insulting the other characters (especially JT and Frank) in a cute way, so cute it was disgusting. Don't blieve me? Watch SBS on ABC Family in the mornings, the good episodes come on in the evening.

Also from "Step by Step" I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE RICH HALKE!!!!!! I hated it SO much when they added him to the opening credits and they had that extra DORKY picture of him smiling. I GREW UP WATCHING THE SHOW FOR THE FIRST 6 YEARS OF MY LIFE AND THEY BRING IN THIS GEEK???!?!?!?!? TO QUOTE JENNIFER DENUCCIO: "GAG ME WITH A SPOON!!!!"

Seven on Married With Children.

Tori on Saved By The Bell.

Beverly on Facts Of Life.

Mom switches on both, "Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" and "Family Matters"! :mad:

Jenny Piccolo on Happy Days.

Alice - Both waitresses after Flo (I know Diane Ladd was in the movie)

Married...with Children Seven(he was so bad that they didnt even explain where he went)

227 - all the characters they tried as Jackee was leaving (Toukie Smith's character and Dylan McMillan)

Three's Company - Priscilla Barnes (Teri).
I like Suzanne (Chrissy) and even Jenilee (Cindy) much better than her.

Flintstones - anyone or thing past Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm

Happy Days - I know there were some.

I think we all agree on Cousin Oliver as he kinda jinxed the
entire Brady Bunch by his presence!:)

I would add Worf on DS9,not that he was a bad addition but
has anyone noticed how much leave time he must have to be able
to rejoin his old chums on the Enterprise E to be in all those
Next Gen. movies?

My picks would be from The Love Boat (of course:) )--

The Love Boat Mermaids--I hated those women--characters who weren't needed, and who took time away from existing characters as far as I was concerned. They danced to the same Pointer Sisters songs every time they were on (and I liked The Pointer Sisters) and were just boring characters. :(
I also couldn't stand ACE--a character who was so shallow it was awful. I got sick of hearing "flash those pearlies" the second time he said it. I think the show went through a writer change around that time as well. Maybe that had something to do with it. Who knows.
I'm just glad that those particular additions to The Love Boat didn't last too long, and of course, neither did the series at that point.
Maybe The Love Boat should have been cancelled before it was. The last few seasons did have some good moments, but the "magic" had worn off. :(

Originally posted by 17Mar59


I would add Worf on DS9,not that he was a bad addition but
has anyone noticed how much leave time he must have to be able
to rejoin his old chums on the Enterprise E to be in all those
Next Gen. movies?

Starfleet was always known for their flexible hours and long vacations...

Another "ad on" would be a change in location...

When an entire cast changes locations (Laverne and Shirley move to California, The cast of "Coach" leave the college and go to Florida) that usually means things have gotten stale...

charlie sheen on spin city (how could they replace micheal with him)
Flip on Happy Days this boy annoyed the hell out of me
Oliver on the brady bunch.

Originally posted by jlpmghrs1
charlie sheen on spin city (how could they replace micheal with him)
Flip on Happy Days this boy annoyed the hell out of me
Oliver on the brady bunch. with SPIN CITY, they had to do SOMETHING when Micheal J. Fox left. His parkinsons disease had gotten so bad by that point, they were forced to halt shooting sometimes, sometimes for almost 2 hours! And they obviously couldn't go on doing that.

The worse is a weddng late in the series when it should be used as a series finale. One Day At A Time was a good example of it. In the eighth season, which should have been the final one, the show was showing signs of tiredness. It seems like that entire season was spent on weddings, the birth of Annie, and Ann and Sam's new relationship that resulted in their marriage. That should have been the series finale instead of dragging out a tired sitcom through another year.

Here are my candidates for "worst add-on"s:

Rose, Jeffrey, and Serena Burton (The Waltons)

Olivia (The Cosby Show)

Lily Foster (or was it Foster-Lambert???) (Step By Step)

Chuck Coleman, Ricky Holsenbach, and Jeff Billings (The Wonder Years)

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Cousin Oliver - The Brady Bunch and Maggie and Sam - Diff'rent Strokes

Originally posted by SBTB Geek
Seven on Married With Children.

Tori on Saved By The Bell.

Beverly on Facts Of Life.



Forgot about those.

I think sometimes the worst add on to a series is when they add color to a black and white show. Like I never really liked The Beverly Hillbillies as much in color, and I think Andy Griffith in color was almost unwatchable.

Originally posted by MaryMarloLaurenandJack
I think sometimes the worst add on to a series is when they add color to a black and white show. Like I never really liked The Beverly Hillbillies as much in color, and I think Andy Griffith in color was almost unwatchable.

I agree with you on the color Andy episodes.

I thik almost everyone feels the same about Andy Griffith. But, it's not only that. It's also because Don Knotts was gone by then.

Originally posted by TJL
I have to agree with you guys.
Anytime a baby is brought into a long running series, that usaully means they have run out of ideas. You have the usual litany of pregnancy jokes, followed by the "very special" birth episode in which everyone runs aroung like crazy trying to get the Mom to the hospital, followed by the episodes devoted to such wonderful subjects like dirty daipers and breast feeding...
You get the point.
Then of course there it the miraculous time in a TV kid's development when they grow from a newborn to a six year old in one Summer hiatus! What are they feeding that kid!
Oh happy day, the child is now saying cute funny things! How precious!

Somebody shoot me!!!

Boy, you've got that right! :lol: