When an actress in a TV series gets pregnant in real life producers and writers are left with two choices. Write the pregnancy into the show or find creative ways to hide the pregnancy from the camera. It's much easier if it's a family sitcom I think. For example when Meredith Baxter Birney became pregnant during the run of Family Ties they just wrote it into the script and little Andrew Keaton was born. If it's a show about single people who for the most part don't have a significant other the choice is usually to hide the pregnancy. This was the case when Julia Louis Dreyfus became pregnant during the run of Seinfeld. They hid her behind furniture, matresses, etc. and Elane Benes did not become pregnant on the show.
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