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TMC · 02-11-2019, 10:27 PM

It feels more common particularly when a show is getting to the end of its run, the writing is subpar and the actors are just collecting their paychecks, but can anyone give examples where the decline was just painful to watch?

RetroGuy2000 · 02-11-2019, 10:58 PM

Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush. It got so bad that their roles were whittled down to about one line per season.

Heenan Fan · 02-12-2019, 12:02 AM

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Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush. It got so bad that their roles were whittled down to about one line per season.

I deffintly agree with this.

Also, Alan Alda on MASH, Kirk Cameron on Growing Pains, the actors who play Luke, Manny, and Lilly on Modern Family, and Taran Noah Smith on Home Improvement just to name a few.

treky · 02-12-2019, 02:50 AM

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Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush. It got so bad that their roles were whittled down to about one line per season.

who are they?

Edward216 · 02-12-2019, 04:16 AM

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who are they?

They played Carrie Ingalls the youngest Ingalls daughter on Little House On The Prairie.

Ed.

DJM77 · 02-12-2019, 06:52 AM

Demond Wilson on Sanford & Son. By season six it was clear that he was phoning it in.

70s show watcher · 02-14-2019, 08:09 PM

kaley coco she has been phoning it in on the big bang theory for about a season and a half now

Heenan Fan · 02-15-2019, 12:34 AM

The entire regular cast of Seinfeld except for Jason Alexander.

Yong Fang · 02-15-2019, 06:30 AM

Andy Griffith when The Andy Griffith Show went to color.

RetroGuy2000 · 02-15-2019, 09:12 AM

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They played Carrie Ingalls the youngest Ingalls daughter on Little House On The Prairie.

Ed.

Well, technically, Grace Ingalls was the youngest daughter. And I think the fictitious Cassandra Cooper-Ingalls was also supposed to be younger, too.

loaferman · 02-15-2019, 12:35 PM

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Demond Wilson on Sanford & Son. By season six it was clear that he was phoning it in.

This is absolutely true. He started wearing dark glasses a lot and barely knew his lines and his delivery was off. I think maybe he was on drugs. In fact after Redd Foxx returned from his holdout he dialed his performance back quite a bit himself.

There is one episode where they have to say "discretion of the judge" and they continually say "dis-creee-shun". I have no idea how they all forgot or id one of them could not pronounce it and the others had to say it the same way.

loaferman · 02-15-2019, 12:38 PM

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kaley coco she has been phoning it in on the big bang theory for about a season and a half now

I think they have all gotten settled in that they would make big money and the show was nearing the end. I notice her performance seems about the same but probably because nobody else is really hitting it out of the park either.

BobbyStBlues · 02-18-2019, 03:01 AM

I think most of the cast of Roseanne got worse during the shows last couple years. Only John Goodman I think stayed consistently good until the very end, and even he wasn't in all the episodes towards the end.

jimpickens · 02-18-2019, 04:34 AM

The cast of Married With Children especially Ed O'Neal.

KatieAnn · 02-18-2019, 10:18 AM

Watching Bonanza from the first season to season 6 I noticed that Michael Landon went from being a promising young actor who did emotions really well to an actor who does these "cute" little facial expressions and passes that off as "acting" a lot of the time. It's like he decided he was the "cute" one and that was going to be how he expressed himself. As the years went by it became very noticeable and distracting.

02-11-2019, 10:27 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,644	Actors who got worse as the shows went on It feels more common particularly when a show is getting to the end of its run, the writing is subpar and the actors are just collecting their paychecks, but can anyone give examples where the decline was just painful to watch?

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BobbyStBlues Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 13, 2018 Posts: 33	I think most of the cast of Roseanne got worse during the shows last couple years. Only John Goodman I think stayed consistently good until the very end, and even he wasn't in all the episodes towards the end.
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70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,549	kaley coco she has been phoning it in on the big bang theory for about a season and a half now

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Heenan Fan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 19, 2016 Posts: 6,001	The entire regular cast of Seinfeld except for Jason Alexander.

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Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	Andy Griffith when The Andy Griffith Show went to color.

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jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,389	The cast of Married With Children especially Ed O'Neal.

02-18-2019, 10:18 AM	#15
KatieAnn Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 15, 2011 Posts: 520	Watching Bonanza from the first season to season 6 I noticed that Michael Landon went from being a promising young actor who did emotions really well to an actor who does these "cute" little facial expressions and passes that off as "acting" a lot of the time. It's like he decided he was the "cute" one and that was going to be how he expressed himself. As the years went by it became very noticeable and distracting.