Sherri Shepherd Says Milo Ventimiglia was Fired from Unaired '90s Sitcom 'Rewind'

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Sherri Shepherd Says Milo Ventimiglia was Fired from their Unaired '90s Sitcom
by Kathleen Perricone
June 15, 2026


Milo Ventimiglia got his "Welcome to Hollywood" moment not long after launching an acting career.

In 1997, after appearing in one-off episodes of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", and "Saved by the Bell: The New Class", Ventimiglia scored a potential big break when he was cast as the younger version of Scott Baio's character, Rob, on "Rewind".



The sitcom's premise promised a fair amount of screen time: Rob and his childhood friend Harv (Mystro Clark) were advertising execs who regularly revisited their early years by "rewinding" back to the 1970s.

But as it turned out, Rewind was ultimately more of a setback for Ventimiglia, according to a new revelation by costar Sherri Shepherd, who played Rob's secretary.



"He was originally at the table read, but then they let him go," Shepherd recalled in a recent Instagram video.

"I remember he was devastated, and I said to him, 'You are gonna be big.' Now, I didn't know he was going to be that big," she added. "He's working all the time."



"Rewind" didn't end up being a big break for Shepherd either. After taping six episodes of the comedy, it was canceled just two weeks before it was set to air.

At the time, Fox noted "Rewind" remained a candidate for a midseason slot on its broadcast schedule, however, the sitcom never saw the light of day.

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