Why did Nancy McKeon drop out of the "Working Girl" TV series

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For those who don't know, back in 1990, a then unknown Sandra Bullock starred in a short-lived sitcom for NBC based on the film Working Girl with Melanie Griffith. The role of Tess McGill was originally meant for Nancy McKeon. I'm assuming that this was meant to be her big post-Facts of Life starring vehicle but she abruptly bowed out for "personal reasons".

[80s Dude]

Not much was mentioned then, but she did lots of TV movies at the time.

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Originally Posted by 80s Dude

Not much was mentioned then, but she did lots of TV movies at the time.

I heard in an interview where Nancy said she turned down lots of roles because of her personal life and schedule. She did not mean that she has bad stuff going on in life, but rather just wanted to be a more regular person. Seeing how she live on a ranch for 15+ years while raising her family proved this. She has said that she was in show business since the age of 2, so perhaps she needed breaks at times. It seems she has done quite well for herself and her family.

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Originally Posted by awesome80snostalgia

I heard in an interview where Nancy said she turned down lots of roles because of her personal life and schedule. She did not mean that she has bad stuff going on in life, but rather just wanted to be a more regular person. Seeing how she live on a ranch for 15+ years while raising her family proved this. She has said that she was in show business since the age of 2, so perhaps she needed breaks at times. It seems she has done quite well for herself and her family.

I know among the post-FOL acting gigs that she was up for, she was a serious candidate for what would be Courteney Cox's role on Friends. Nancy did one year after Friends premiered, star in this sitcom for CBS called Can't Hurry Love (alongside a pre-SVU Mariska Hargitay), but it only lasted for a single season. And she later had a recurring role as Demi Lovato's mom on Sonny with a Chance on the Disney Channel.