The 5 Worst Mistakes Ever Made In Sitcoms

[APPLEI]

the 5 worst mistakes ever made in sitcoms in my opinion.
1)too close for comfort-the birth of baby andrew at the start of the third season ruined the show for me.

2)mork and mindy-the firing of conrad janis and elizabeth kerr at the start of the second season almost destroyed one of the highest rated sitcoms in the history of television.the show fell from #3 in the ratings to #27 in the ratings!
at the middle of that season conrad janis came back (with a big pay raise) which brought back some of the viewers but it was never the enormous hit it was in the first season.

3)welcome back kotter-at the start of the 4th and last season the original writers were fired and replaced with the writers from the carol burnett show.
the show was never the same after that fact that john travolta left the cast and gabe kaplan was'nt
seen as much ruined one of my alltime favorite sitcoms.

4)the facts of life-edna edibles burning down and being replaced with over our heads.
in my opinion the over our heads years on the facts of life look the most dated.

5)rhoda-rhoda and joe getting divorced was a big mistake.
the last two seasons of rhoda were less than entertaining.

[Chocoholic]

1) NewsRadio- Never having Dave and Lisa get married.

2) Wings- Marrying off Joe and Helen and not having Casey and Antonio get together.

3) The Simpsons- Giving Mike Scully a lot more creative control.

4) Cheers- Bringing back Diane for the finale.

5) Nurses- Adding Loni Anderson.

I still love those shows though.

[RollerGirl]

Roseanne - Forcing that 2nd Becky on us wasn't a great thing.

[Brian Damage]

Good Times- Killing off John Amos' character.

Happy Days- Burning Arnold's down and rebuilding it with an ugly new look.

The Cosby Show- When they added Pam to the cast.

Drew Carey Show- Adding all those musical numbers and going live.

Diff'rent Strokes- adding Sam and Maggie to the cast. Moving the show from NBC to ABC.

[Central Perk]

1)Newsradio-Having John Lovitz replace Phil Hartman.

2)The Simpsons-Killing Maude Flanders.

3)The Cosby Show-Adding Pam and getting rid of Denise.

4)Cheers-Making Lilith Leave Frasier.

5)Even Stevens-Adding Beans.

[AtlantaBravesFan29]

Five Worst Mistakes That Were Ever Made In Sitcoms or TV Shows

1. Mork and Mindy-- When They Made The Awful Mistake in Having Mork Getting Pregnant and Giving Birth To Jonathan Winters(Yuck!!!)
2. The Jeffersons--Replacing Mike Evans with a different Lionel,who wasn't funny as the original(had some moments,but wasn't the same Lionel)
3. Good Times-- Getting Rid Of John Amos
4. Any Show That Moves From One Network To Another
5. And Any Show That Moves From A Good Time Slot To A Bad Time Slot(examples: Becker moving from Monday to Sunday, Drew Carey Show from Wednesday to Monday and then to Fridays)

[Janice]

1.) Cheers. No wedding bells for Sam and Diane.

2.) Cheers. Not giving Nicholas Colasanto a farewell when he died...terribly disrepectful.

3.) Coach. I'm told the move from Minnesota to Orlando was a shark jumper.

4.) On Will & Grace, having Grace get married. I miss her living with Will.

5.) Any baby or child brought onto any show for any reason.

[*InThisMoment*]

Happy days- burning down arnolds and adding that new creepy place.
The cosby show-adding Pam and Olivia.
Leverne and Shirley- Shirley marrieing Walter meanie other then Carmine.
The beverly hillbillies-colorizing there show instead of keeping it black and white. I can only think of 4 right now

[mstewart]

1) Keeping sitcoms way past their time. Norman Lear have it bad on keeping his shows way past their prime except Bea Arthur did not allow him to do that to her. She bow out on top. That was an actress who know when to leave on top. Too bad many did not take their lessons from Dick Van Dyke and Carl Reiner when they pulled the plug on their show after five years. It left the audiences wanting more.

2) The Cosby Show - Adding all those people on there and it took away the warmth and the wholesomeness the show gave in its first four seasons. Especially the first two. That is definitely one show that overstayed their welcome.

3) Alice - Not bringing back Flo after her series failed. She brought an edge to Alice that was well needed but it bruised Linda Lavin's ego because she was the star.

4) Too Close for Comfort - Adding a baby to the show to give Nancy Dussault more to do with her character. From what I understood she was unhappy with the limitations of her role given that she was second banana to Ted Knight. That was how Muriel got pregnant.

5) Family Ties - Taking the emphasis off of Meredith Baxter Birney and Michael Gross and turning the show into the Michael J. Fox sitcom. Steven and Elyse was an enjoyable couple to watch and too bad there was not enough shows dealing with them as a couple

[AnaheimPMWitch]

okay *laughs* I know some of you will get annoyed by this
but
Becker: Getting rid of Terry Farrell and adding Nancy Travis
Drew Carey: Getting rid of Christa Miller
Friends: Rachel having Emma
Will and Grace: Grace Marrying Leo

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Brian Damage


Happy Days- Burning Arnold's down and rebuilding it with an ugly new look.

Ditto!

[Sal]

The biggest mistakes I can think of are these:


1. CBS killing off all their "rural" shows like "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Green Acres", and "Petticoat Junction" and replacing them with more mature shows like "Mary Tyler Moore" and "All In The Family". The strategy worked, but at a heavy price. If CBS could have found a way for both types of sitcoms to co-exist, they would have dominated TV ratings for many more years.

2. ABC having the nerve to break up the greatest TGIF lineup ever by moving "The Partridge Family" to Saturday nights, where it would get creamed in the ratings by "All In The Family". What were they thinking?

3. "Family Ties"---Having Mallory fall in love with that idiot Nick (my least favorite character on the show) instead of Skippy. They would have made a great couple!

4. "A Different World"---Letting both Lisa Bonet and Marisa Tomei go after the first season and focusing the plots mainly on Jasmine Guy from then on. I didn't like watching the show afterwards as a result.

5. "MASH"---The many changes in casting that occurred throughout the long run of the series, which had been very funny in its first couple of seasons, but from then on became stale and boring, allowing those who stayed on to basically go through the motions.

[dawsongirl]

Originally posted by Janice
5.) Any baby or child brought onto any show for any reason.

I agree. The kid always seems to just disappear. Bad parents! And a way over used way to get ratings.

[TVgen62]

Listed in the order they occurred to me (Could be an indicator?):

All in the Family
Action: Continuing the series after season 8 (when Mike and Gloria moved to California).
Result: For me, at least, permanently tainted memories of one of my all-time favorite shows.

Bewitched
Action: Darrin # 2.
Result: Something resembling number 2.

I Love Lucy
Action: Moved to Connecticut.
Result: The final season, followed by a suicidal plunge into The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.

Taxi
Action: Moved from ABC to NBC.
Result: (See BravesFan712002 post, item # 4)...and particularly if the show has completed at least one season.

Happy Days
Action: Abandoning the original concept of the show and coasting into "Fonzie-mania".
Result: Two or three good seasons, Fonzie lunchboxes and "Sit On It!" T-shirts.

[Superbatboy]

1.Seinfeld- Continuing after Larry David left. (Notice how silly and unrealistic the show got after he left)

2.Friends- Rachel getting pregnant and having Ross' baby.

3.The Cosby Show- Making Pam and Olivia regular cast members. It would've been okay if they were just recurring characters, they really ruined the dynamic of the show.

4. Roseanne- Quite possibly one of my favorite shows of all time, BUT....There are some many things they did wrong. (1) Keeping the Becky character with a different actress. She was missing for most of Season 5 and it didn't hurt the quality of the show one bit. They didn't need to bring that character back. (2) Multiple timeslots. Roseanne did it's best at 9:00pm Tuesdays. When ABC moved the show 3 times within a year and a half, the ratings plunged quickly. (3) The Lottery, which isn't that bad when it's all explained during the ending, but it really wasn't neccesary for us to see a dream for a whole season.

5. Family Matters- Urkel!!!!!!