For example:
This is a closer generalization of this point:
*Not a scripted show, but just about any show that Keith Olbermann has worked on.
*Martin, if you believe the allegations about Martin Lawrence becoming erratic and abusive towards the end of its run.
*I don't know if this counts, since it didn't necessarily effect the production of the show (to the best of my knowledge), but Tina Louise (Ginger), whole attitude regarding Gilligan's Island. What's funny is that Sherwood Schwartz, the producer of Gilligan's Island also had to deal w/ a male diva in the form of Robert Reed on The Brady Bunch.
*Growing Pains when Kirk Cameron became a born again Christian and started demanding changes to the scripts/storylines (e.g. getting his on-screen girlfriend played by Julie McCullough fired because she posed for Playboy)/his character (who was previously established as being mischievous and irresponsible) that fit closer to his strict moral code.
*Last Man Standing when Tim Allen decided that he wanted to turn his show from being Home Improvement if Tim Taylor had all daughters and worked in an outdoorsman shop into a modern day All in the Family w/ his character as a "lovable" bigot.
*Moesha when Brandy and her mother got Vida Spears removed as the showrunner during Season 5. It was during this time that Ray-J (Brandy's brother and ultimately, "illegitimate half-brother" in the show's "jump the shark" moment") became a regular fixture (Dorian was pretty much the "Cousin Oliver" of the show) and Moesha morphed into a melodramatic soap opera w/ some comedic elements.
*Three's Company when Suzanne Somers started making those ridiculous demands (since she and her husband from my understanding felt that she was the main reason why the show was such a hit), which ultimately got her run out of the show (and "blackballed" from TV until She's the Sheriff).
*Any one of Cybill Shephard's TV shows based on the stories that I've heard about her allegedly being a huge female dog to work with.
*Ellen after Ellen DeGeneres' character Ellen Morgan "came out of the closet" and thus, just about every episode centered on the fact that she's gay.
*Roseanne after Roseanne Barr got more creative control (as perhaps most evident by the notorious final season).
*Sliders and Jerry O'Connell (even though the decline of that show as far back as the third season wasn't entirely his fault), who held up production of the fifth season while trying to negotiate an Executive Producer credit.
*Some would argue that the final year and a half of The Rosie O'Donnell show were heavily influenced by Rosie having a more direct influence on the content and with Rosie's public persona quickly changing.
*Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - I don't know how much creative influence Melissa Joan Hart had or received on the show, but if anything, her mother Paula, who was also an executive producer, seemed like one of the worse type of stage mothers. It's very peculiar about why Sabrina's friends never really stuck around over a long period of time (so they wouldn't potentially overshadow MJH). I also don't think it's much of a coincidence that Sabrina's longest-serving friend was played by Soleil Moon Frye, who was (and still is) her real-life best friend.
*Family Guy when (roughly around Season 7 I believe) Seth MacFarlane decided to use Brian (who speaks w/ Seth's natural voice) as an avatar/mouthpiece to spout this left-wing views. It perhaps isn't as different as Tim Allen using his character on Last Man Standing (beginning in Season 2) to put his real life Republican views or Ed Asner using Lou Grant (on the "serious" dramatic spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show) to spout his own left-wing views.
*Married With Children once Amanda Bearse (Marcy Rhodes D'Arcy) got behind the camera, the whole show started to go south. For instance, the pro feminist stuff she added More to the point, all the characters started to become extremely dumb especially Al, who went from a somewhat sympathetic underdog to being a virtual cartoon character.
*Grace Under Fire due to Brett Butler's increasing paranoia over creative control of the show as well as her generally erratic behavior due to drug abuse.
Other suggestions when I took this discussion elsewhere:
*Psych. After James Roday became a producer, the show's quality really dropped. All of Lassiter's previous character development was forgotten and he went back to the one-dimensional character he was in the first season. The show's focus turned to the relationship between Roday's character and Juliette, played by Maggie Lawson, Roday's real life girlfriend. Each episode was dedicated to driving home the fact that the characters had some sort of once-in-a-lifetime love. Even the fake psychic stuff was ignored for a few episodes.
*According to some fans, Charmed started going south when actresses Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano became producers. After their promotion, the 2 began systematically rejecting story ideas that they personally didn't like (i.e., the ones which didn't specifically revolve around their characters or portray them in the ways that they wanted) and elevating their characters of Piper and Phoebe to near Mary Sue proportions.
*I almost hate to say this (considering what has been happening w/ her health of late), but the whole fiasco surrounding Valerie Harper's departure from Valerie (AKA The Hogan Family):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hogan_Family#Season_2:_Harper_leaves
Then again, perhaps Valerie Harper seemed too good to be associating herself w/ the cheesy, cliched television Miller-Boyett produced back in the day anyway.
I'll also quite sure that this past thread could tie in nicely w/ this particular topic:
*Actors/Actresses That Left A Show Due To Wanting More Money
This is a closer generalization of this point:
*Not a scripted show, but just about any show that Keith Olbermann has worked on.
*Martin, if you believe the allegations about Martin Lawrence becoming erratic and abusive towards the end of its run.
*I don't know if this counts, since it didn't necessarily effect the production of the show (to the best of my knowledge), but Tina Louise (Ginger), whole attitude regarding Gilligan's Island. What's funny is that Sherwood Schwartz, the producer of Gilligan's Island also had to deal w/ a male diva in the form of Robert Reed on The Brady Bunch.
*Growing Pains when Kirk Cameron became a born again Christian and started demanding changes to the scripts/storylines (e.g. getting his on-screen girlfriend played by Julie McCullough fired because she posed for Playboy)/his character (who was previously established as being mischievous and irresponsible) that fit closer to his strict moral code.
*Last Man Standing when Tim Allen decided that he wanted to turn his show from being Home Improvement if Tim Taylor had all daughters and worked in an outdoorsman shop into a modern day All in the Family w/ his character as a "lovable" bigot.
*Moesha when Brandy and her mother got Vida Spears removed as the showrunner during Season 5. It was during this time that Ray-J (Brandy's brother and ultimately, "illegitimate half-brother" in the show's "jump the shark" moment") became a regular fixture (Dorian was pretty much the "Cousin Oliver" of the show) and Moesha morphed into a melodramatic soap opera w/ some comedic elements.
*Three's Company when Suzanne Somers started making those ridiculous demands (since she and her husband from my understanding felt that she was the main reason why the show was such a hit), which ultimately got her run out of the show (and "blackballed" from TV until She's the Sheriff).
*Any one of Cybill Shephard's TV shows based on the stories that I've heard about her allegedly being a huge female dog to work with.
*Ellen after Ellen DeGeneres' character Ellen Morgan "came out of the closet" and thus, just about every episode centered on the fact that she's gay.
*Roseanne after Roseanne Barr got more creative control (as perhaps most evident by the notorious final season).
*Sliders and Jerry O'Connell (even though the decline of that show as far back as the third season wasn't entirely his fault), who held up production of the fifth season while trying to negotiate an Executive Producer credit.
*Some would argue that the final year and a half of The Rosie O'Donnell show were heavily influenced by Rosie having a more direct influence on the content and with Rosie's public persona quickly changing.
*Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - I don't know how much creative influence Melissa Joan Hart had or received on the show, but if anything, her mother Paula, who was also an executive producer, seemed like one of the worse type of stage mothers. It's very peculiar about why Sabrina's friends never really stuck around over a long period of time (so they wouldn't potentially overshadow MJH). I also don't think it's much of a coincidence that Sabrina's longest-serving friend was played by Soleil Moon Frye, who was (and still is) her real-life best friend.
*Family Guy when (roughly around Season 7 I believe) Seth MacFarlane decided to use Brian (who speaks w/ Seth's natural voice) as an avatar/mouthpiece to spout this left-wing views. It perhaps isn't as different as Tim Allen using his character on Last Man Standing (beginning in Season 2) to put his real life Republican views or Ed Asner using Lou Grant (on the "serious" dramatic spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show) to spout his own left-wing views.
*Married With Children once Amanda Bearse (Marcy Rhodes D'Arcy) got behind the camera, the whole show started to go south. For instance, the pro feminist stuff she added More to the point, all the characters started to become extremely dumb especially Al, who went from a somewhat sympathetic underdog to being a virtual cartoon character.
*Grace Under Fire due to Brett Butler's increasing paranoia over creative control of the show as well as her generally erratic behavior due to drug abuse.
Other suggestions when I took this discussion elsewhere:
*Psych. After James Roday became a producer, the show's quality really dropped. All of Lassiter's previous character development was forgotten and he went back to the one-dimensional character he was in the first season. The show's focus turned to the relationship between Roday's character and Juliette, played by Maggie Lawson, Roday's real life girlfriend. Each episode was dedicated to driving home the fact that the characters had some sort of once-in-a-lifetime love. Even the fake psychic stuff was ignored for a few episodes.
*According to some fans, Charmed started going south when actresses Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano became producers. After their promotion, the 2 began systematically rejecting story ideas that they personally didn't like (i.e., the ones which didn't specifically revolve around their characters or portray them in the ways that they wanted) and elevating their characters of Piper and Phoebe to near Mary Sue proportions.
*I almost hate to say this (considering what has been happening w/ her health of late), but the whole fiasco surrounding Valerie Harper's departure from Valerie (AKA The Hogan Family):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hogan_Family#Season_2:_Harper_leaves
Then again, perhaps Valerie Harper seemed too good to be associating herself w/ the cheesy, cliched television Miller-Boyett produced back in the day anyway.
I'll also quite sure that this past thread could tie in nicely w/ this particular topic:
*Actors/Actresses That Left A Show Due To Wanting More Money
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