Characters that ruined TV shows

seeker007nmss · #1 09-23-2005, 07:49 PM

What TV characters ,that they introduced into a TV show, you think RUINED the show, or weren't needed? These are the ones I just can't stand:

1. Oliver - Brady Bunch
2. Col. Flag - MASH
3. The stuiped British Col. (forget the name) on Hogans Hero's
4. Ernest T. Bass - Andy Grifith Show

Any others?

strandinthewind · #2 09-23-2005, 07:52 PM

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4. Ernest T. Bass - Andy Grifith Show

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ARE YOU INSANE

The entire unoriginal cast of Ally McBeal.

LongBlackScarf · #3 09-23-2005, 08:01 PM

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What TV characters ,that they introduced into a TV show, you think RUINED the show, or weren't needed?

Children/babies. In any sitcom. Except the Brady Bunch of course. Agreed on Oliver. What an ugly little squint that kid was.

I have a feeling Doug and Carrie will end up spawning fairly soon on "King of Queens" as Jerry Stiller is spending less time on the show. Those uggo twins and the snotty little girl-brat on "Raymond" were pretty much non-entities anyway. They could have had them all "disapeared" in some sort of pudding-poisoning incident at school and I'd have been none the wiser.

catinthedark · #4 09-23-2005, 08:11 PM

Kirstie Alley - Cheers

Albert - Little House on the Prairie (yes, I loved that show!)

Sandra Bernhardt, the women in the mall diner where Roseanne worked, Darlene's and Becky's boyfriends - Roseanne

Olivia (Raven Symone), the oldest Cosby daughter and her husband - Cosby Show

All I can think of off the top of my head... I'm sure I'll think of more.

LongBlackScarf · #5 09-23-2005, 08:17 PM

The addition of Cousin Pam on Cosby. Bleh!! I think Geri Jewell was pretty bad on "The Facts of Life" too. It was just too much an in your face "hire the handicapped" crusade. She wasn't that good, and she wasn't that funny, or I may have enjoyed her character. Instead, I just felt really uncomfortable. She didn't fit in at all, no matter how much you wanted her to.

seeker007nmss · #6 09-23-2005, 08:20 PM

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The addition of Cousin Pam on Cosby. Bleh!! I think Geri Jewell was pretty bad on "The Facts of Life" too. It was just too much an in your face "hire the handicapped" crusade. She wasn't that good, and she wasn't that funny, or I may have enjoyed her character. Instead, I just felt really uncomfortable. She didn't fit in at all, no matter how much you wanted her to.

Have to agree with you on that one. Didn't like that character either.

CreepingDeath · #7 09-23-2005, 08:23 PM

Cheech Marin & Don Cheadle- The Golden Palace WTF??

Robert Patrick & Monica Reyes- The X- Files

ryan8472 · #8 09-23-2005, 08:26 PM

Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) on Star Trek: The Next Generation

I wanted to murder him on a weekly basis.

LongBlackScarf · #9 09-23-2005, 08:39 PM

This is a little "OT" but I think John Amos leaving "Good Times" changed the show. And then of course Esther Rolle split, and came back. I loved Janet Jackson as "Penny". She was so cute. But I loathed Thelma's husband.

dissention · #10 09-23-2005, 10:19 PM

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This is a little "OT" but I think John Amos leaving "Good Times" changed the show. And then of course Esther Rolle split, and came back. I loved Janet Jackson as "Penny". She was so cute. But I loathed Thelma's husband.

I try to forget about those years. Stop reminding me about them.

As soon as John Amos left, it was unwatchable. By the time Thelma was about to marry Ebay the African Prince, I couldn't continue watching. Without that full family dynamic, it simply wasn't good. It didn't help that it turned into The JJ Show, either. And don't even get me started on Penny...oy vey.

LongBlackScarf · #11 09-23-2005, 10:23 PM

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Ebay the African Prince,.

Yeah! I actually had to turn on my closed-captioning to see if they were really saying "Ebay." I think they spelled it "Ebe". It still made me laugh.

LongBlackScarf · #12 09-23-2005, 10:32 PM

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Olivia (Raven Symone), the oldest Cosby daughter and her husband - Cosby Show
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The oldest Huxtable daughter is Sondra. Hubbie Elvin. Olivia's Mom and Dad were Denise and Martin and they bored the hell outta me. Sondra and Elvin were always fighting and it made them more realistic.

irishgrl · #13 09-23-2005, 10:55 PM

*sigh* ME. whats that? you didnt know I was ON any shows? Well, thats how completely I RUINED them! all references were permanently deleted.

LongBlackScarf · #14 09-23-2005, 11:13 PM

Just thought of a couple more. The addition of "Theresa" the hospital nurse who gets invited to be a boarder at Archie and Ediths' house. This is after Mike and Gloria have left for CA. She vanishes pretty quickly, thankfully. Then a bit later, (once again in sitcomland when they start running low on plot ideas), we get "The Kid" in the form of Stephanie.

dissention · #15 09-23-2005, 11:16 PM

More:

-Rosie O'Donnell on "Gimme A Break"
-John Meese replacing Jake Weber on "American Gothic"
-Farrah Forke on "Wings" (but they got rid of her right quick, thankfully)