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Posted on 7/27/24 at 4:40 am to
Posted by Stamps74
Member since Nov 2017
1454 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 4:40 am to
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The one that comes to mind immediately for me is "Bewitched" when they swapped out the role of Samantha's husband, Darren after 6 seasons when Dick York pulled out due to physical injuries and his addiction to prescribed pain killers replaced him with Dick Sargent


Are you saying it got better or worse …
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
11587 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 6:18 am to
Morty Seinfeld is a good one although I found the first one likeable.

2 1/2 men is waaaay better with Charlie Sheen.
Posted by ColonelAngus
Huntsville,AL
Member since Aug 2023
829 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 6:20 am to
Dukes of Hazzard & 3's Company
Posted by TygerTyger
Houston
Member since Oct 2010
10923 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 6:47 am to
I’ve got two that are worse in my opinion:

Forged in Fire. Will Willis was way better than the plank of wood that replaced him. The way the switch came about also was shitty for Will.

Wheeler Dealers: I started watching it when Ant was the mechanic. I liked him better than Elvis. Elvis isn’t bad, but the switch just seems wrong.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
59214 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 7:32 am to
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Wheeler Dealers: I started watching it when Ant was the mechanic. I liked him better than Elvis. Elvis isn’t bad, but the switch just seems wrong.


I liked it better when Edd China was the mechanic before Ant. You feel how I felt when Edd left.
Posted by TygerTyger
Houston
Member since Oct 2010
10923 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 8:09 am to
Yeah I know it’s more about where you started with this one.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19869 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 8:26 am to
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Are you saying it got better or worse …



Didn't really care to be honest. The only thing I did notice was that Dick Sargent was a better looking guy than Dick York and that made for a better looking couple for the main characters.
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
68369 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 8:47 am to
I agree about Bewitched. It wasn’t that Sargent is a bad actor. It was just
that they were so noticeably different.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
83919 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 10:49 am to
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Though Anthony Whitfield started as Spartacus and died, I though Liam McIntyre did a fantastic job of taking up that role. He ever looked very similar.

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and I bet there were a lot of people didnt even notice the change for a while

I don’t see how it would be possible to not notice the change.

Liam McIntyre did what he could. But he looked noticeably different and it was jarring. I don’t blame him or anybody and I still enjoyed the show.
Posted by Dairy Sanders
Member since Apr 2022
2963 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 11:04 am to
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Not exactly an actor swap, but getting rid of Brendanawicz from s1 of P&R and bringing in Ben and Chris later to kind of fill that void


He was still there when they brought them in.
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