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- In the high-stakes world of network television, the sudden loss of an actor can mean the end of a show. To salvage the millions of dollars of income on the line, producers have tried to move forward just about every way imaginable: casting a new actor to fill a role, creating a new character, or simply writing a character out of the show.
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Apr 13, 2024 · IN MEMORIAM. How 40+ TV Shows Have Handled the Death of a Cast Member. By Matt Webb Mitovich, Rebecca Iannucci, Dave Nemetz, Michael Ausiello. April 13, 2024 11:59 am. A TV showrunner can...
Mar 6, 2019 · When filming a TV show, sometimes the unthinkable happens: an actor who stars on the show dies, leaving the cast and crew mourning and the writers and producers to figure out how to...
May 6, 2024 · The death of an actor during the production of a TV series or movie is horrible on a personal level for their co-workers, a tragedy for their family and wrenching for their biggest fans. But it also comes with an enormous practical conundrum for writers, directors and producers who had crafted stories for the character they played and spent ...
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Mar 27, 2024 · Actors dying during the production of a television series isn't an uncommon occurrence, yet it has recently befallen several of the most talked about shows on TV.
- ‘Riverdale’
- ‘The West Wing’
- ‘That ‘70s Show’
- ‘Homeland’
- ‘Monk’
- ‘Empire‘
- ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’
- ‘The Big Bang Theory’
- ‘Law & Order: SVU’
- ‘Training Day’
Following the loss of Luke Perry, who died in early March 2019 after suffering a massive stroke, the cast and crew of “Riverdale” are still mourning and determining how best to move forward. Perry played Archie Andrews’loving and supportive dad, Fred. According to cast member Cole Sprouse,the series will address his death, although it remains uncle...
John Spencer (below, third from left) played Vice Presidential hopeful Leo McGarry on “The West Wing.”The Emmy winner had filmed several episodes of season seven when he passed away suddenly from a heart attack in 2005. His death was written into the show, with his character also dying of a heart attack on election night.
Topher Grace became famous for his role as Eric Forman on “That ’70s Show,” but left to focus on his movie career at the end of season seven. The rest of the cast remained for the eighth and final season, and Grace’s absence was explained as Forman leaving Wisconsin to teach in Africa. However, Grace did return and reunite with the cast for the ser...
James Rebhorn played Carrie Mathison’s dad, Frank, on “Homeland,” for three seasons before dying of melanoma in 2014. Though CIA agent Mathison is stationed abroad for much of that season, the show does address his death by showing her receiving the news that her father passed away. The season four finale also showcases his funeral.
“Monk” marks another example of a TV show that wrote in the death of one of its stars. In 2008, Stanley Kamel, who played Monk’s psychiatrist, Dr. Charles Kroger, died of a heart attack. In a season seven episode, it was revealed that his character passed away in the same circumstances.
“Empire” has returned for a sixth season, but without its scandalized star, Jussie Smollett. After the actor faced accusations of allegedly staging a hate crime attack in January 2019, he was suspended from the final two episodes of the show’s fifth season. But it wasn’t until weeks later that Fox confirmed the actor won’t appear in the drama’s nex...
Actor Miguel Ferrer battled throat cancer for some time before passing away from the disease in early 2017. The series dealt with his deathby having Ferrer’s character, Owen Granger, admitted to the hospital after being stabbed. Then when a colleague goes to visit him, he is suddenly gone, having left the hospital on his own.
Carol Ann Susi was never actually seen on “The Big Bang Theory,”as she lent her voice to her role off-camera, but she did play a significant character on the show. Susi played Howard Wolowitz’s mom, Debbie, for several seasons, and served as a surrogate parent to other characters on the show as well. When Susi died after a short battle with cancer,...
For 12 seasons, “Law & Order: SVU” centered around the partnership of Mariska Hargitay’s Olivia Benson and Christopher Meloni’s Eliot Stabler. But fans were left surprised when Meloni left the show after season 12 when contract negotiations broke down. When season 13 returned, the series explained his absenceby having Stabler retire offscreen in th...
Only a month after the premiere of CBS’ 2017 adaptation of “Training Day,” star Bill Paxton passed away suddenly. He died at the age of 61 of a stroke following heart surgery. Since the first season had already finished filming its initial 13 episodes, the network opted to air the full season before ending the show altogether.
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Apr 22, 2024 · Kellen Perry. Updated April 22, 2024533.3K views20 items. What happens when a cast member of a beloved TV series dies while the show is still on the air? What should a showrunner do to tastefully honor the actor that has died but also keep the story alive? The answer, as history has taught us, is not simple.
Sep 15, 2003 · One of the highest-profile losses in recent TV history was the shocking death of “NewsRadio’s” Phil Hartman, murdered by his own wife Brynn in 1998. Although part of a strong ensemble cast ...
