28 TV Stars That Told the Network Right Where to Get Off

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28 TV Stars That Told the Network Right Where to Get Off
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Usually the question “where do you get off?” is a rhetorical one, but we found some instances where TV stars asked and answered that question for their bosses. The answer was “here,” because they weren’t traveling another minute with those executive types. 

We don’t know if they all ended up regretting this split or not, but we do know that telling the higher-ups off must’ve felt great in the moment. If we had any semblance of a spine, we’d march into our boss’ office and do it too!

Jeff Conaway

TAXI Jeff Conaway CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Bobby Wheeler, actor. Didn't Totally left of his own volition, appear in one of his first episodes because the because character he Conaway played made allegedly got too actors look bad. high to perform.

David Caruso

NYPD BLUE David Caruso CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Ducked out after 1 successful season to be a movie star! John Kelly, Totally blew it and police detective came crawling back and vunderkind. to procedurals, with a long and successful stint on CSI: Miami.

Mischa Barton

THE О.С. Mischa Barton CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Left to pursue a Marissa Cooper, film career, but wealthy most notably Californian, one appeared in of four main mugshots and protagonists. Dancing With The Stars.

Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle became royalty... temporarily. SUITS CRACKED.COM Okay, quitting Suits to marry Prince Harry was kind of a no-brainer. But who would have guessed that, 3 years later, she'd step down from her royal duties and surrender the use of Her Royal Highness styling?

Shelley Long

CRACKED CHEERS LET DIANE LIVE HER DREAM. FINESSANTOOD Shelley Long had constant conflicts with castmates, and chose to pursue a movie career, so even though Diane & Sam had just gotten engaged, Diane postpones the wedding to pursue her writing career.

Ricky Gervais

the office influenced a generation of sitcoms GRACKED.COM FIRST SEASON LAST SEASON The BBC Office lasted only two 6-episode seasons and a Christmas special. I didn't want to repeat myself... so I just left it as it was, says Gervais. The US version could have learned something from its ancestor.

Lucy and Desi

i love lucy delivered crazy ratings right up to the end H CRACKED.COM FIRST SEASON LAST SEASON I Love Lucy was TV's top-rated show in its final season. At the time, it was the first show to end its run while still number one. Lucy kissed Desi goodbye as they taped the final episode and she filed for divorce the next day.

Sherry Stringfield

ER Sherry Stringfield GRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE The filming schedule left her so stressed, she got meningitis and Dr. Susan Lewis, pneumonia. Had to eager resident. agree not to work in TV for years just to get out of her contract.

Dave Chappelle

CHAPPELLE'S SHOW Dave Chappelle Y - THE CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Host of his own The show was controversial, so stressful to yet critically make that he walked away acclaimed, sketch comedy from a $50 show. million contract.

Jason Priestley

BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 Jason Priestley CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Left after the Brandon Walsh, penultimate season, which he says was main premature, and left protagonist, some major loose good guy ends for his super-hunk. character and the story.

Chevy Chase

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Chevy Chase TO 1743 1722 m1727 CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Left after just one season - not for a One of the first film career, but for breakout a girl: I was a superstars of a young fellow who hit new series. was infatuated with the wrong person.

Wil Wheaton

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION Wil Wheaton CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Left when he Wesley Crusher, turned 18 to pursue an annoying, a film career. Не precocious kid, regretted it, but but a choice mainly because he missed his role to have. coworkers :'

Anita Barone

FRIENDS Anita Barone CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Barone gave up Carol Willick, the part to Ross' pregnant ex-wife. A fine focus on larger role that pops in roles that, as of from time to press time, no time. one can name.

Anna Faris

CRACKED MOM WITH AN EMPTY NEST. Anna Faris wanted to pursue other opportunities. The 8th and final season opens on Bonnie (Allison Janney) dropping her off at the airport to begin her free ride at Georgetown Law School.

Charlie Sheen

CRACKED THEY REPLACED ONE OF THE TWO AND A HALF MEN. After Sheen went on a verbal, anti-semitic tirade of creator Chuck Lorre, his character Charlie Harper was hit by a subway train in Paris. Не was replaced with Ashton Kutcher's character Walden Schmidt from Season 9 to 12.

Suzanne Somers

CRACKED THREE'S COMPANY REPLACED SUZANNE SOMERS. She was only being paid $30,000 per episode to John Ritter's reported $150,000. They only gave her $5,000 more, so she missed tapings in protest, and was replaced with her character's cousin Cindy Snow for 3 seasons.

James Evans

CRACKED GOOD TIMES CANNED PATRIARCH JAMES EVANS. After actor John Amos complained that white writers weren't realistically writing black characters, his character was killed in an off-screen car accident. They completed 3 more seasons without him.

McLean Stevenson

CRACKED.COM Col. Blake left M*A*S*H because the actor overestimated his own popularity. McLean Stevenson asked to be written out to do his own series, thinking that M*A*S*H's success would follow him around. It didn't. I thought everybody in America loved McLean Stevenson, he said. That was not the case. Everybody loved Henry Blake.

Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn chose to be eaten by zombies in THE WALKING DEAD. A long-time collaborator of Frank Darabont, DeMunn was furious when AMC fired Darabont as showrunner. So he just went and said, It's a zombie show. Kill me. I don't want to do this anymore. And just like that, Dale Horvath became walker chow. CRACKED.COM

Mandy Patinkin

CRACKED.COM Mandy Patinkin wasn't comfortable in CRIMINAL MINDS so he just stopped showing up. Patinkin regretted signing up for a show with so much violence, particularly against women - so when the cast got back together for Season 3, he wasn't there to play Jason Gideon. CBS announced some days later that Patinkin would be leaving.

Michelle Rodriquez

Michelle Rodriguez wanted to leave LOST in a blaze of glory. There were rumors at the time that Rodriguez was fired because of a DUI. According to Damon Lindelof, however, Rodriguez signed up for just one season - she wanted Ana Maria to have one kickass arc and then die. CRACKED.COM

Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park

Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park were paid less than their white co-stars in HAWAII FIVE-O. Despite negotiations to achieve pay parity, CBS's final offer was still 10-15% lower than what the network paid Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan. So when Season 8 rolled in, detectives Kelly and Kalakaua were no longer around. CRACKED.COM

David Yost

The BLUE POWER RANGER quit because of on-set homophobia. David Yost, the original Blue Power Ranger, just walked off the set one day, sick and tired of the abuse he got for being gay. I was called 'f-' one too many times, Yost said. I had just heard that several times while working on the show from creators, producers, writers, directors... CRACKED.COM

Maggie Roswell

CRACKED.COM SPRINGFIELD, Maude Flanders from THE SIMPSONS died because Fox are cheapskates. Actress Maggie Roswell asked for a pay raise - from $1,500-$2,000 an episode to $6,000. Fox offered her $150, not even enough for Roswell to commute from Denver to Los Angeles to record her lines. So she quit, and the show killed off Maude.

Steve Carell

CRACKED.COM Steve Carell left THE OFFICE because no one asked him to stay. Carell was perfectly happy to keep on playing Michael Scott after his original seven-season contract was up. Except that NBC's new higher-ups didn't know an awful lot about The Office, and never even tried to sign Carell up for more seasons.

Katherine Heigl

Katherine Heigl started beef with her own writers CRACKEDG .COM Heigl made a whole thing about how she wasn't submitting herself for an Emmy, because she thought the writing on Grey's Anatomy wasn't up to snuff. The writers responded by, duh, writing her off the show.

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