Top 10 Most Important Characters / Actors of TV Shows to be Replaced

Remember, on TV shows a character replacement and an actor replacement are two seperate things.
The items starting with two names in apostrophe's are character replacements and the items with one name are actor replacements of the same character.

The Top Ten

1 Charlie Harper (Two and a Half Men)

Very few T.V. shows have recovered after replacing leading main characters.

2 'Randy Pearson' for 'Eric Foreman' (That '70s Show)

3 Darrin Stephens (Bewitched)

Ah at least the first name of the actor remained consistent. Dick York was replaced by Dick Sargent.
From one 'Dick' to another.

4 'Paige Matthews' for 'Prue Halliwell' (Charmed)

5 'Jefferson D'Arcy' for 'Steve Rhoades' (Married with Children)

As a viewer of this show, this was a character replacement that actually worked and the new character became lovable.

6 'Cindy Snow' for 'Chrissy Snow' (Three's Company)

7 Vivian Banks (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)

All fans of this show know how badly it affected the show and character.

8 Laurie Forman (That '70s Show)

9 'Beverly Ann' for 'Edna Garrett' (The Facts of Life)

10 Becky Conner (Roseanne)

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