What show or movie franchise suffered dramatically from the loss of a specific character or actor?

[Chazmatazz269]

You know how it goes. Even before the trend of canceling celebrities for nonsense, sometimes shows just dropped performers because they got too big for their britches, or whatever. Sometimes the show goes on just fine. More often though, the character is deeply missed, or the new performer just doesn’t cut the mustard.
Which shows or movie franchises suffered dramatically from the loss of a particular character or performer?

[jennifer_bloom]

I got tired of young and the restless cause a female character was spontaneously switched out for a new person who didn’t resemble the original and took over all the plot scenes and roles as if there was no actress change and the person acting out the story was the same as the original. When 90210 wanted to remove a lead character, they had a story and context that made the removal logical.

[Kreneman]

Game of Death 1978 Bruce Lee. When Lee died on July 20, 1973, the film was incomplete, and the director & producers did not what to do without him. The Game of Death film suffered dramatically and it was a joke on his legacy.

[Likes2drive]

TV series would have to be Two and Half Men when they lost Charlie, fast and furious when they lost Paul Walkers character

[exitseven]

NCIS is not the same without Mark Harmon.

[Chazmatazz269]

I liked him as the lovable curmudgeon! But Tom Hanks takes the cake for that archetype in “A Man Called Otto”. I highly recommend if you haven’t already seen it. Keep the tissues handy!

[OddBeMe]

Cosby Show rerun fees.

[dustybiker2]

Goes for the throat of the topic.

[OddBeMe]

@dustybiker2 imagine being the producer your whole career…. and then nothing, he prob knew he was a rapist anyway.

[Chazmatazz269]

Gotta protect your cash cow.

[OddBeMe]

Said Weinstein celebs Clooney Damon Tarantino

[art84]

News Radio when Phil Hartman passed away.