15 Shows that Replaced Actors and Hoped We Wouldn’t Notice

4. Bewitched

Darrin was a main character on Bewitched but the original (and very loved) Dick York injured his back while shooting a film and never really recovered. His pain was ultimately so bad that he could only stand for 30 minutes at a time and had to quit and hand the role over to Dick Sargent. The two Dicks kind of resembled each other, so it wasn’t a hard switch.

5. That ’70s Show

We certainly seem to see a lot of these recasts on sitcoms, don’t we. That ’70s Show recast the role of Laurie Forman for the last year. The original Laurie was played by Lisa Robin Kelly who had a known drinking problem and passed away in 2013. It’s speculation but entirely possible that substance abuse played into her being replaced by actress Christina Moore.

6. Roseanne

The role of Becky on Roseanne had a bit of flip flop action happening. Originally it was played by Alicia “Lecy” Goranson from 1988 to 1996. When she went to college they kept her on the show making the occasional appearance, but then she got too busy and they replaced her with Sarah Chalke. But then when she was more available again she came back to the show…and then had to miss some episodes where Sarah once again stepped in. They actually made jokes about it in the show so they definitely knew we noticed, but hoped we wouldn’t mind too much.