InThe Golden Girls , Dorothy , Rose , Blanche , and Sophia originally had a housekeeper named Coco , who vanish after the first episode and was n’t cite again .
There are apparently mollycoddler ahead for several TV shows .
1.First, when Robin Hood first appeared inOnce Upon a TimeSeason 2, he was played byTom Ellisin a guest-starring role. However, when Robin’s role got much bigger in Season 3, he was recast with Sean Maguire, who played him for the remainder of the series.
2.In the pilot ofThe Golden Girls, Charles Levin starred as Coco, the ladies' housekeeper. However, hedisappearedafter the first episode. Originally, Estelle Getty was only going to be a guest star as Sophia, but after she was a hit with audiences, the show promoted her to a main character and ultimately cut Coco.
3.For the first two seasons ofBridgerton, Francesca Bridgerton was played by Ruby Stokes. However, when the series returns for Season 3, she’s now played byHannah Dodd, and reportedly has a bigger role.
4.In the backdoor pilot forPrivate Practice, a spinoff ofGrey’s Anatomy, Naomi Bennett was played by Merrin Dungey. However, when the show was picked up, Audra McDonald assumed the role in Season 1.
5.Keahu Kahuanui played Danny onTeen Wolffor the first three seasons. However, after Season 3, Danny left and never popped back up again, even after he revealed he knew about the existence of werewolves the entire time.
6.Xochitl Gomez portrayed Dawn Schafer inThe Baby-Sitters ClubSeason 1. Then, Kyndra Sanchez assumed the role for the show’s second and final season. Xochitlstepped awayfrom the role in order to star inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
7.Jake T. Austin notably starred as Jesus Adams Foster in the first two seasons ofThe Fosters. However, he left the show after Season 2 and was replaced by Noah Centineo. The show played off Jesus' appearance change as he simply grew up while he was away at a boarding school.
8.Ross Butler portrayed Reggie inRiverdaleSeason 1 before being replaced by Charles Melton for the rest of the series. Rossexplainedhe decided to leaveRiverdalein order to focus on having a bigger role on13 Reasons Why.
9.Family Mattersoriginally centered heavily on the Winslow family, however, after audiences loved Steve Urkel so much, the central storylines on the show shifted. This led to the youngest Winslow daughter, Judy, disappearing one day as if she never existed. People often joke that Judy went upstairs one day, and never returned.
10.Janet Hubert leftThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Airafter she was offered a “bad deal” during Season 3. The series famously recast Aunt Viv, who was then played by Daphne Maxwell Reid for the rest of the show’s run.
11.InThe West WingSeason 1, Moira Kelly starred as Mandy Hampton, a White House media consultant who was a main character. However, when Season 2 began, Mandy was gone. The disappearance of her character even led to fanscoining the term"Mandyville," which was used when any other character just vanished during the show’s run.
12.InRoseanneSeason 6, Jackie gives birth to her son Andy. After appearing in the rest of the OG series, he was never mentioned or seen in the spinoffThe Conners.Ultimately, the show decided just to have Andy disappear and the series acts as though Jackie never had a child.
13.Friday Night Lightsintroduced Santiago, who moves in with Buddy Garrity and joins the Dillon Panthers after Lyla meets him at a juvenile detention center. He became an important member of the team but was never seen again after Season 2. In an interview in 2016, Ben Ciaramelloexplainedthat his character’s storyline was likely cut short due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.
14.InGame of ThronesSeason 3, Ed Skrein played Daario Naharis; however, after the season, he was replaced by Michiel Huisman, and Daario went on to have a bigger role, too. At the time, Edsaid, “My plan was to stay withGame of Thronesfor the long haul. That was always my plan. I would have loved to. It was a wonderful experience, but politics led to us parting ways.”
15.And finally, in the pilot ofBrooklyn Nine-Nine, Scully and Hitchcock are seen with Daniels, another NYPD detective who hangs out with Scully and Hitchcock. After the first episode, she’s never seen again.
