Second Character Stars

[Marianne2]

I always liked the Ropers on Three's Company. They were funny. Too bad their spin off was not a hit. But, their seasons of the show are my favorites. It was still good after they left, but it went a bit down hill.

[SonofRobbieJ]

There was a not particularly great sitcom on Fox in the 80's called DUET (or was it plural?). The leads were like watching ecru paint dry on a piece of sheetrock, but the secondary couple played by the marvelous Alison LaPlaca and Chris Lemmon (son of Jack) were fantastic.

At least, that's how I remember it.

[Playbilly]

Homer took over as the lead on "The Simpsons".

JJ/Walker on "Good Times". So much so, John Amos left.

Vinnie/Travolta on "Welcome Back Kotter"

[Gothampc]

To the credit of Cloris Leachman, the MTM Show broadcast 168 episodes and Phyllis was only in 34 of them.

[Jon]

re: Duet - after oen season, they dumped the one couple, and kept Alison LaPlaca. It was retitled "Open House", concentrating on LaPlaca's real estate office. Her secretary was Ellen Degeneres.

There was a show in the early days of the WB Network called "Zooey, Duncan Jack and Jane" - a sort of hipster rip-off of "Friends'. After one season, they dumped three of the four leads, keeping only Selma Blair, and retitling it simply "Zooey".

A Different World" started as Lisa Bonet's spin-off of the Cosby Show. Soon, Bonet was gone, and Whitley and Dwayne became the focus of the show.

[SNAFU]

Ha! Here's one for the old timers. Cleo stole the show on The People's choice!

[E.Davis]

Jane Krakowski's Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock