TV is a tough business: you can ace your audition, head into the pilot shoot with the whole network’s support behind you, follow your director’s notes to the letter, and still get fired from what may eventually be a bona fide television classic. (Just ask Lisa Kudrow, who was replaced by Peri Gilpin on Frasier after the third day of rehearsals. Luckily, she landed Friends the next year.) With that in mind, we thought it fair to pay tribute to the actors who were oh-so-close this pilot season before the network decided to go in a different direction. Godspeed, kids. Here’s hoping you book a guest star arc in time for November sweeps.
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A Tribute to the Fired and Recast Actors of Pilot Season
