Matt Groening for sure, I hadn't heard about the other writers. James L. Brooks was behind it happening so he was for it. https://www.cbr.com/simpsons-matt-groening-removed-name/

They only had one shot (twice) to set a premiere date. No more moving it around!

Urkel wasn't in the first 3 episodes of Family Matters and missed 3 of the next 6.

Topanga missed the first 3 episodes of Boy Meets World and 6 of the first 7. She wasn't supposed to be a regular and the actress who was originally cast was replaced shortly before it was shot.

The Janitor from Scrubs, Castiel in Supernatural, Gunther from Friends, Andy from The Office, and Andy from Parks & Rec are other examples. Maybe they won't be back immediately but there are lots of examples of guest cast becoming supporting or regular cast.

Jerry Stiller in the Seinfeld episode when it flashes back to his time in the army. Not child exactly but 18-20ish character played by a 69 year old dude.

Dexter and his amazing wigs played by Michael C. Hall.

Caity Lotz played young Sarah in an episode of Legends of Tomorrow. All of the other characters with younger selves were played by different actors.

That sucks. I loved Season 1 and had just signed up to catch that, Ted Lasso, and some other shows. Going to cancel and re-up when that comes out.

It sure is a good thing he lost out on that role so Superman wasn't played by some MAGA a-hole in that show. What's that? Oh, nevermind.

Barney from HIMYM.

The biggest differences are budget and number of episodes. TWD really had to cut corners, especially after season 1, and they were hampered in the number of locations they could use and what they could do. Also, TWD ran for a long time and had a few creative valleys in there. I rank the best few peaks of TWD way above TLOU, but the low points of TWD probably are making you forget how great it could be.

Stargate is the best one. Legends of Tomorrow and ST:TNG were great. Russian Doll season 1 was very good. The Flash just did one and it was mediocre.

Back when Stargate SG-1 was airing, I would wait for the DVDs and binge it. That was more because I didn't want to miss a couple of episodes than because I wanted to binge it.

Other than that? Not really. I tend to binge most stuff I'm watching because I hop from streamer to streamer, so there's usually a good chunk of content available all at once.

Perfect Strangers. It started with Harriette on that show. Carl was introduced later and Steve wasn't in PS.

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That lineup didn't air in that order in 2010. It did briefly at the end of the 2011-2012 season. Anyway, I'd argue peak Must See TV was 1984-1987. Cosby - Family Ties - Cheers - Night Court.

It stands up on its own okay. But you'll definitely lose out on some enjoyment. I would say if you only have time for one, watch the original.

For All Mankind has a time skip every season that shakes up the plot.

Psych, Monk, Burn Notice, Lucifer

I'm a few episodes behind. Before SNW, it was the best ST show since the 90s (I like Lower Decks too, but it's less in the tone of what I'm looking for with ST). What I've seen so far has been pretty good and I'll continue watching it with Season 2 when it comes out. I'm well outside of the target demo for it, but I think it has a wide appeal.

Season 1 yes. Season 2 is totally different than 1. A lot of the characters are different, the tone, the story, etc, all wildly diverge from S1. Season 1 reveals the mysteries that it leads to and the story changes from there. If that change is a big dropoff in excitement for you, then Season 2 is probably not going to be as good. Season 1 had a final cliffhanger scene but otherwise wrapped up well.

I don't remember S2 as well but I think that wrapped up well too. The cancellation isn't a reason to avoid it.

Amy and Alan were the best couple.

Best relationships including friendships were Cory and Shawn, Eric and Feeny, Minkus and Feeny, Eric and Morgan, Eric and Jack, and Shawn and Mr. Turner. All of those were better relationships than the two you listed.

An episode that you could remove without noticing. There is no impact to the overall plot. No characters are changed in any way. It's never referenced again.

Many shows like sitcoms and procedurals are designed this way. Filler is not inherently good or bad. Often when it's an adaptation of something, I find the filler to be bad. But in some shows, filler is the best stuff. I couldn't care less about the overarching X-Files plot, but the episodic episodes ruled.

I'm generally against piracy, but in this case at least it would be out in the public for people to get. Batgirl may never see the light of day but this will live on forever.

Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place (not after the name and cast were tweaked, but the first season was amazing)

Reaper

The Weird Al Show

I felt the same way as you. I powered through it because it had been so heavily recommended by people I trusted. It stays the same through episode 8, then episode 9 is exciting. I did not think it was worth the journey and don't plan on watching more. If episodes 1-8 were condensed into 2 episodes and episode 9 was the third episode, it would have been fantastic.

Hulu is profitable, Disney+ isn't.

Fox had distribution rights to the first 6 Star Wars films, now Disney does.

X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Avatar, The Simpsons, Ice Age, Aliens, and FX are now Disney properties. There's a whole host of library content that can increase the value of Hulu or Disney+ too.

I don't like cringe comedy and that's a very large part of his character.