The Ted McGinley Curse?

[laura_seabrook]

I was browsing through http://www.popcultureaddict.com/ after seeing a link to it on cult_tv_lounge. Some interesting stuff there, including Defending Dawn, A Visit with Neal Adams, Who Cares? and  Gothic Romance. However what really caught my eye was THE CURSE OF TED MCGINLEY.

It seems that Ted McGinley has a history of being a "ringer" in sitcoms that are about to die horrible and slow deaths. He turned up on Happy Days as a "replacement Ritchie" and later on Married with Children in a similar sort of role. It seems then that his curse involves damning a TV show by introducing new characters. And it's not just that site that thinks so. Jump the Shark (named after an episode of Happy Days where the Fonz jumps a Shark) has a whole Ted McGinley page.

Now here's the weird thing. I probably watched a good number of the shows that he's appeared in, but I can't remember him at all. Zero charisma or what? Not quite as good as being Kevin Bacon (with his connections), is it?

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[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

MMM, not sure about Nathan.
He turns up in a small role in BLAST FROM THE PAST as an irate ex boyfriend. Very different roles from a lot of other stuff he did.

But-
Firefly bombed before he ended up at the end of Buffy, and i think it was because of that he and Gina Torres were used in Buffy and Angel. If only Josh could do a direct-to-DVD TV show - Firefly would still be going strong now.

Did Fillon's character get killed in Desperate Housewives? I stopped watching that about the same time I stopped watching LOST. He's really good in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=apEZpYnN_1g) which I've seen online while it was still there.

I wonder too about Eliza Dushku too - Tru Calling didn't last long, and I have yet to see Dollhouse.