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TV's biggest casting changes

POSTED: 01:17 PM PDT Jun 09, 2011 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 02, 2013

Take a look back at some of the more memorable casting changes in the history of television.

Cheers, Shelly Long, Diane — 16 / 52

Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions

The bigger casting change came when Shelley Long, who played over-educated waitress Diane Chambers, left in 1987 following season five to focus on movies.

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Steve Carell, The Office

TV casting changes - James Spader in The Office

Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

Ashton Kutcher

Charlie Sheen, Spin City

Michael J Fox, Spin City

Bewitched, Dick York

Bewitched, Dick Sargent

Charlie's Angels original cast

Charlie's Angels, Cheryl Ladd

Charlie's Angels, Shelley Hack

Charlie's Angels, Tanya Roberts

Cheers, Coach

Cheers, Woody Harrelson

Cheers, Shelly Long, Diane

Cheers, Rebecca, Kirstie Alley

MASH, Trapper John

MASH, BJ Hunnicut, Mike Farrell

MASH, Henry Blake

MASH, Colonel Potter

MASH, Frank Burns

MASH finale

Michael Moriarty, Law & Order

Sam Waterston, Law & Order

David Caruso, NYPD Blue

Jimmy Smits, NYPD Blue

Dukes of Hazzard Catherine Bach, Tom Wopat and John Schneider

Dukes of Hazzard, Coy and Vance

Three's Company

Three's Company, Cindy Snow

Three's Company DVD cover

The Ropers, Three's Company

Three's Company, Don Knotts

Charmed, original cast

Charmed cast, Rose McGowan

Fresh Prince of Bel Air original cast

Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Married With Children, Al and Steve

Married With Children, D'Arcy and Al Bundy

Roseanne kids

Roseanne cast, Sarah Chalke

Valerie sitcom cast

The Hogan Family, Sandy Duncan and Jason Bateman

William Petersen, CSI

Laurence Fishburne, CSI portrait

TV casting changes - Ted Danson CSI

X-Files, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson

X-Files, Robert Patrick

CHIPS

Chico

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