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In this image released by ABC, Roseanne Barr, left, and Laurie Metcalf appear in a scene from the reboot of the popular comedy series "Roseanne." ABC, which canceled its "Roseanne" revival over its star's racist tweet, said Thursday, June 21, 2018, it will air a Conner family sitcom minus Roseanne Barr this fall. (Adam Rose/ABC via AP)

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FILE - In this March 23, 2018 file photo, from left, Whitney Cummings, Michael Fishman, John Goodman, Jayden Rey, Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, Sarah Chalke and Emma Kenney arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Roseanne" in Burbank, Calif. ABC, which canceled its "Roseanne" revival over its star's racist tweet, said Thursday, June 21, 2018, it will air a Conner family sitcom minus Roseanne Barr this fall. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Give up after scandals? Television history shows otherwise

By Associated Press New York State

PUBLISHED 1:50 PM ET May. 09, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Say this about TV creators in 2018 — they don't give up easily.

Three current shows — "Roseanne," ''Transparent" and "House of Cards" — have been crippled by scandal, but each plans to continue without their disgraced stars.

Television history offers a mixed scorecard of shows surviving without its original star: For every successful one — "Cheers" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" — there's a "Nashville" or a "Spin City" that largely failed.

Hit shows surviving the loss of their stars include "The Office," which bid farewell to Steve Carell after seven seasons and continued on for two more. "Cheers" nicely weathered the loss of Shelley Long and kept going for six more seasons and "NYPD Blue" shrugged off the loss of David Caruso.