The leading character is very important part of the TV show. It attracts viewers and makes strong relation between show and viewers. It is difficult to telecast the show without leading characters after his/her illness or death. Nowadays, TV Series has a trend to provide chances to new characters. But the reason behind it is departure of the main actor or actress from a show. The actor or actress in lead role leaves the show for any reasons such as a desire to make the leap to a movie career, a contract dispute, or an untimely death. Some series that lost their leading characters are given below.

Top Ten Historical TV show that lost leading Actor

10.) Maverick:

A western television series, Maverick was started on 22 September 1957 on ABC. Roy Huggins created this comedic overtone with actor James Garner in the role as Bret Maverick. In 1960, James Garner got into a contract argument with Warner Brothers in the third season of Maverick. The series lost his leading star and James Garner was replaced by Roger Moore for the role as his cousin, Beauregard Maverick. Continue Reading »

Dancing with the Stars Season 12 new cast list and lineup has been announced by dancing hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke on Monday night during “The Bachelor.” DWTS season 12 will kick off with a two hour long show on March 21 at 8 PM (Eastern and Pacific) on ABC. View all new faces in the upcoming season that will surprise you. 11 contestants will be competing in this season for the mirror ball trophy on Dancing with the Stars.

Celebrity Lineup of Dancing With the Stars Season 12

Males/Men:

1, Chris Jericho, WWF/WWE champ

Chris Jericho, a retired wrestler, actor, musician and game show host has won 29 championships between WWF/WWE, WCW, and ECW. It seems that in DWTS he will be enjoyable to watch. Continue Reading »

The CBS’ successful drama series Criminal Minds has been returned with its new spinoff ‘Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.’ Its debut episode already aired on February 16. An American police procedural drama series, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior moves around the best agents’ team of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) that finds and arrests the most nefarious criminals of nations by using unusual investigation technique.

After the hit series Criminal Minds, CBS has given order for the next series. So following the original series Criminal Minds, “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavor” has been set and debuted at 10:00 PM on February 16, 2011. The spinoff is produced by ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios production companies. Chris Mundy and Edward Allen Bernero are creators, who also serves as executive producers along with Deborah Spera and Mark Gordon. The entire series is directed by Richard Shepard. Continue Reading »

“Shedding for the Wedding” is a new couples’ weight loss series of CW. “Shedding for the Wedding” has been started from Wednesday, 23rd February 2011 at 9/8c. This series includes two stressful things together in life of contestants such as one losing weight, and the other planning a wedding. It is expected that this series is very difficult and totally infused with excitement, increasing tensions, and lots of entertainment. “Shedding for the Wedding” series comes with nine overweight engaged couples, who live together and compete for the marriage of their dreams over a three-month period.

“Shedding for the Wedding” series is hosted by beautiful Sara Rue, who gives information to the contestants on the workout command, their eating habits and the emotional stress that they suffer. In the episodes of “Shedding for the Wedding”, nine couples who have taken part from different walks of life; will engage in different challenges to win any single element related to wedding such as the wedding cake, the ring, or invitations. At the end of every episode, the contestants will be weighed together to find out who have lost the maximum combined weight in the whole week. Continue Reading »

A new talk Reality Show, Bigg Toss is specially made for the ICC World Cup 2011 that has started on India TV from February 17 (8:00 – 9:00 pm) and will be continued until the end of 2011 World Cup tournament. Bigg Toss is India TV’s exclusive concept as it is the first time ever in the history that aired on any Indian news channel covering cricket. Two participants, item girl Rakhi Sawant and Pakistani actress Veena Malik who are popular for the reality shows will lead this show and both will entertain viewers by discussing cricketers in their distinctive style throughout the World Cup matches.

The 14-member group will stay in an exclusive villa in Noida in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh divided into two groups who opts their favorite player from the Indian squad and bet on him. Also they are provided different “Bigg Toss Tasks” which one of the groups desires to win to get first chance for selecting the player. After both the teams preferred players they have to wait for the next day at the end of each episode, to glimpse their performance in the match. Continue Reading »

An American multiple Emmy Award-winning reality game show, The Amazing Race is back with its latest season 18 dubbed as the “Unfinished Business,” which will premiere on Sunday, February 20 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) only on the CBS Television Network. Watch the familiar faces in this new season as it will be a second chance for the $1 million prize for all those 11 teams who did not won in seasons 12-17; however no teams returned from season 13.

Enjoy this Sunday by viewing the return of fan- favorite teams as it will capture your hearts on every stop of the game. Now the runners up are competing for the big one as all stars of Amazing Race 2011 will travel again around the planet in seek for that last envelop. Don’t miss it to watch who will win in their second chance? Is it your favorite or else? Continue Reading »

HBO’s musician-themed television drama series, ‘Treme‘ is renewed for Season 2. Following the Treme season one finale, the HBO network has already confirmed its next season. The one-hour drama series has been set to premier on Sunday, April 24th, 2011 with total eleven episodes. Check out cast of the Treme from below.

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David Simon and Eric Overmyer’s creation, Treme focuses on the life of American musicians, Mardi Gras Indians, chefs and ordinary New Orleanians who struggle for resetting their houses, their lives as well as their society after suffering from the 2005 hurricane and levee failure. The story of the series is started from New Orleans after the three months of Hurricane Katrina. The series shows remarkable real-life of New Orleanians and the talents of extraordinary musicians and other artists who joined with the city’s music. Continue Reading »