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Line 4: Now imagine what happens to the ratings if the actor in question was the main character. Or if more than one actor quit at the same time. Or both. You're stuck with a show that no longer has a protagonist and/or half of its cast and is steadily losing its viewership. Either you try to bring new characters to fill the void, rewriting the scripts accordingly, or you can try to function with what you have left. Either way, even if you do it right, the show just won't be the same now and the chances to be renewed for another season after this are slim to none. In a nutshell, a [['''Final Season Casting]]''' is a rather common phenomenon when a show experiences unusual and significant cast changes for its final season. Expect core members of the show's central [[Five-Man Band]] or even the protagonist to leave. Sometimes [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute~~\|Suspiciously Similar Substitutes~~]]s or [[The Generic Guy\|new characters without much back story]] take over, sometimes the show continues with a reduced cast. The dynamic between the cast is very likely to change and if the show hasn't jumped the shark yet, it most probably will. This trope makes no distinction between the seasons that weren't supposed to conclude the show, but turned out to be the final seasons because of low ratings partially caused by the [['''Final Season Casting]]''', and the ones that were supposed to conclude the show, and the [['''Final Season Casting]]''' was either willingly invoked or was a mere coincidence. A very common effect of this trope is [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] and common attribute of a [[Post Script Season]]. See also [[Jumped the Shark]], [[Replacement Scrappy]].

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