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* Although Geena Davis was still stinging from her film disasters above, her ''[[The Geena Davis Show]]'' didn't help matters. One telling clue: usually when a show is named after its star, [[The Danza|they keep that name in the show]] (Emeril played "Emeril" in ''Emeril'' and Bette played "Bette" in ''[[Bette]],'' for example.) Despite being ''The '''Geena Davis''' Show,'' Geena Davis's character was named "Teddie".
* ''[[The Paul Reiser Show]]'' promptly bombed as soon as it aired, and NBC cancelled it after two episodes. Considering he has done nothing noteworthy since ''[[Mad About You]]'' came to an end over a decade ago, this likely signals the end of Paul Reiser's on-screen career.
* [[Lucille Ball]], the star of ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', conceived of the idea for, produced and acted in another primetime comedy series, ''Life With Lucy'' (no relation to Ball's [[Star-Making Role]]) on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the 80's. Ball was given complete creative control over the series - which meant that she tried to replicate ''[[I Love Lucy]]'''s success in the 50's for an 80's crowd. Suffice to say, the attempt didn't work, and the resulting series (about a widow who goes to work at a hardware store) was painfully unfunny and cringe-inducing to watch (at least partially because Lucy was trying to duplicate her famous slapstick comedy, which didn't work nearly as well for her as it did when she was younger). The show flopped on arrival, and its failure made Ball stop working on any more projects.
* Dan Fogler's attempt to jump into TV after his film career died was the maligned [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] "men in trouble" "comedy" ''[[Man Up!]]'' It lasted for eight episodes, and there was no word of Fogler landing on a new pilot in the subsequent development season.
* [[Wanda Sykes]]'s once-strong career as a comedienne and actress fell apart after the failure of her talk show ''[[The Wanda Sykes Show]]''. It was said that her openness about her lesbianism and her inability to appeal to Middle America blackballed her from ever heading a major production again. Her post-cancellation work has been mostly in smaller theatrical projects in recent years.
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