27 Beefs, Drama and Full-Blown Disasters on the Sets of Your Favorite TV Shows

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27 Beefs, Drama and Full-Blown Disasters on the Sets of Your Favorite TV Shows
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Sure these shows were entertaining enough as is, but if the camera operators spun those cameras 180 degrees, they may have caught something way more exciting. Since these weren’t reality shows, that sadly wasn’t the case. It’d probably be considered highly unprofessional as well.

We don’t want anyone losing their jobs for our entertainment, but a little more dirt on these spicy BTS TV moments would always be welcome.

The Brady Bunch

ROBERT REED BRADY BUNCH CRACKED.COM A classically trained actor, Reed hated being America's dad. Не complained about scenes so unfunny that even a laugh machine would balk and drank during lunch breaks to cope. His gripes led to producers plotting to kill off Mike Brady.

Growing Pains

KIRK CAMERON GROWING PAINS CRACKED.COM After Cameron found Jesus, he complained to producers about scenes he found racy or immoral, like getting married to costar Julie CI posed for Playboy) McCullough. Needless to say, he wasn't invited back for The Growing Pains Movie.

21 Jump Street

JOHNNY DEPP 21 JUMP STREET CRACKED.COM It just started to become false. It started to become this action-packed can of soup, you know? Depp got so sick of Jump Street that he trashed his trailer in an attempt to get action-canned.

Evangeline Lilly

EVANGELINE LILLY LOST CRACKED.COM Evangeline Lilly liked pretty much everything about Lost except for the plot. And her character. And the partial nude scenes. I did throw scripts across rooms.

Babylon 5

Ivanova got beat up on screen because Claudia Christian broke her foot. BABYLON 5 CRACKED.COM Christian showed up to work with a broken foot, during a storyline that couldn't spare her character. They needed to figure out a reason to hobble her, and landed on having a gang of Drazi kick her ass and break her leg.

Here’s Lucy

Lucille Ball wrote a full season arc around a skiing accident. HERE'S LUCY GRACKED.COM Four seasons into her follow-up to I Love Lucy, Ball fractured her leg skiing. Season five largely revolved around her sitting stationary in a hospital bed, falling in love with a doctor, and having to rely on dialogue rather than slapstick.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Behind-the-scenes Drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer RIXS charisma carpenter was written out because she got pregnant (according to her). That was reportedly her latest in a long line of sins against regime head and Buffy god Joss Whedon. CRACKED.COM

Prince vs. The Kardashians

THERE WAS A PRINCE/ KARDASHIANS FEUD BEHIND THE SCENES OF NEW GIRL. Prince was a fan and got a cameo role on the show, but when he heard the Kardashians were also booked for his episode, he told the producers to burn the scripts. Apparently he was mad at Kim Kardashian because, on one of his tours, he invited her onstage where she just stood, looking bored. CRACKED.COM

Hannah Montana

Celebrity Stoners Miley Cyrus smoked a lot of pot while shooting Hannah Montana. How much weed can I actually smoke and still play a teenage superstar on the Disney channel? she wondered once. She has since quit, as smoking was hurting her singing voice. CRACKED.COM

Frasier

Behind-the-scenes feuds The Donota Frasier Kelsey Grammer vs a dog We're not saying that Grammer was jealous of Eddie's popularity, but he did repeatedly go out of his way (even in his own biography) to make clear that dogs can't actually act. Kelsey, if you're such a thespian at least act like this is a non-issue. CRACKED.COM

Late-Night Feuds

COMEDY NERD In 1992, when Jay Leno got The Tonight Show, Arsenio Hall was out for blood. Не told Entertainment Weekly that he was going to kick Jay's ass - because Leno only got the show because he was anointed, apparently. CRACKED.COM

Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper couldn't see for a day and a half because he sunburned his eyeballs. SONLIVE RSON LIVE For a 2012 report, Cooper spent 2 hours filming on a boat in Portugal. It was an overcast day, so he didn't wear sunglasses. However, the UV rays reflecting off the water burned Cooper's corneas, a condition known as photokeratitis, i.e. snow blindness. CRACKED.COM

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Danny DeVito nearly drowned on the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia set. They had to weigh him down in an underwater scene, which meant he had a hard time getting back up (and unsurprisingly, he panicked). CRACKED.COM

Lost

27 Beefs, Drama and Full-Blown Disasters on the Sets of Your Favorite TV Shows

Dustin Diamond

CRACKED Dustin Diamond released a (fake) sex tape in 2006. Diamond tried to make some quick cash by releasing a sex tape called Screeched, but it turned out that it wasn't actually him in the video. Не later admitted that a stunt person was hired, and said it was all about making money.

Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin is fiercely unapologetic for her Trump stunt. Griffin is no longer sorry for holding up a fake decapitated head of Donald Trump. She says the whole outrage was blown out of proportion and she lost so much because of it, including her job on CNN's New Year's Eve special. CRACKED

Morton Downey Jr.

CRACKED Talk show host Morton Downey Jr. faked an attack for publicity. In 1989, Downey said three skinheads attacked him in an airport restroom, but authorities thought he made up the story. Downey was reportedly found with a pair of scissors and a felt-tip marker pen in a toilet bowl, but there was no other evidence of the attack.

Brian Williams

CRACKED Brian Williams was exiled from MSNBC for seven months in 2015. This came after a series of events that led to him being suspended without pay, including allegations that he exaggerated details about his experiences during the Iraq War.

I Love Lucy

Fred & Ethel I LOVE LUCY CRACKED.COM William Frawley had beef with... well, pretty much everyone on / Love Lucy. Vivian Vance caught the brunt of it, having to appear on screen with him most of the time. Vance once called him a coot who was too old to play her husband. Не, in turn, hit her with the greatest burn in history, calling her an old sack of doorknobs.

Cheers

Shelley Long Ted Danson CRACKED.COM Sam and Diane's cat-and-mouse romance charmed audiences for 5 seasons, before Diane ducked out on their wedding and peaced out of the show for a while. It turns out that was a fittingly chaotic departure, as Shelley and Ted had some major friction.

Live with Kelly and Michael

Michael Strahan Kelly Ripa LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL CRACKED.COM When Strahan got picked up on Good Morning America, he allegedly didn't give Ripa the heads up that he was about to leave Live! She didn't show up to work the day she found out, and when she did show back up, things were so tense that Strahan ducked out earlier than planned.

The Big Bang Theory

Penny & Leonard CRACKED.COM Kaley Cuoco took her role as the one hot person amongst a sea of nerds to heart. As their collective star rose, Cuoco mistook that for personal success, and reportedly became a bit of a diva. She lost her biggest champion, costar Johnny Gilecki, after she cashed in on their breakup by indulging all the tabloids.

Abbott & Costello

Abbott & Costello CRACKED.COM Things were fine between them, until Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis started to overtake them. As their star fell, tensions rose, and they started referring to each other as the bastard and the drunk. Honestly? A very cool name for a comedy duo.

The Good Wife

Behind-the-scenes Drama The Good Wife Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi couldn't be in the same room. Green screen was needed for the emotional final scene between main characters Kalinda and Alicia, because the actresses reportedly hated each other, according to crew members. CRACKED.COM

Euphoria

Behind-the-scenes Drama Euphoria Barbie Ferreira had a fight with sam Levinson. Anonymous reports and rampant internet speculation have blamed Kat's reduced role on fight between the actress and the show's creator. CRACKED.COM

Glee

Behind-the-scenes Drama Glee Lea Michele is apparently as much of a diva as her character. That was said about her by many co-stars, including Samantha Ware, Heather Morris, Yvette Nicole Brown, Abigail Breslin, Melissa Benoist... and those are just the names you'd recognize. CRACKED.COM

Friends

MATT. LEBLANC dislocated his shoulder doing a dive for a chair while filming the episode The one where no one's ready. Instead of trying to hide it, the FRIENDS writers added a storyline where Joey hurt his arm jumping on a bed. CRACKED.COM

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