15 Way Different Early Drafts Of Beloved Sitcoms

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15 Way Different Early Drafts Of Beloved Sitcoms
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Sometimes, early versions of beloved sitcoms are totally different from what ends up on the screen. Here are 15 examples of that:

TRIVA: Who Wants to Watch A Show About Actors? Rob?

COMEDY NERD The gang from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia were going to be actors. RUP gas The reason that got changed is that lots of TV shows about actors were popular at the time (Entourage, for example), so the setting changed to a bar. CRACKED.COM

The Original Idea for the Show

COMEDY NERD The first idea for what would become Cheers was actually to set it in a hotel. It turned out not to be realistic, though, because they'd need too many sets - but they did like the bar set, and Cheers was born from that. CRACKED.COM

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Parks and Recreation

COMEDY NERD Parks and Recreation was actually just going to be a The Office spin-off. That was Greg Daniels and Mike Schur's initial idea, but they soon ditched it and made Parks and Rec its own thing. CRACKED.COM

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