26 ‘Almosts’ in TV Casting That Would Have Drastically Changed Your Favorite Shows

Rainn Wilson as Gob Bluth? Naw, we like him as Dwight, thank you
26 ‘Almosts’ in TV Casting That Would Have Drastically Changed Your Favorite Shows

When we love a TV show, it’s easy to think that it was always meant to be made that way. We forget that sometimes a good storyline pops up out of nowhere, or that a character we love could have been played by another actor. 

Would we love the show just the same? The answer lies in an alternate reality that we don’t know how to access — yet. Check out these casting almosts while we work on that, okay?

Frasier

CRACKED.COM Lisa Kudrow wasn't a good ROZ. Kudrow and Peri Gilpin were the two final choices for Roz Doyle in Frasier- and the producers went with Kudrow. But her quirky style wasn't a good fit for the character, so the runner-up stepped up after a short time.

Ed O‘Neill

True Blood

Deep Space Nine

24

The Sopranos

Star Trek

Mad Men

Battlestar Galactica

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Sherlock

Steven Van Zandt

Lost

Stranger Things

Patrick Stewart

That ‘70s Show

Cheers

Friends

The Office

Arrested Development

Freaks and Geeks

Parks and Rec

Succession

Orange Is the New Black

Modern Family

Jaleel White

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