Actors Fired From Hit TV Shows
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Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen caused a huge media scandal when he was kicked off the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. He played the role of "Charlie Harper" from 2007 until early 2011. After being fired, he was completely erased from script and replaced by the award-winning actor Ashton Kutcher. Click on to find out more about why Charlie was fired from Two and a Half Men.
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Thomas Gibson
During a fight on set, Gibson allegedly lost control and kicked Virgil Williams one of the script writers. Since this was not Gibson's first violent offense on the set of Criminal Minds, the producers had no choice but to let one of the leading stars go.
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Shannen Doherty
Shannen Doherty has, in fact, been fired from two different TV shows already. In 1990, Doherty got her big breakthrough with her role on the hit TV series Beverly Hills 90210. She was fired four years later after constantly fighting with the rest of her co-stars. Click on to find out which other series Doherty has been fired from.
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Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs
During her second leading role in a series, Shannen still was't able to play nice with the people working with her. The scandal began after Doherty managed to get a leading role in the series Charmed in 1998. Not only was she not able to get along with co-star Alyssa Milano, she even went so far as to start fighting with the producer of the popular TV show. She was fired after the third season.
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Isaiah Washington
Isaiah Washington was kicked off the hit show "Grey´s Anatomy" back in 2007 allegedly because he was spreading homophobic rumors directed towards co-star T.R, Knight during the third season of the show. After Isaiah apologized to his colleague, everything seemed like water under the bridge. Click on to find out why Washington was still fired from the show.
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Isaiah Washington
In 2007, Isaiah, once again, voiced derogatory remarks about his homosexual colleague during the Golden Globe Award ceremony. His network could not tolerate his behavior so they decided not to extend his existing contract and he left "Grey's" after the third season.
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Lisa Bonet
Even Lisa Bonet had to leave a TV show due to problems with producers. In 1984, she was given the role of "Denise Huxtable" in the legendary sitcom "The Cosby Show", at the young age of 17. Throughout the show, she developed a rebellious personality which did not sit well with the producers of the hit sitcom. Click on to find out more about Lisa's outrage on set.
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Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet
Bonet´s sex scene in the psycho thriller "Angel Heart" and her sudden engagement to the Rockstar Lenny Kravitz caused an outrage on the set of "The Cosby Show". After lengthy arguments with the producers, she was ultimately let go in 1991.
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Calista Flockhart and Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. was fired from the show Ally McBeal back in 2001 due to drug charges placed against the young actor at the time. Even though Robert received a Golden Globe Award for his role in the show, his repeated drug abuse and the prison sentence that followed, was too much for the producers of Ally McBeal to handle. Nevertheless Robert was not the only one who got fired from he popular TV show...
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Lisa Nicole Carson
Lisa Nicole Carson was kicked off the after 8 years of being on the hit TV show Ally McBeal. The actress went down the same road as her colleague at the time, Robert Downey Jr.. She was also fired from the show due to drug abuse. She also had to leave the cast of the medical drama ER as well because of similar allegations. After leaving, she decided to go to rehab...