What is the greatest casting decision ever made on television?

[Luca Giliberti Joined: Jun 23rd, 2017 Topics: 8 Posts: 7577 View Predictions]

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Viola Davis in How to Get Away with Murder & Madeleine Stowe in Revenge.

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[Incarille Joined: May 22nd, 2015 Topics: 0 Posts: 14 View Predictions]

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Jessica Walter in Arrested Development

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[Problemchild Joined: Jun 28th, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 124 View Predictions]

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The six Friends

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[Rachel615 Joined: Sep 20th, 2018 Topics: 3 Posts: 1573 View Predictions]

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Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy
James Gandolfini in The Sopranos
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep
Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect

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[Reis Joined: Jun 17th, 2014 Topics: 8 Posts: 967 View Predictions]

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John Noble as Walter Bishop

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[ejaru1810 Joined: Sep 10th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 1488 View Predictions]

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Michelle Williams as Gwen Verdon

Viola Davis as Annalise Keating

Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer

Tatiana Maslany as all the clones

Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II

Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret

Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark

Nicole Kidman as Celeste Wright

Laura Dern as Renata Klein

Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jenkins

Shira Hass as Esther Shapiro

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[Heptapod Joined: Sep 8th, 2021 Topics: 3 Posts: 815 View Predictions]

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The whole cast of Freaks and Geeks. The fact everyone would go on to become a star showed that the casting directors knew raw talent when they saw it.

Thrilled it won Casting at the Emmys. One of the most deserved wins in history.

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[boss Joined: Aug 14th, 2016 Topics: 3 Posts: 933 View Predictions]

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Lucy Liu in Elementary as Dr. Watson

And I think casting Jessica Lange in American Horror Story opened a new career page for her and other actresses.

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 4705 View Predictions]

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[Paul.wm Joined: Jan 19th, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 88 View Predictions]

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Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Totally not biased by my profile pic

 

FYC: All things Succession, particularly Kieran Culkin

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[adamunc Joined: Jul 5th, 2011 Topics: 12 Posts: 561 View Predictions]

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David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane

I’ll also second the cast of Friends. It takes its (deserved) knocks for lack of diversity, but the producers found six near-unknowns who gelled immediately and each created characters who became iconic.

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[Chris Beachum Joined: May 22nd, 2011 Topics: 653 Posts: 959 View Predictions]

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One of the boldest and best was Jon Hamm on Mad Men. To cast a complete unknown in such a pivotal lead role worked out perfectly but also could have bombed.

The same could be said for the leads of Calista Fockhart on Ally McBeal, Daniel J. Travanti on Hill Street Blues, Ted Danson on Cheers, Rami Malek on Mr. Robot.

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[Mary Joined: Nov 8th, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 570 View Predictions]

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Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story / The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Jessica Lange – American Horror Story

Claire Foy – The Crown

Cillian Murphy – Peaky Blinders

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[FilmRoyalty Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 63 Posts: 2697 View Predictions]

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Farrah Fawcett in Charlie’s Angels. She became one of the biggest icons of the 70s because of the casting.

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 76 Posts: 5140 View Predictions]

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These two…

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