What is the greatest casting decision ever made on television?

[Reis Joined: Jun 17th, 2014 Topics: 8 Posts: 976 View Predictions]

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Michael Richards as Kramer (Seinfeld).

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 228 Posts: 34495 View Predictions]

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[mafro987 Joined: Jan 23rd, 2014 Topics: 2 Posts: 1196 View Predictions]

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This isn’t even recency bias:

Best child performance on TV in recent memory? Perfect casting for a very difficult role in a challenging (but ultimately brilliant) series.

FYC: Station Eleven in all categories

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[Owl-Always-watching Joined: Dec 13th, 2017 Topics: 12 Posts: 1021 View Predictions]

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Cast of Mary Tyler Moore even cast members that came in later were perfect.

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[Ivo Stoyanov Joined: Jun 3rd, 2015 Topics: 0 Posts: 806 View Predictions]

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Obviously, Jon Hamm on Mad Men, hands down!

Followed by the six Friends, the gigantic love towards the show has not changed in 30 years thanks to that.

Mandy Moore for This is us, an actress that was seen as inferior by many, was able to convey so much and to make Rebecca one of the most iconic characters of the modern era.

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[probablyROB Joined: Jul 7th, 2012 Topics: 0 Posts: 1133 View Predictions]

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Has no one mentioned Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad? I like John Cusack and Matthew Broderick fine but he made the role iconic.

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[Deloys Joined: May 29th, 2022 Topics: 2 Posts: 35 View Predictions]

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Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in All in the Family

Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney and Lacey

 

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[nat1612 Joined: Nov 30th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 58 View Predictions]

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All of the kids from Stranger Things, at least for the first season. And especially Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven – I don’t think any other 10-11 year old would be able to pull off what she was able to do with that character

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[film123 Joined: Sep 12th, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 793 View Predictions]

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nat1612 wrote:

All of the kids from Stranger Things, at least for the first season. And especially Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven – I don’t think any other 10-11 year old would be able to pull off what she was able to do with that character

Finn Wolfhard is hilariously bad…

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[film123 Joined: Sep 12th, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 793 View Predictions]

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ivostoyanov wrote:

Mandy Moore for This is us, an actress that was seen as inferior by many, was able to convey so much and to make Rebecca one of the most iconic characters of the modern era.

Iconic? Literally no one watches that show. Look at the low imdb ratings for the latest season.

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[nat1612 Joined: Nov 30th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 58 View Predictions]

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film123 wrote:

Finn Wolfhard is hilariously bad…

That’s why I said first season where I thought he was excellent. Season 2 was also quite good. All the others though have been consistently good all seasons

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[Labyrinth Joined: Feb 21st, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 445 View Predictions]

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Claire Danes in Homeland.
I feel in the hands of anyone else , the character would’ve turned turned into a caricature.

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[Chloe Sevigny stan <3 Joined: Jul 13th, 2019 Topics: 4 Posts: 1531 View Predictions]

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Chloe Sevigny in Big Love was inspired casting

Emmy FYC:

Chloë Sevigny in “The Girl From Plainville” and “Russian Doll”

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[Jays Joined: Dec 15th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 1325 View Predictions]

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To the surprise of no one who pays attention to my posts here – Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings in The Americans.

Whoever’s idea it was to cast Keri in that role at that point in her career…whew. Thank you. But really, in 2013 I don’t think she was anyone’s first guess/choice/idea to play an ice cold Russian spy living in the US during the Cold War. And yet, she’s instantly believable the minute you see her on screen and she ends up giving an all time performance across TV and film.

I also haven’t seen anyone mention Fargo. That show was truly perfectly cast up until the last season where I thought they went wrong with Chris Rock. But Martin Freeman, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Billy Bob Thornton, Jean Smart, etc. They all fit so perfectly in that universe.

Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern in BLL come to mind too. Ditto Kim Cattrall in SATC.

As far as playing real life people, you don’t get much better than Michelle Williams in Fosse/Verdon and Emma Corrin in The Crown.

And, finally, some love for those in smaller/supporting roles – Luke Kirby in Maisel and Cameron Britton in Mindhunter immediately come to mind. Harriet Walter in Succession is also perfection too.

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[Almond Joined: Apr 27th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 1078 View Predictions]

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Mentioned earlier but

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