History RoleEndingMisdemeanor / LiveActionTV

* Creator/DanHarmon was fired from ''Series/{{Community}}'' in 2012 following the end of the third season. It was publicly stated to be ExecutiveMeddling from Creator/{{NBC}} who wanted to make the show more popular by making it a more grounded traditional sitcom, but was later revealed to be because of his behaviour toward female writer Megan Ganz.

* Despite seeking treatment due to bulimia issues and depression, Music/DemiLovato daring to seek psychiatric help and going on leave was apparently enough for Creator/{{Disney}} to pull the plug on ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' and rebrand the series to ''Series/SoRandom'', focusing on the skits of the aforementioned ''Sonny''. [[ShortRunners It only lasted one season]] and reception was very poor, especially because Demi (the titular Sonny) wasn't involved in the show, becoming a ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor.

** Creator/DannyMasterson was fired from Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Series/TheRanch'' after accusations of rape against him began to surface. He also took Netflix exec Andy Yeatman with him in the fallout, when Yeatman bluntly said that neither he nor the company believed the accusations (to add insult to injury, he revealed this to one of the ''accusers'', unaware of who she was). Masterson would be convicted of two counts of forcible rape in May of 2023 (with the jury hanging 8-4 in favor of conviction on a third count) and is facing a sentence of 30 years to life in prison.

* Despite seeking treatment due to bulimia issues and depression, Music/DemiLovato daring to seek psychiatric help and going on leave was apparently enough for Creator/{{Disney}} to pull the plug on ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' and rebrand the series to ''Series/SoRandom'', focusing on the skits of the aforementioned ''Sonny''. [[ShortRunners It only lasted one season]] and reception was very poor, especially because Demi wasn't involved in the show, becoming a ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor.

* Despite seeking treatment due to bulimia issues and depression, Music/DemiLovato daring to seek psychiatric help and going on leave was apparently enough for Creator/{{Disney}} to pull the plug on ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' and rebrand the series to ''Series/SoRandom'', focusing on the skits of the aforementioned ''Sonny''. [[ShortRunners It only lasted one season]] and reception was very poor, especially considering [[FaceOfTheBand Demi wasn't involved in the show]], becoming a ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor.

** UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}} had regularly participated in the Series/EurovisionSongContest since 2004, with a spotty track record of results, but in spite of their government becoming increasingly more totalitarian, they still fully intended to compete in the [[Recap/EurovisionSongContest2021 2021 contest]]. However, when the state broadcaster, the Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC), revealed their entry, "Za nauchu tebya" (I’ll Teach You) by the band Galasy [=ZMesta=], it was clearly a thinly-veiled attack on the Belarusian citizens protesting the Lukaschenko regime. The European Broadcasting Union has a strict rule against songs of any political nature competing at Eurovision ([[ImplausibleDeniability although the broadcaster and the band both tried to act as though there was nothing political about it]]), and while many fans asked for the country to be expelled from the competition entirely, the EBU still gave them one more chance to send a non-political entry. Their subsequent submission traded in the protester-bashing for homophobia, leading the EBU to disqualify Belarus from that year's contest. Following it, they also voted to expel BTRC from the EBU, in light of their increasingly rigid standards toward free speech and obtaining confessions from leaders of the opposition under duress.

* Portuguese television host Carlos Cruz had a very successful career, hosting shows as serving as program director in all four terrestrial channels including the Portuguese version of ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' on [=RTP1=] before it was derailed in late 2003 after being charged with multiple counts of child sexual abuse that occurred a year ago at Casa Pia, a Portuguese state-run institution for the education and support of poor children and under-age orphans and SIC terminated his contract in light of the allegations. After being convicted in 2010 that led to him serving six years in a seven-year sentence before being paroled in 2016, his title of the Order of Infante D. Henrique was revoked in 2015 as a result.

* After longtime ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' host Creator/AlexTrebek passed away from pancreatic cancer on November 8, 2020, a series of rotating celebrity guest hosts moderated the rest of the 2020-2021 season as a means of auditioning a replacement. Almost a year later, Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision revealed the replacement was Mike Richards, who not only was a non-entity compared to the other prospective hosts (having had almost no on-camera experience, mainly working as executive producer for ''Jeopardy!'' as well as ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', and ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''), but had initially been involved in organizing the audition process as ''Jeopardy!'''s EP. That conflict-of-interest, along with the fact that Trebek did not list Richards among those he wanted to succeed him should he pass on before his contract expired, led many fans and critics to speculate that Richards had seized the hosting spot through shady means. A past lawsuit for sexual harassment didn't exactly endear him to those naysayers either. But the final nail in Richards' coffin came when [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/8/18/22631299/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-search-process-past-comments this article]] from ''The Ringer'' (posted the same day Richards taped his first episode as official host) unearthed years-old podcast clips in which he made sexist, racist, ableist, and anti-Semitic comments. Facing growing backlash, Richards stepped down as host of ''Jeopardy!'' a couple days later. He was fired as executive producer of both ''Jeopardy!'' and Sony stablemate ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' as well when it became clear the fallout would continue to plague both as long as he remained in charge; Michael Davies and Bellamie Blackstone respectively took over his position for both shows.

** Creator/JohnBarrowman returned to the franchise as Captain Jack Harkness after several years in the 2020s episodes "Fugitive of the Judoon" and "Revolution of the Daleks", but hasn't been seen since the latter. It's been reputed that he was blacklisted due to online controversy regarding his exhibitionism and sexualised behaviour on set during his regular-cast run, which was openly discussed and treated as a joke by the others at the time, but was retrospectively seen in a much darker light in the post-#MeToo era. It's theorised that the character Vinder, introduced in ''Flux'', was a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Jack as a result of this.

** Josh's daughter Jill and her husband Derick Dillard got fired from the spin-off show ''Counting On'' because of Derick's offensive Website/{{Twitter}} posts. He had publicly tweeted bigoted remarks about three fellow TLC personalities: Jazz Jennings, a trans woman (and a minor at the time) who he misgendered on purpose, and Nate Burkes and his husband Jeremiah Brent, who he not only insulted but also implied their two children would never be normal because they had two dads. He capped it all by claiming the network had a "liberal bias" for allowing such a family to be on television—at which point the showrunners had finally had enough. ''Counting On'' would be ultimately cancelled in 2021, following Josh Duggar's arrest and eventual conviction for possession of child pornography.

** Phillip Schofield himself ended up getting into this as well. After reports were made that he had fallen out with his co-presenter Holly Willoughby, he resigned from the show in May 2023 but was still committed to working with ITV. The following week, Schofield revealed in 2020 that he had an extramarital affair with a young employee (who was only 15 when they first met, although Schofield stated the affair only began when the employee turned 20) he worked with on the show, which he had lied about to everyone else. ITV terminated his contract, and following other companies and charity organizations dropping him, it's likely that he will never see a TV career as he did again.

** Creator/DannyMasterson was fired from Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Series/TheRanch'' after accusations of rape against him began to surface. He also took Netflix exec Andy Yeatman with him in the fallout, when Yeatman bluntly said that neither he nor the company believed the accusations (to add insult to injury, he revealed this to one of the ''accusers'', unaware of who she was).

** Phillip Schofield himself ended up getting into this as well. After reports were made that he had fallen out with his co-presenter Holly Willoughby, he resigned from the show in May 2023 but was still committed to working with ITV. The following week, Schofield revealed in 2020 that he had an extramarital affair with a young employee (who was only 15 when they first met, although Schofield stated the affair only began when the employee turned 20) he worked with on the show, which he had lied about to everyone else. TV terminated his contract, and following other companies and charity organizations dropping him, it's likely that he will never see a TV career as he did again.

** Phillip Schofield himself ended up getting into this as well. After reports were made that he was in a fallout with his co-presenter Holly Willoughby, he resigned from the show in May 2023 but was still committed to working with ITV plc.
*** However, the following week, he revealed that he had told a lie to everyone that nobody was expecting. He had an extramarital affair with a young employee (who was only 15 when they first met) he worked with on the show. Needless to say, ITV terminated his contract, and following other companies and charity organizations dropping him, it's likely that he will never see a TV career as he did again.

* Phillip Schofield, one of the United Kingdom's most well-known TV presenters, was dropped by ITV in May 2013 when an extramarital affair with a young employee (who was only 15 when they first met) he worked with on ''Series/ThisMorning'' came to light.

** Tulisa Contostavlos was forced step down as a judge from the competition before the auditions for the tenth series began filming and was replaced by original judge Sharon Osbourne after an exposé was published about her dealing cocaine, but the legal case against her collapsed after the reporter was caught lying in court. She would return to the show as a guest judge two years later.

* Phillip Schofield, one of the United Kingdom's most well-known TV presenters, was dropped by ITV when an extramarital affair with a young employee (who was only 15 when they first met) he worked with on ''This Morning'' came to light.

* ''Series/TheXFactor'' has had numerous controversies which have led to contestants being forced to withdraw from the competition, leaving the show as a result:

** Tulisa Contostavlos was removed from the competition after an exposé was published about her dealing cocaine, but the legal case against her collapsed after the reporter was caught lying in court.

* Julie [=McCoy=] was written out of ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' after Lauren Tewes's cocaine addiction made it impossible to perform her job. It didn't help that she started making very bizarre claims to reporters, such as the claim that she could tie knots with her toes.

* There are multiple conflicting accounts explaining why [[Creator/MuppetPerformers Steve Whitmire]], the successor to the late Creator/JimHenson as the performer of Kermit the Frog, was fired from ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' after almost 40 years with the troupe. In a [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-says-fired-kermit-frog-actor-unacceptable-business-conduct-1021701 statement]] given to ''The Hollywood Reporter'', Whitmire claimed he was terminated over CreativeDifferences: Creator/{{Disney}} (the current owner of ''The Muppets'') wanted to radically alter the behavior of Kermit for the [[Series/TheMuppets2015 short-lived ABC series]], but Whitmire felt the changes were short-sighted and an insult to Henson's legacy[[note]]In the statement, he cited a specific scene from the Creator/{{ABC}} series in which Kermit lies to Robin about breaking up with Miss Piggy, which Whitmire tried unsuccessfully to convince the creative team to change[[/note]]. However, in their own statement for the ''Reporter'', Disney claimed that Whitmire was fired over many years of backstage egotism, claiming that his behavior on-set caused production delays and was becoming increasingly difficult to work with. Brian Henson, Jim's son, supports this theory, adding that Whitmire was making "outrageous demands" while also admitting that creative differences did play a role.[[note]]Basically, Whitmire's performance was becoming increasingly stale through {{Flanderization}} to one specific type; whereas Jim Henson had portrayed Kermit more like a rascal with a heart of gold, Whitmire had molded him into a much more wholesome character with hardly any of the prankster qualities, if at all, that he had displayed when Jim was alive.[[/note]] Regardless, this applies to both scenarios since the termination wasn't voluntary.

* Creator/DannyMasterson, famous for starring as Steven Hyde in ''Series/That70sShow'' and Jameson "Rooster" Bennett in ''Series/TheRanch'', was fired from the latter series after four women came forth with rape allegations (he was later arrested and charged in connection with three of these allegations in June 2020), resulting in Rooster being written off the show. And when the SequelSeries to ''That '70s Show'', ''Series/That90sShow'' was announced in 2021, it was stated that Masterson wouldn't reprise his role as Hyde, making him the only regular not slated to return.

* Phillip Schofield, one of the United Kingdom's most well-known TV presenters, ended up getting to this in 2023, following a number of controversies surrounding his behaviour and an eventual scandal resolving an affair with a young employee he worked with on ''This Morning'' (who was only fifteen-years-old when they first met) while he was still married that led to Schofield's termination from ITV.

* Graham Linehan, writer and creator of Britcom sensations ''Series/FatherTed'', ''Series/BlackBooks'' and ''Series/TheITCrowd'' was banned from social media and lost employment in the entertainment industry after his serial, targeted harassment of trans women, trans support groups, and inclusive activist groups resulted in multiple police interventions and the break-up of his marriage to Helen Serafinowicz (Linehan and Serafinowicz had also been among the co-writers on ''Series/{{Motherland}}'' - she remained on the writing team and Linehan left). Linehan has stated that producers cancelled a stage adaptation of ''Father Ted'' due to his behavior.

* Graham Linehan, writer and creator of Britcom sensations ''Series/FatherTed'', ''Series/BlackBooks'' and ''Series/TheITCrowd'' was banned from social media and lost employment in the entertainment industry after his serial, targeted harassment of trans women, trans support groups, and inclusive activist groups resulted in multiple police interventions and the break-up of his marriage to Helen Serafinowicz (Linehan and Serafinowicz had also been among the co-writers on ''Series/{{Motherland}}'' - she remained on the writing team and Linehan left). Linehan has stated that producers cancelled a stage adaptation of ''Father Ted'' due to his views.