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* DoingItForTheArt: The ratings fell steadily every season with the third season seeing a cancellation from FX and a budget-slashed move to Direct TV but it didn't keep top flight film actors from doing season arcs. It also says something for a famous film actress like Glenn Close to stick with a TV role that probably pays considerably less than any films she's in, with a salary increase being fairly unlikely.
** Same with Rose Byrne, whose movie career took off as well, during the series run.
** Same with Rose Byrne, whose movie career took off as well, during the series run.
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* FakeAmerican: Ellen is played by the Australian Rose Byrne, while Katie is played by British actress Anastasia Griffith.
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* DirectedByCastMember: Tate Donovan (Tom Shayes) directed 3 episodes.
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* StuntCasting: ''Damages'' often casts film actors who would otherwise never do TV (i.e. William Hurt, John Goodman, Campbell Scott etc.) in supporting roles and they often [[TropesAreNotBad give incredibly strong and memorable performances.]]
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* StuntCasting: ''Damages'' often casts film actors who would otherwise never do TV (i.e. William Hurt, John Goodman, Campbell Scott etc.) in supporting roles and they often [[TropesAreNotBad [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools give incredibly strong and memorable performances.]]
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* ChannelHop: Cancelled by FX after three seasons, then picked up by [=DirecTV=]'s Audience network for two more seasons.
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* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completely gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccessful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly mediocre one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air, critics couldn't stop talking about his surprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
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* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson.Creator/TedDanson. While he hadn't completely gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccessful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly mediocre one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air, critics couldn't stop talking about his surprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
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** This renewed exposure also helped gain him a supporting role in the HBO sitcom ''Series/BoredToDeath'' and in the fall of 2011 he took the lead role on ''CSI''.
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** This renewed exposure also helped gain him a supporting role in the HBO sitcom ''Series/BoredToDeath'' and in the fall of 2011 he took the lead role on ''CSI''.''CSI'', and currently, ''Series/TheGoodPlace''.
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* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completely gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccessful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air, critics couldn't stop talking about his surprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
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* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completely gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccessful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular mediocre one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air, critics couldn't stop talking about his surprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
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* AllStarCast: The closest a TV show has ever come to this: Glenn Close (how many other series can you name that have five time Oscar nominee for their star?), Creator/WilliamHurt, Martin Short, Creator/MarciaGayHarden, Campbell Scott, Lily Tomlin, John Goodman and Ted Danson have all had regular roles on the series and there's not another show on TV with that kind of roster outside of its one off guest cast list.
* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completely gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccesful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air though critics couldn't stop talking about his suprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
** This renewed exposure also helped gain him a supporting role in the HBO sitcom ''Series/BoredToDeath'' and in the fall or 2011 he took the lead role on ''CSI''.
* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completely gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccesful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air though critics couldn't stop talking about his suprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
** This renewed exposure also helped gain him a supporting role in the HBO sitcom ''Series/BoredToDeath'' and in the fall or 2011 he took the lead role on ''CSI''.
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* AllStarCast: The closest a TV show has ever come to this: Glenn Close (how many other series can you name that have five time Oscar nominee for their star?), Creator/WilliamHurt, Martin Short, Creator/MarciaGayHarden, Campbell Scott, Lily Tomlin, John Goodman and Ted Danson have all had regular roles on the series and there's not another show on TV with that kind of roster outside of its one off one-off guest cast list.
* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completely gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts inunsuccesful unsuccessful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air though air, critics couldn't stop talking about his suprisingly surprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
** This renewed exposure also helped gain him a supporting role in the HBO sitcom ''Series/BoredToDeath'' and in the fallor of 2011 he took the lead role on ''CSI''.
* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completely gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in
** This renewed exposure also helped gain him a supporting role in the HBO sitcom ''Series/BoredToDeath'' and in the fall
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* DoingItForTheArt: Hardly anyone watches the show anymore and the ratings fall steadily every season with the third season seeing a cancellation from FX and a budget slashed move to Direct TV but it hasn't kept top flight film actors from doing season arcs. It also says something for a famous film actress like Glenn Close to stick with a tv role that probably pays considerably less than any films she's in with a salary increase being fairly unlikely.
** Same with Rose Byrne, who's movie career has taken off as well, during the course of the series run.
** Same with Rose Byrne, who's movie career has taken off as well, during the course of the series run.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Hardly anyone watches the show anymore and the The ratings fall fell steadily every season with the third season seeing a cancellation from FX and a budget slashed budget-slashed move to Direct TV but it hasn't kept didn't keep top flight film actors from doing season arcs. It also says something for a famous film actress like Glenn Close to stick with a tv TV role that probably pays considerably less than any films she's in in, with a salary increase being fairly unlikely.
** Same with Rose Byrne,who's whose movie career has taken took off as well, during the course of the series run.
** Same with Rose Byrne,
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* StuntCasting: Damages often casts film actors who would otherwise never do tv (i.e. William Hurt, John Goodman, Campbell Scott etc.) in supporting roles and they often [[TropesAreNotBad give incredibly strong and memorable performances.]]
* TroubledProduction: Season two, full-stop. William Hurt's role in the season was dramatically scaled back due to problems behind the scenes (Hurt had problems coping with the production style of the series, where the actors were kept in the dark regarding their character's storylines and only given segments of the script before filming). To fill in the gap, actor Creator/JohnDoman was brought on to play the evil corporate executive who Patty was trying to bring down as the new main villain character, while Marcia Gay Harden had her role expanded as Patty's foil during the season.
* TroubledProduction: Season two, full-stop. William Hurt's role in the season was dramatically scaled back due to problems behind the scenes (Hurt had problems coping with the production style of the series, where the actors were kept in the dark regarding their character's storylines and only given segments of the script before filming). To fill in the gap, actor Creator/JohnDoman was brought on to play the evil corporate executive who Patty was trying to bring down as the new main villain character, while Marcia Gay Harden had her role expanded as Patty's foil during the season.
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* StuntCasting: Damages ''Damages'' often casts film actors who would otherwise never do tv TV (i.e. William Hurt, John Goodman, Campbell Scott etc.) in supporting roles and they often [[TropesAreNotBad give incredibly strong and memorable performances.]]
* TroubledProduction: Season two,full-stop.full stop. William Hurt's role in the season was dramatically scaled back due to problems behind the scenes (Hurt had problems coping with the production style of the series, where the actors were kept in the dark regarding their character's storylines and only given segments of the script before filming). To fill in the gap, actor Creator/JohnDoman was brought on to play the evil corporate executive who Patty was trying to bring down as the new main villain character, while Marcia Gay Harden had her role expanded as Patty's foil during the season.
* TroubledProduction: Season two,
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* AllStarCast: The closest a TV show has ever come to this: Glenn Close (how many other series can you name that have five time Oscar nominee for their star?), Creator/WilliamHurt, Martin Short, Marcia Gay Harden, Campbell Scott, Lily Tomlin, John Goodman and Ted Danson have all had regular roles on the series and there's not another show on TV with that kind of roster outside of its one off guest cast list.
* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completley gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccesful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air though critics couldn't stop talking about his suprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completley gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccesful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air though critics couldn't stop talking about his suprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
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* AllStarCast: The closest a TV show has ever come to this: Glenn Close (how many other series can you name that have five time Oscar nominee for their star?), Creator/WilliamHurt, Martin Short, Marcia Gay Harden, Creator/MarciaGayHarden, Campbell Scott, Lily Tomlin, John Goodman and Ted Danson have all had regular roles on the series and there's not another show on TV with that kind of roster outside of its one off guest cast list.
* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn'tcompletley completely gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccesful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air though critics couldn't stop talking about his suprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't
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* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completley gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccesful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air though critics couldn't stop talking about his suprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
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* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completley gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccesful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''CurbYourEnthusiasm''.''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air though critics couldn't stop talking about his suprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
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* TroubledProduction: Season two, full-stop. William Hurt's role in the season was dramatically scaled back due to problems behind the scenes (Hurt had problems coping with the production style of the series, where the actors were kept in the dark regarding their character's storylines and only given segments of the script before filming). To fill in the gap, actor Creator/JohnDoman was brought on to play the evil corporate executive who Patty was trying to bring down as the new main villain character, while Marcia Gay Harden had her role expanded as Patty's foil during the season.
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* TroubledProduction: Season two, full-stop. William Hurt's role in the season was dramatically scaled back due to problems behind the scenes (Hurt had problems coping with the production style of the series, where the actors were kept in the dark regarding their character's storylines and only given segments of the script before filming). To fill in the gap, actor Creator/JohnDoman was brought on to play the evil corporate executive who Patty was trying to bring down as the new main villain character, while Marcia Gay Harden had her role expanded as Patty's foil during the season.season.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Daniel Purcell and Wes Krulik were originally going to be a single character, intended to create a love triangle between Ellen and Patty. It was realized very early into production of the second season what an ''awful'' idea this would have been, as one of the show's greatest strengths was that its leads were smart, career-driven women whose conflict ''wasn't'' over a man.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Daniel Purcell and Wes Krulik were originally going to be a single character, intended to create a love triangle between Ellen and Patty. It was realized very early into production of the second season what an ''awful'' idea this would have been, as one of the show's greatest strengths was that its leads were smart, career-driven women whose conflict ''wasn't'' over a man.
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* AllStarCast: The closest a TV show has ever come to this: Glenn Close (how many other series can you name that have five time Oscar nominee for their star?), Creator/WilliamHurt, Martin Short, Marcia Gay Harden, Campbell Scott, Lily Tomlin, John Goodman and Ted Danson have all had regular roles on the series and there's not another show on TV with that kind of roster outside of its one off guest cast list.
* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completley gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccesful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air though critics couldn't stop talking about his suprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
** This renewed exposure also helped gain him a supporting role in the HBO sitcom ''Series/BoredToDeath'' and in the fall or 2011 he took the lead role on ''CSI''.
* DirectedByCastMember: Tate Donovan (Tom Shayes) directed 3 episodes.
* DoingItForTheArt: Hardly anyone watches the show anymore and the ratings fall steadily every season with the third season seeing a cancellation from FX and a budget slashed move to Direct TV but it hasn't kept top flight film actors from doing season arcs. It also says something for a famous film actress like Glenn Close to stick with a tv role that probably pays considerably less than any films she's in with a salary increase being fairly unlikely.
** Same with Rose Byrne, who's movie career has taken off as well, during the course of the series run.
* FakeAmerican: Ellen is played by the Australian Rose Byrne, while Katie is played by British actress Anastasia Griffith.
* StuntCasting: Damages often casts film actors who would otherwise never do tv (i.e. William Hurt, John Goodman, Campbell Scott etc.) in supporting roles and they often [[TropesAreNotBad give incredibly strong and memorable performances.]]
* TroubledProduction: Season two, full-stop. William Hurt's role in the season was dramatically scaled back due to problems behind the scenes (Hurt had problems coping with the production style of the series, where the actors were kept in the dark regarding their character's storylines and only given segments of the script before filming). To fill in the gap, actor Creator/JohnDoman was brought on to play the evil corporate executive who Patty was trying to bring down as the new main villain character, while Marcia Gay Harden had her role expanded as Patty's foil during the season.
* CareerResurrection: For TedDanson. While he hadn't completley gone away after ''Cheers'' he had sort of fallen into has been territory with parts in unsuccesful films, a failed sitcom (''Ink''), a fairly unpopular one (''Becker'') and cameos as himself on ''CurbYourEnthusiasm''. However, when the first season of ''Damages'' made it onto the air though critics couldn't stop talking about his suprisingly strong dramatic performance as Arthur Frobisher which gained Danson his first Emmy nomination in 15 years (including two more for his guest appearances in the subsequent seasons).
** This renewed exposure also helped gain him a supporting role in the HBO sitcom ''Series/BoredToDeath'' and in the fall or 2011 he took the lead role on ''CSI''.
* DirectedByCastMember: Tate Donovan (Tom Shayes) directed 3 episodes.
* DoingItForTheArt: Hardly anyone watches the show anymore and the ratings fall steadily every season with the third season seeing a cancellation from FX and a budget slashed move to Direct TV but it hasn't kept top flight film actors from doing season arcs. It also says something for a famous film actress like Glenn Close to stick with a tv role that probably pays considerably less than any films she's in with a salary increase being fairly unlikely.
** Same with Rose Byrne, who's movie career has taken off as well, during the course of the series run.
* FakeAmerican: Ellen is played by the Australian Rose Byrne, while Katie is played by British actress Anastasia Griffith.
* StuntCasting: Damages often casts film actors who would otherwise never do tv (i.e. William Hurt, John Goodman, Campbell Scott etc.) in supporting roles and they often [[TropesAreNotBad give incredibly strong and memorable performances.]]
* TroubledProduction: Season two, full-stop. William Hurt's role in the season was dramatically scaled back due to problems behind the scenes (Hurt had problems coping with the production style of the series, where the actors were kept in the dark regarding their character's storylines and only given segments of the script before filming). To fill in the gap, actor Creator/JohnDoman was brought on to play the evil corporate executive who Patty was trying to bring down as the new main villain character, while Marcia Gay Harden had her role expanded as Patty's foil during the season.
