McLean (television)
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"McLeaning" is a term used in media, especially television, to refer to cases when a character is killed off because the actor who played him/her decided to leave the show.[citation needed] It was named after McLean Stevenson, whose character Henry Blake was famously killed off after he left the TV show M*A*S*H.
[edit] Examples of McLeaning
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- Paul Campbell, Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
- Shannen Doherty, Charmed
- Anthony Edwards, ER (Mark Greene)
- John Amos, Good Times
- Ed Marinaro, Hill Street Blues
- Jill Hennessy, Law & Order (Claire Kincaid)
- George Dzundza, Law & Order (Maxwell Greevey)
- Jimmy Smits, NYPD Blue (Bobby Simone)
- Rick Schroder, NYPD Blue (Danny Sorenson)
- Mischa Barton, The OC (Marissa Cooper)
- Maggie Roswell, The Simpsons (Maude Flanders)
- Isaac Hayes, South Park (Chef)
- Michael Shanks, Stargate SG-1 (Daniel Jackson)
- Denise Crosby, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Tasha Yar)
- Terry Farrell, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Jadzia Dax)
- Valerie Harper, Valerie/The Hogan Family
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