10 Actors Who Got Kicked Out Of Their Own TV Shows

10. Lisa Bonet - A Different World

After being given her own spin-off series from The Cosby Show by the name of A Different World, it looked as though Lisa Bonet had the world at her feet.

Then, in the time between shooting the first and second seasons of the programme, Bonet became pregnant with herself and husband Lenny Kravtiz' child. Despite producer-director Debbie Allen thinking it would be a good idea to incorporate the pregnancy into the show, Bill Cosby didn't feel the character of Denise Huxtable should become pregnant as a student at Hillman College. So, this eventually led to the character of Denise dropping out of college, going back home to her family, before eventually travelling to Africa in season five of The Cosby Show as a way of hiding the actor's real-life pregnancy.

A Different World would head in a different direction following Bonet's departure, focusing more on the other characters in the show. Bonet would then return to The Cosby Show full-time following the birth of daughter Zoe Kravtiz, before again being booted from a Cosby related show at the end of season seven, this time due to "creative differences".