8 Ways Test Audiences Changed TV Shows

8. Audiences Didn't Want To See Boyd Crowder Bite The Dust - Justified

As his storied career on the big and small screen has taught us time and time again, you can never have too much Walton Goggins in your life.

And the focus group chosen to initially test FX's Western crime drama Justified clearly felt that very same way as their response to the star of the likes of The Hateful Eight and Ant Man and The Wasp made a huge impact on Goggins' role within the series.

Had it not been for those select few in attendance, the producers of the show would've kept as faithful to the short story, written by Elmore Leonard, as possible when it came to adapting the tale into a series. But this would've also meant killing off the mesmerising Boyd Crowder.

With audiences feeling he was one of the best parts of the show, the ending which would've seen him killed off by Raylan was promptly reshot and Goggins would later go on to pick up an Emmy nomination for his frequently compelling work as the white supremasist-turned-born-again-Christian.