10 TV Shows That Were Disrupted By Behind-The-Scenes Feuds

3. Growing Pains - Pornographers?

Under the veneer of a perfect American family, a hotbed of controversy developed. The problems really started, as they often do, when one of the cast members found God. All of a sudden, Kirk Cameron didn't feel morally comfortable with some of the story lines the show was pursuing, and demanded that he had a larger say in the content of Growing Pains.

He insisted that the producers fire Julie McCullough, the actress who played his fiancee, because of her history as a Playboy magazine centerfold. His efforts caused a rift among the cast and enraged show producers so much that three of them resigned in protest after Cameron called ABC and accused them of being pornographers. While Cameron has since apologized to the cast (although, interestingly enough, not to McCullough) for some of his behavior, his newfound religious beliefs had a profound impact on the show in its later seasons.

Any story elements that seemed too adult or racy had to be cut out, along with anything that had mild innuendo or the merest suggestion of premarital sex. And when one of your cast members is a harsher censor than the television network that actually airs your show, that's saying something.