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Popular TV Drama Terminating Another Character

[TV Line] An extremely popular broadcast drama that’s been on the air for less than three seasons is eyeing a season-ending plot that would find a pivotal character being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Similar: Knocking Off The Wife

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[Optional] Character on that show you would like to get rid of?

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  2. MrFahrenheit says

    This is Us. Uggggh, this show. Let’s see, they’ve tackled: terminal cancer, fire/cardiac arrest, obesity, alcoholism x 2, infant death, miscarriage, infant abandonment… I’m surely missing something. What other grief porn do they have left to show us? Well if it’s cancer again, maybe leukemia and one of Randall’s kids. They can spare one. And Sterling is a shoo in for another Emmy. Done!

  3. aaamtam says

    Tv show: This Is Us

    Character: either Miguel, but he’s so minor who would even care. Maybe Mandy’s character (present day version) since they don’t really have much to do with her now that we know how jack died, how she felt about it and how her life’s turned out. But my best bet is on Toby, kate’s fiance. He’s a little too perfect of a character, seems like the kind of thing this show likes to do; build a character up, make them really likeable and then kill them off.

  6. Lizbait says

    While my initial thought was This is Us as well, I would hate to think that a show, so innovative and wonderfully written, would have to resort to this scenario again. Regardless of the character, I’d be sadly disappointed.

  7. nowyoutellme says

    The blind says pivotal character, not main character so I’m going with Toby and hope I’m correct. Can’t stand that guy.

    • aaamtam says

      I hope it’s him too. Honestly they’ve made him the character that always does and says the perfect thing and it just feel really disingenuous, and annoying. Also the writers love killing off “lovable” characters.

  15. xphile101 says

    Gotta be This Is Us (although I find it incredibly overrated, except for Sterling K. Brown). Not sure who they’d kill off, though. Could be any one of them.

  16. CSLear says

    A pivotal character being one that sets the story in motion, the first thing that comes to mind is Dr. Katowski who suggested the adoptions in This is Us, especially since they brought his character back for the most recent episode.

  20. RaspberryBeret76 says

    Oh no! This is obviously about “This is Us.”
    The pivotal character has to be Miguel or Toby. (The writers can’t kill off Kate, Randall, Kevin or the Mom. After Jack’s death, viewers would never survive. Plus, the show would lose too much of its spark.)

  26. Delightful says

    I am getting a This is Us vibe from this, and I suspect it will be Beth! Noooooooooooooo! Kill Toby or Kate instead!

  27. More_Cowbell says

    I’m guessing that Sterling K Brown (Randall) might be ready to hop off and do something else.

    I like all the characters, though I guess that Kate is probably my least favorite just for her sad-sack story lines.

  31. gailpow says

    TV Show: Modern Family.
    Character: the one played by Ed O’Neill, who wants to retire.
    I would off his annoying wife, Sofia Vergara. Her over-the-top histrionics drive me bonkers!

  34. aaalasaa says

    TV Show: quantico

    Character: alex parish

    [Optional] Character on that show you would like to get rid of? can’t decide

  35. gilora says

    This Is Us. Mandy Moore’s character, Rebecca Pearson.

    The show is so overwrought that each character seems the same after a while. Any of them could go.

  37. FiyahHotFlashy says

    TV Show: This is Us
    I don’t about the character but I would love to get rid of Kate…annoying AF!

    • TrishluvsGossip says

      I would rather it be Toby. *cringe* They already did the terminal cancer thing with William though so I doubt they would go there with another character unless it was a minor one like Kevin’s ex wife.

    • Delightful says

      What? He’s already dead, and they showed his death in the episode after the superbowl, plus we knew it had something to do with the fire and not cancer for a really long time.

  47. jenjene73 says

    This Is Us – Kate.
    She’s my least favorite character on the show, and they never seem to have good storylines for her, so I think she’s the most likely to go.

  48. dittobelle says

    Extremely popular, less than three years… gotta be This Is Us.

    I’m guessing Randall’s wife will be the cancer victim.

  51. sowhatyo says

    This is Us
    Rebecca — or Beth, if they want to be extra cruel
    (Because they haven’t made me cry enough, apparently…)

  52. GottaLoveGossip says

    Show: This is Us

    Character: The mother, because they can still have plenty of flashbacks with her.

    Optional: Would love to see Kevin and Kate get the boot. They don’t have much depth, and their stories are kind of boring. Randall and his family are the best part of that show.

  54. calibg21 says

    The only show that comes to mind is This is Us, but I can’t see them going down the terminal cancer route with another character…

  57. xoxovem says

    TV Show: This Is Us

    Character: Rebecca

    [Optional] Character on that show you would like to get rid of?: Toby’s not that great.

  58. gemini1993 says

    the walking dead
    i think theyre killing off morgan (lennie james)
    get rid of the whole show at this point killing of carl was stupid

    • gemini1993 says

      i clearly cant read because it said less than 3 seasons… so its probably someone on this is us

    • monkeyman420 says

      Isn’t Morgan going to FTWD. I thought thats what they were doing with him to large fanfare?

    • jasper says

      @Monkeyman- Morgan will only have one arc on Fear. It is still several years behind main show, per the timeline. Morgan meets up with Rick & co pretty soon on the timeline, so he’s not staying long.

      The “three years” thing rules out Lauren Cohen, as well, who just signed onto another series as she did not have a contract for TWD s9. So much for Mayor Maggie and baby?