what is a "ziering"?
Finally, a name for Michael Richard's plight. A Ziering, named after once upon a time TV actor Ian Ziering, who hasn't worked in live-action since 90210 got cancelled, is the actor or actress from a once-upon-a-time successful television show whose career dies along with the program. (Yes, they give examples.)
As with all things that originate at Mighty Big TV, now Television Without Pity, it should be taken with the proverbial grain of salt and the requisite opinionated and biased response. ;) Most, I grant them. However. Of all of the Friends alumni, why pick on poor Courteney Cox? Kelsey Grammar is singled out for playing the same character on two different shows, so that would mean that, wait for it, Matt le Blanc would in fact be the Ziering for Friends. He's certainly not very talented, and hasn't made a splash in any movie, tv or otherwise, outside of Friends.
Several shows aren't listed, but I've got some speculation for you:
West Wing-- I'm betting Bradley Whitford or Richard Schiff. Janney has been acknowledged as the break-out, Spencer always turns up somewhere, Hill's young enough that it won't matter, and Sheen's got the legend thing on his side.
ER- how about Noah Wyle, that long-suffering doctor that never left with all his original cast members?
The X-Files- I almost hate to admit it, but David Duchovny, where are you now? Nowhere, sadly.
As for the 80s- Remington Steele and Stephanie Zimbalist's career died in the same breath, as did Moonlighting and Cybil Shepard's. (Playing yourself on an ill-fated sitcom years later does not count as a career, it's a desperate cry for help, even if you've got the exquisite Christine Baranski as a sidekick.)
There's more... I know there's more...
As with all things that originate at Mighty Big TV, now Television Without Pity, it should be taken with the proverbial grain of salt and the requisite opinionated and biased response. ;) Most, I grant them. However. Of all of the Friends alumni, why pick on poor Courteney Cox? Kelsey Grammar is singled out for playing the same character on two different shows, so that would mean that, wait for it, Matt le Blanc would in fact be the Ziering for Friends. He's certainly not very talented, and hasn't made a splash in any movie, tv or otherwise, outside of Friends.
Several shows aren't listed, but I've got some speculation for you:
West Wing-- I'm betting Bradley Whitford or Richard Schiff. Janney has been acknowledged as the break-out, Spencer always turns up somewhere, Hill's young enough that it won't matter, and Sheen's got the legend thing on his side.
ER- how about Noah Wyle, that long-suffering doctor that never left with all his original cast members?
The X-Files- I almost hate to admit it, but David Duchovny, where are you now? Nowhere, sadly.
As for the 80s- Remington Steele and Stephanie Zimbalist's career died in the same breath, as did Moonlighting and Cybil Shepard's. (Playing yourself on an ill-fated sitcom years later does not count as a career, it's a desperate cry for help, even if you've got the exquisite Christine Baranski as a sidekick.)
There's more... I know there's more...
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