McLean (television)

"McLeaning" is a term used in media, especially television, to refer to cases when a character is killed off because the actor who played him/her decided to leave the show. It was named after McLean Stevenson, whose character Henry Blake was famously killed off after he left the TV show M*A*S*H.

Examples of McLeaning

• Paul Campbell, ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
• Shannen Doherty, Charmed
• Anthony Edwards, ER (Mark Greene)
• John Amos, Good Times
• Jean Stapleton, ''All in the Family (Edith Bunker)
• Ed Marinaro, Hill Street Blues
• Jill Hennessy, Law & Order (Claire Kincaid)
• George Dzundza, Law & Order (Maxwell Greevey)
• Jimmy Smits, NYPD Blue (Bobby Simone)
• Rick Schroder, NYPD Blue (Danny Sorenson)
• Mischa Barton, The OC (Marissa Cooper)
• Maggie Roswell, The Simpsons (Maude Flanders)
• Isaac Hayes, South Park (Chef)
• Michael Shanks, Stargate SG-1 (Daniel Jackson)
• Denise Crosby, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Tasha Yar)
• Terry Farrell, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Jadzia Dax)
• Valerie Harper, Valerie/''The Hogan Family

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