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    • Opposites Attract: How Actors Break Away By Breaking Bad

      By Sophia Wetlaufer | Television Without Pity – Fri, Jul 8, 2011 2:12 PM PDT

      These actors found a second life after TV stardomIt's always a challenge for an actor to play a well-known part on TV and then to start over on a new show as someone entirely different. Audiences will always be tempted to see them as that first character, leading to typecasting and premature cancellations of new projects.

      However, actors like Ray Romano have recently turned this theory on its head. After nine seasons on "Everybody Loves Raymond," he's deftly crafted a new persona on "Men of a Certain Age" that, for all intents and purposes, is the anti-Ray Barone. As the second season comes to a close this week on TNT (and as we count down to the return of "Breaking Bad"), we take a look at other performers this summer who moved from a career-defining role to successfully portraying its polar opposite.

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    • Why ‘Glee’ Shouldn’t Have Cut Chord

      By Sophia Wetlaufer | Television Without Pity – Wed, Jul 6, 2011 4:31 PM PDT

      Sam, we hardly knew ya (Fox)Sam, we hardly knew ya (Fox)Unless you've been living under a "Glee"-proof rock, you may have heard that Chord Overstreet's Sam Evans has been cut from the next season of the show, while Darren Criss's Blaine and Harry Shum Jr.'s Mike Chang have been moved up to series regulars.

      Although it's nice that Blaine's now a regular, he doesn't go to McKinley. And let's face it, Mike Chang doesn't really do anything. We were just getting to know Sam, and we were happy with what we were seeing, so here are five reasons it was (yet another) bad decision on Ryan Murphy & Co.'s part:

      (1) Mercedes Was Finally Getting a Love Interest/Storyline

      We love Mercedes and all her diva-fueled shenanigans, but the whole "I'm sassy and I hate everyone" shtick was getting old, especially when we're aware of her dramatic chops (see "Grilled Cheesus").

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