In 2004 NBC News The interview, Jonon Heine, was relentless in the condemnation of Ted McGinley as the killer of the show. "Look, I wishing him nothing but the best," said jump founder Thesttheshark.com, "But ultimately, if you see it, the show will jump." At the time, McGinley once again rejected the comments, pointing to the fact that he continued to work steadily in the post-happy day and the fact that those series he joined stayed in the air long after he became part of their castes.

But in 2024, McGinley spoke at the Sag-aptra Foundation (through Diversity) for his unfortunate reputation of the shark and revealed that he was more harmful than he initially released. "At first I thought it was a kind of funny," he said, "and then I realized that I was starting to lose jobs." He continued:

"I tried to make the light of the best I could, but the truth is, it was an extremely wound, and I have a family I have to worry about. I have to educate my children and love my wife and feed us all.

Fortunately, things worked for the actor whose portrayal of Derek on Critically appreciated dramatic "shrinking" He conquered the respect and turned the leuer, Liz's supportive husband (Crysta Miller) into a fan of favorite character. In an interview of 2025 with Golden derbyNow the 67-year-old said he was "brought into tears" by the success of the Apple TV+series and praise for his performance. "I am so used to being the worst, or I am told that I am so bad that I add to the show," he continued. "This was an incredible journey and experience and I sincerely feel blessed."

Even outside McGinley, McGinley worked consistently despite his reputation, appearing on the "West Wing", "Guy Family", and the aforementioned "Hope and Vera", which lasted three seasons between 2003 and 2006 before being canceled (again, nothing to do with McGinley). As such, it is not entirely clear which parts he can miss, but given the prevalence of Hein's huge assessment of man, it may be just as harmful as McGinley claims.