These days, Kailey Kuko is primarily known for playing a penny of Big Bang theory. However, viewers who watched sitcom in the early 2000s probably discovered it through the ABC's "8 simple rules", in which she showed Bridget Hennes, a high school student who is obsessed with boys, fashion and popularity. Also starred in Johnon Ritter, Katie Sagal, Amy Davidson, Martin Spyers, Jameseiyes Garner and David Spade, the series lasted three seasons before her network lost her faith in her - but what led to the show?

As is the case with most Great TV -emissions that give up too fast"8 Simple Rules" was a victim of reducing grades. Season 1 was on average nearly 11 million viewers per episode, while the second installment dropped to 9.98 million. That's not a huge decline, I warn you, but the third chapter proved to be the death of the sitcom, with the show attracting about 6.8 million viewers on a weekly basis. Until then, ABC executives thought the series remained out of welcome, and the rest was history.

Although not the most popular TV show during his Prime Minister in season 1, "8 simple rules" still boasted a large enough audience to consider a success for ABC. Moreover, the show can keep its viewership if Ritter doesn't die at the beginning of season 2.

Ron Ritter, Katie Sagal, Amy Davidson and Martin Spyers gave their "8 simple rules" their heart, as their characters make up the traditional family unit that has informed Sitkom's successful formulas for decades. Losing one of them will hurt the series, but Ritter - who played the father and husband of the family Paul Hennes - was probably the most important work of the show.

Most of the episodes of Season 1 turn around Paul Butg's heads with his teenage daughters, Bridget and Kerry (Davidson), while Dori's ultimate father. So when Ritter died of aortic dissection on September 11, 2003, "8 simple rules" lost an irreplaceable character and crew member, which will always be difficult to recover. As Sagal said Today In a piece to mark the 20th anniversary of the series in 2022:

"Johnon was the center of that show. It wasn't even for the show. It's not really about the show. It was about losing this incredible person and way too early."

While Ritter's loss was a huge blow to the series, "8 simple rules" replaced two excellent comic actors who brought their own appeals and sensibilities to the table. However, the creators of the show may have tried to accelerate through the process of mourning too fast, eventually to depart the viewers.

Many performances continued after losing their main members of the castAnd "8 simple rules" tried to cope with the loss of Johnon Ritter and his character. David Spade and Jamesiyes Garner - who played a cousin of the family family, the SP, and a beloved grandfather, Jimim, respectively - added a lot of humor and warmth to the series on their own, but may have benefited from greater sadness.

In an interview with today, Katie Sagal explained that "8 simple rules" rushed to be funny again, which may not have been the best approach as the story was about family processing grief. As he said:

"If I was in charge, I would probably have stayed in reality for a little longer. But I was super proud to deal with what we did. We had spent what we did. Jimim Garner came, I think, he was like a big shoulder. Jimim Garner was really amazing."

"8 Simple Rules" would never have been the same after Johnon Ritter died, but don't let his ratings deceive you. It is a fun sitcom that pulled well in a creative sense even though it had to overcome many challenging obstacles. That, he said, if the show continued, Kaili Cuoco might not have been a starvet in the "Big Bang theory" (one of the most successful sitcoms of all time), so that it is a positive to take from his cancellation.