The gods of television say that when one window closes on the family home set of a hit sitcom, a door opens up, thus allowing someone else to walk through and take the place of the person who left through the window. Kevin Can Wait experienced just such a casting shake-up, with reports that star Erinn Hayes was being pushed out of the show while Kevin James’ former King of Queens co-star Leah Remini was being added as a Season 2 regular. Let’s look at how each of the principle players here reacted to the news.
First up, the newbie:Leah Remini followed up her King of Queens run with a somewhat surprising capitalization of fame within unscripted television, both as a part of The Talk and as the center of series such as Leah Remini: It’s All Relative and the super-successful Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. But on the scripted side of things, she hasn’t been quite so lucky, with limited stints for shows like The Exes, Family Tools, In the Motherhood and more. If the actress has indeed been dreaming about re-finding her footing as a sitcom queen, then reteaming with Kevin James is…
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