Re: recast or new boss?
I tend to think that the people in charge of all of those decisions back then thought that the viewing audience either wasn't sophisticated enough to either notice some of the casting changes or care about the changes. Recasting Darrin was obvious to the viewers but some of the other recasts may not have been as obvious because the audience couldn't record episodes and re-watch them looking for details at that time. Today we can pick apart episodes/ entire series by re-watching, rewinding and pausing. Back then that was not possible. Also, back then the show was in it's first run and people didn't have nostalgia for Bewitched like we do now. New shows were always coming and going just like today. Anyways, I think the the executives thought that no one would care as long as the show stayed pretty much the same. Of course, replacing Elizabeth Montgomery would have been out of the question imo. She was, and will always be, irreplacable.
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