A spin-off from the basic ABC sitcom “Good Strangers,” “Household Issues” did not take lengthy to captivate viewers, showcasing the hilarious day-to-day lives of Chicago cop Carl Winslow (Reginald VelJohnson), his spouse Harriette (Jo Marie Payton), and the remainder of their household. Together with reveals corresponding to “Full Home” and “Step by Step,” the sitcom was a dependable mainstay of ABC’s “TGIF” lineup from 1989 to 1997. By 1998, although, the present had moved to CBS for its last season, and it had clearly seen higher days; it had lengthy felt like “the Steve Urkel present,” with stated breakout character (Jaleel White) just about overshadowing the “household” in “Household Issues.” And it wasn’t fairly the identical household anymore, as Judyann Elder changed Payton within the position of Harriette for the present’s final 9 episodes.
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Chatting with Leisure Weekly in 2017, Payton revealed why she made the choice to depart “Household Issues” after eight seasons and alter taking part in the Winslow matriarch. Apparently, the transfer had been a very long time coming, as she had been desirous to exit the present for about two years earlier than her departure. “I used to be sad about a number of issues; I used to be going by means of a divorce, I wasn’t completely satisfied on the present — it did not imply I didn’t need to carry out as an actress or an artist,” the actor defined. “The way in which I clarify it’s that, once you’re a baker, you do not at all times need to bake truffles or cookies; you need to bake pies, you need to bake bread. I needed to do one thing else.”
Issues felt very completely different after Payton left Household Issues
There’s little doubt that “Household Issues” was, and nonetheless is, among the finest TV spin-offs of all time. However the present was seemingly on its final legs on the time Jo Marie Payton left, and it did not assist that a few of her castmates discovered it troublesome to regulate to the very fact another person was taking part in her position.
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Darius McCrary, who performed Carl and Harriette Winslow’s son, Eddie, stated as a lot when explaining how he felt after Judyann Elder changed Payton. “No disrespect to Judyann … however I felt like my mother was gone, you realize?” he admitted to Leisure Weekly. “I did my job as an actor, however there have been simply so many issues that had gone on behind the scenes that the viewers wasn’t aware of that had form of already shut it down.” In the meantime, Reginald VelJohnson equally stated it felt “bizarre” with Elder entering into Payton’s footwear towards the tip of the sitcom’s run. “It was arduous for me after 9 years of doing one thing with one individual,” he shared. “It is like getting a divorce after which marrying any individual else.”
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Whereas Payton’s departure from “Household Issues” wasn’t the perfect information for her castmates on the time, she has made it clear that she harbors no resentment towards them. “I did love all of my ‘Household Issues’ crew,” she advised Leisure Tonight in 2022. “I’ve saved in contact with a number of them … I like all of them. We had unbelievable writers, I like them, and so they know who my situation was with. It wasn’t with the whole lot of them.”
