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Betty White's First Sitcom Was Canceled Because It Became Too Popular
['David Rode']
TVLine
That sounds almost too crazy to be real — but back in the 1950's, that actually happened to one of television's brightest stars: Betty White.
While you might be more familiar with her as Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls" — even though she almost played a different part entirely – Betty White was once the star of one of TV's first sitcom hits, "Life with Elizabeth."
It focused on Elizabeth, played by White, and her husband, Alvin (Del Moore), who are fairly ordinary people that get into extraordinary circumstances.
Before long, there were dozens of TV stations all over the country buying episodes of "Life with Elizabeth," and the show continued to grow in popularity.
Unfortunately for Betty White and the series, its popularity led to its very undoing.