In an interview with NBC News in 2004, Jon Hein was relentless in his condemnation of Ted McGinley as a spectator. “Listen, I don’t wish him the best,” said Jumptheshark.com, “but the main thing, if you see it, the show will jump.” At the time, McGinley again rejected the comments, stressing the fact that he had continued to work regularly in the post-“Happy Days and the fact that these series that they had joined were wave long after being part of their molds.
But in 2024, McGinley spoke to the Sag-Aftra Foundation (via Variety) of his unhappy shark jump reputation and revealed that she had been more damaging that he did not leave him originally. “At first, I thought it was quite funny,” he said, “then I realized that I started losing jobs.” He continued:
“I tried to shed light on the best I could, but the truth is that it was extremely injured, and I have a family from which I have to take care of. I have to educate my children and love my wife and feed us all. [Hein] I retired, and it was brutal. “”
Fortunately, things worked for the actor, whose representation of Derek on the dramatic acclaimed by “narrowing” criticism earned him respect and transformed the husband of relaxed and favorable support of Liz (Christa Miller) into a favorite character of fans. In an interview in 2025 with Gold Derby, the 67 -year -old said that he was “in tears” by the success of the Apple TV + series and the praise for his performance. “I am so used to being the worst, or telling myself that I am such a mean to add to a show,” he continued. “It was an incredible trip and experience, and I feel honestly blessed.”
Even apart from the “narrowing”, McGinley worked regularly despite his reputation, appearing on “The West Wing”, “Family Guy”, and the aforementioned “Hope & Faith”, which took place for three seasons between 2003 and 2006 before its cancellation (again, nothing to do with McGinley). As such, it is not entirely clear what parts he could have missed, but given the prevalence of the pernicious evaluation of man of man, it could have been as prejudicial as McGinley claims.
