Doug Savant reached massive success once again

Staying with the show from the beginning till the end, Savant played an openly gay character. In 1994, he made headlines when Fox cut his onscreen kiss with another man for fear that advertisers would leave. In reality, Savant was a married heterosexual with kids. However, Doug thought it was insulting to gay people if he said he was straight, so he kept being straight a secret. Today, some people might refer to that as queer-baiting. After “Melrose Place” he starred in shows like “Firefly” and a recurring role in “Desperate Housewives”. Currently, you can see him in the 2022 Amazon Prime show, “Leverage: Redemption.” He’s married to his co-star Laura Leighton and has been since ’98.

Courtney Thorne-Smith co-stars with Jim Belushi in a sitcom

Another one of the original members, Courtney, stayed on the show until the fifth season of “Melrose Place.” In 1999, she played Georgia Thomas, an attorney on “Ally McBeal.” After that, she played the wife of Jim Belushi’s character in a TV watcher’s favorite, “According to Jim” Although critics didn’t love the show, viewers kept it on for eight seasons. Thorne-Smith went on to appear in 51 episodes of “Two and a Half Men” as Lindsay Mackelroy.