IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME!
(Inside TV) Here's a list of the ten biggest stars who missed out on the role-of-a-lifetime on television, only to end up finding fame and fortune in other star-making roles.
- Katie Holmes -- Buffy Summers on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Lost to Sarah Michelle Gellar in 1997
- Whitney Houston -- Sondra Huxtable on "The Cosby Show." Lost to Sabrina Le Beauf in 1984
- Friends' Lisa Kudrow -- Roz Doyle on "Frasier." Lost to Peri Gilpin in 1993 Jason Bateman -- Alex P. Keaton on "Family Ties." Lost to Michael J. Fox in 1982
- "Everybody Loves Raymond"'s Patricia Heaton -- Elaine on "Seinfeld." Lost to Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 1990
- Friends' Matthew Perry -- Part: Billy Campbell on "Melrose Place." Lost to Andrew Shue in 1992
- The Pratice's Lara Flynn Boyle -- Ally McBeal on "Ally McBeal." Lost to Calista Flockhart in 1997.
- Desperate Housewives' Teri Hatcher -- Jamie Buchman on "Mad About You." Lost to Helen Hunt in 1992
- Seinfeld's Michael Richards -- Al Bundy on "Married... with Children." Lost to Ed O'Neill in 1987
- Raquel Welch -- Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island." Lost to Dawn Wells in 1964
