[post_page_title]New Ned, not the same as the old Ned[/post_page_title]
TV shows sometimes have an odd habit about having new actors come in to replace other actors in playing the same character, or getting rid of a certain character altogether. Improbably, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was a shining example of both – simultaneously!
In the first season, actor George O’Hanlon Jr. plays Nancy Drew’s Ned Nickerson. In season two, however, the role was recast with another teen idol, Rick Springfield. Fair enough, right? Well, we forgot to mention that the Ned Nickerson played by Springfield was an entirely new character, who Nancy had never met before!
