'Happy Days' star Scott Baio says he was almost fired from iconic series after 'getting a big head'

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. "Hazardous History" host Henry Winkler tells Fox News Digital how he got a call from police while working on "Happy Days" as a teen was threatening to jump off a ledge. Scott Baio almost lost out on the role that made him a household name. During a recent interview with Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo, who hosts "Arroyo Grande with Raymond Arroyo," the 65-year-old actor shared on the podcast that he was almost fired from the hit 70s sitcom, "Happy Days." The actor explained that he started "getting a big head" because "I was doing two shows at the same time." One of the shows was "Happy Days" on ABC, and while he didn't name the other show, he noted it aired on NBC. "And I’ll tell you something that a lot of people don’t know is that the producers on 'Happy Days' wanted to fire me because I was not doing my job," he said. "I wasn’t taking it seri