All My Shadows

I was going to post this same thing a few days ago but didn't know how to really word it. So much emphasis on Dan being alive and "brought back from the dead" when that's not really the rewrite here at all. If this show is to be set in Roseanne Conner's fictional world, then the only real rewrite is the lottery win. Everything else existed in her "real" world.

Thanks!! I figured that was Jerry Lacy next to John, but I never knew he was on ATWT between his Dark Shadows and Love of Life stints. This must be Tom's hippie phase.

Have we ever had an accurate, complete caption of who all is in the photo? Obvious ones are Grandpa, Nancy, Chris, and Judge Lowell across the front. Lisa above Grandpa and Nancy, Carol above Judge Lowell, David Stewart giving that tragic look at top-center-right, John above him, Lisa's mom Alma on the far-left facing right. Who is everyone else?

It would have to be summer or autumn of 1981, with the "For more than a quarter-century..." caption. It's odd, because everything I've read has said that Barbara Rucker left the show in 1979. I will always adore that original title card in Lydian font. It paired perfectly with the starry sky background.

Most of my original ODAAT watching centers on the first five seasons. I've seen good chunks of episodes from the latter half of the series, but yeah, the "us against the world" theme was lost with Julie popping in and out so much and the husbands becoming such large parts of the show. IDK...I feel like it was the same show, and the characters just evolved, but I think they made a huge mistake in tying both girls down to husbands so young. They did a good job of developing a stable of semi-regular characters like Francine, Kate, and Bob who could come in from time to time and stay fresh. Nanette Fabray is easily the most underrated member of the cast. I like to believe that Abuelita on the new series was purposely created to help fill the Kate role.

I decided to go back to 1967 this morning and watch it all in order, with whatever sense of regularity that I can come up with, and I'm excited. It's good to see Dr. Rice and Liz again, nice to see Bethel Leslie as Maggie again, and more than anything, Nick is so much more bearable than he was in the episodes I'd watch here and there from 1973-1974.

As always, Me's new schedule isn't exciting in the least. The only thing I'm truly looking forward to is Gomer Pyle in primetime. I love Diff'rent Strokes, and I might tune in here and there, but it's not something that I've really felt deprived of for a long time. Why, oh why, does Hogan's Heroes continue to hog that gorgeous hour-long block in primetime, I'll never know. There are so many higher-profile shows from the same era that could go there instead. The Beverly Hillbillies, I Love Lucy, Dick Van Dyke, even Petticoat Junction. Hell, whenever they were doing the black and white Gunsmoke episodes, they could have put one at night, paired with an Alfred Hitchcock Presents. I love westerns, but I'm annoyed at 6 hours of westerns during the week and 11 hours of them on Saturday when you got Cannon, Mannix, and 77 Sunset Strip languishing in late night. I say keep it to three hours during the week and then you can go all out on Saturdays. I don't think Gunsmoke or Bonanza will ever leave weekdays, so keep those heavy-hitters and rotate Rifleman, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Big Valley, Wanted Dead or Alive etc, in the third hour. They can even swap between having the "third" hour come after Bonanza and having it come before Gunsmoke. Sticking only with what they already have, this is something I'd do for daytime: 8am: Perry Mason 9am: Matlock 10am: Diagnosis Murder 11am: The Rifleman 11:30: Wanted Dead or Alive 12pm: Gunsmoke 1pm: Bonanza 2pm: Mannix 3pm: Cannon 4pm: Hawaii Five-O 5pm: The Love Boat I like the mornings for the less action-oriented mystery series that can sometimes be swapped out for a medical drama and then the afternoons for car crashes. The Love Boat could always give way to an Eight is Enough, Family, or even a primetime soap.

All of those "elderly crime shows" had perfect strut music. Jake and the Fatman, never saw an episode in my life, but I love this big, grandiose theme. It's just so ridiculous. I would've killed to have played trumpet on this. My favorite part is the "action shot" of that huge slow-moving Lincoln Continental limousine just sliding on down the street.

The Hollywood Wives theme/opening brings back good memories for me, and I wasn't even alive when it originally aired. The first time I watched the miniseries had to be 2002 or 2003 when WE regularly aired those great 80s miniseries. Imagine a little 12-year-old black boy in south Louisiana watching this alone on a Saturday afternoon, not the most popular kid in school, often picked on for not being manly enough, etc. That escapist fantasy meant so much to me. Everyone else was escaping into Harry Potter and anime, yet here I was living in a world of 70s and 80s glamour and excess. I wouldn't trade a single second of it. Here are some others that used to rerun regularly during that time (aside from the aforementioned Lace and Lace II): Sins starring Joan Collins, with theme "It's Hard to Be Tender" by Carly Simon. The song is quite sad, honestly, but so beautiful. Scruples starring Lindsay Wagner. Pretty angry that I can't find the opening to Bare Essence anywhere.

I think they made a pretty brilliant decision to write this incarnation's Alex as a combination of Barbara and the original Alex. I suspect I may be one of the few who actually appreciated what Alex brought to the original show, especially with MP gone, so I'm glad they considered his role and did the best they could to include him. I'm curious. If this really lasts, will they attempt to bring in a "Max" or "Mark" or just go in a new direction completely? Elena's sexuality changes a lot of that, which is great because it's one of those things that allows this to stand on its own without relying too much on the source material (and inviting more criticism because of it). I'm just really looking forward to watching this for many years to come and seeing the kids grow up.

Great news. I torrented the first volume, so I guess I'll make honest and buy the first two in anticipation for this.

Wow, I watched that interview a few months ago, and I remember being grossed out at how obliging CR was. Truly disgusting.

Well-done and precious! Rita Moreno as Mary-Louise Wilson is my favorite. Strongly looking forward to season two and hoping they continue with the wonderful balance they mastered in season one. I may have to go back and rewatch because it was really that good!

I love up on Hazel any time I can. Shirley B. was just so fun-loving and carefree, just a really easy-to-adore actress playing a character who was just as easy to love. I also love the touch of elegance the show had, which I guess was there because the Baxters were written to be as upper middle class. Visits from George's bitchy sister are always my fave eps. I don't think I've ever watched The Ropers or TAC regularly with any fidelity. Here and there episodes of The Ropers, much less of TAC. I wish they'd just release them on DVD already. TC's been done for yeeeeears, and I believe they sold well. Just finish the franchise. Meanwhile, I've been making my way through THAT GIRL, currently in season two, and I am just so, so thankful that it's available on Hulu. This is my first time really being able to watch the whole series. The most I'd seen before was when TV Land did a random one-day marathon of it about 10 years ago and when it was on MeTV for a hot minute. Marlo Thomas and Ted Bessell, man. They really exuded that classy, sexy, silly late 60s romance. It's just a very sweet and beautiful show.

No, I'm making my way through all of HamiltonBernique's episodes, which are mostly here-and-there episodes but also a good bit of consecutive episodes. Basically all of October and November 1984 are up. The bigger picture is that about a year or so ago, I spent some time making a list of all full episodes of the show from 1978-1992 on YT, regardless of uploader, and I've been just watching them all in order.

My experience watching early 90s AMC is woefully slim, so getting a glimpse at these episodes is so weird. I've been so immersed in 1984 (now moving into 1985 with Zach's murder) that it's hard to think of it as being all the same show. They had a pattern of really shaking the canvas up towards the tail-ends of each decade it was on the air. Now that I'm done with 1984, my main thought is that the show's recast game was WEAK. Peter Bregman, Jennifer Bassey, and Robert LuPone did the best they could in a story that centered around the dreadful Nina and Liza recasts, but it really wasn't enough. By this point, viewers had had 5 solid years of Cliff/Nina jealousy drama. The only way it could have been passable was if TM was still in the role, but with a subpar recast, it's old and boring. Hugo Napier is good but his Mike is just a different character. Tad was truly loathsome at this time. I can't believe his legend as "Tad the Cad" was born out of being an abusive dick to his wife.

Isn't 227 still on Antenna? I forgot if it'll still be on come January's big changes. Too Close for Comfort, especially the earlier seasons, really is a great companion for Three's Company. I know Monroe eventually becomes a breakout character, but I wish the focus had stayed squarely on the daughters living "on their own" while still under their parents' roof. The dynamics between frazzled Henry, sensible Muriel, sexy Sara, and intelligent Jackie were the perfect foundation on which to build a show. I like Monroe, but he's basically like an Urkel - okay as a supporting character but too much once he overpowered the daughters. The Ted Knight Show season with Pat Carroll and Lisa Antille was actually pretty good, IMO, because it was like they'd finally made a clear break from what the original premise was supposed to be and found a new, clear identity.

Count me in as one who'd like to see Crystal again. As weird as she was, I think everyone who's ever lived in a town like Lanford knows a Crystal or two. I hate to say it, but of all the characters, I feel as though Crystal is one who might've actually died at some point over the last 20 years. It'd be interesting to have at least one of her kids via Ed pop up. Very excited to see Estelle Parsons back as Bev! And James Pickens, Jr, too! Characters like Crystal, the Mitchells, and Bonnie represent so much of what I love about the first 5 seasons of the show.

TV Land used to bring it out for the annual Christmas marathon, maybe at other one-shot times too.

That video of Roseanne watching the new opening credits got me emotional. Say what you will about her ups and downs, the woman is one of the most dynamic entertainers of our time. Even at her craziest, you just feel like you know her, so it's easy to buy in when you hear that familiar sax/harmonica theme. And they all just so damn happy. I truly can't wait for this!

Some others: Here Come the Brides The New Dick Van Dyke Show Baa Baa Black Sheep The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams James at 15 Campus Ladies The Book of Daniel Swingtown Hidden Palms

I don't know why I love this theme so much. I think it's the loud, elderly bombast over that lil popcorn 90s rock beat.

Flamiiiiiingo Roooooadddd.

That early Melrose Place opening is one of my faves. Just aesthetically attractive - everyone looked so gorgeous. Doug Savant and Grant Show, especially.