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On this week's White Shadow, Ken Howard checks out Debbi Morgan's ass. 1979 CBS promo The White Shadow #4

Always nice to see you on here.

I remember her living with Jack for a bit but if she was on contract it wasn't for long.

Oh right. Thanks. I don't remember caring for any of that period of the show so that's probably why I forgot.

I didn't know Viki and Dorian even had one of those scenes during Jill's run.

The thing that annoys me most with Ron is it is always about him. Any discussion. His work tends to be secondary, because past 2008 or so most of his work just isn't very good and can't speak for itself.

Of all the San Cristobel people Olivia is the one who emigrates the quickest and she rarely goes back.

Thanks @slick jones I appreciated the Melissa Dye interview.

Didn't all the money go for some MOMA remote?

@P.J. may know. I don't know if they ever bothered with the past Brad and Jack were meant to have when Brad returned. Valerie was such a unique, charismatic presence. I wish they'd done a better job with her character, but the whole thing was drab and uninvolving. Those types of grifting female characters popped up repeatedly (she wasn't a world away from Gwen's mother - wasn't it Gwen's mother?).

The constant need to push Rocco closer to Britt is alienating, but outside of his need to protect her, him killing someone felt inevitable due not just to genetics but to the world surrounding him with Sonny and Jason. I imagine there will be a lot of chortling at Dante after his attitude toward Michael and Gio, but I hope they will at least try to give him some sort of emotional material dealing with his son gunning a person down. That was very grim, especially for Frank's GH. I hope he survives. I don't want to see Brad/Lucas so soon (or ever). I do wonder if they were punishing Steve for his break. With that said, the guy who played Callum or Cullum or whatever his name is reminded me of some of the old school thugs who would be able to put a serious hurt on people even if they didn't look that way on the surface. The scene with him and Jason had some intensity for that reason. (the scene where Britt was hitting with her bag, not so much - KT was not suited for fight choreography) The actor looks somewhat like Jason Thompson, which added some unintended layers to that fight with Jason.

Really appreciate the update @vote4llama I remember Nandipha from the brief time I watched, although at that time she didn't have much storyline.

This isn't new but it was new to me. A CBS Daytime look at 1983-1984. CBS Daytime 1983 84

Thanks so much @Reverend Ruthledge

She was on ATWT from about 1990-1994. I found her annoying on ATWT, as the character was a suffering ingenue and Marland's flavor of them rarely did anything for me. Very wan, and I also thought she was a drag on her boyfriend Andy, a character I was fond of. She was a good actress, which I can appreciate more now, but...eh. She was very smiley as Harley, but I was one of the fans who preferred her to Beth Ehlers by this point as Beth had already started becoming too hard and cold for me. Going through your review, I'd forgotten all the lottery ticket contrivance for Buzz (probably one of the characters who least deserved a lottery win based on his years of being a bum, although everyone else on the show by this time was rich). They sure were building up a little family for Drew. Max was OK. They could have done more with him. I had forgotten about that very on the nose fortune teller, giving away so much plot detail. Maybe they were trying to get viewers to stay tuned. It is at least in character for Harley to not want her fortune read.

Of any of them I watched Cold Case the most so that still annoys me.

Thanks.

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Maybe he was a big Edge of Night fan. Roz was a much more interesting character than Mr. Hart(ley), who was only notable because of Dabney Coleman. It's hard to believe this was the only American TV show Jean Marsh had a major role on.

It's annoying, but this is also the end result of those types of stories and of "writers" who recycle nonsense. If you don't follow a show and you hear that someone has been possessed by the devil over and over through a 30 year period, you are going to laugh and think it's trash.

I know she didn't originate the song, but I think it became associated with her in her last years (the NYT interviewing her and her saying that she didn't think anyone under 80 should sing it).

9 to 5 (TV series) - Wikipedia Jane Fonda, who also developed the film version, acted as executive producer during the show's first two seasons. However, she disassociated herself after a dispute over the direction of the show. Her co-producer Bruce Gilbert went with her. Prior to the start of Season 3, veteran TV actor and producer James Komack stepped in to helm the show in their stead. His vision for the show included many changes, which tried to add a new angle without taking the premise away from the original movie and TV format. The Fonda character of Judy Bernly, portrayed by Valerie Curtin, was written out for the purposes of replacing her with a younger, 20-something secretary, Linda Bowman (Leah Ayres). She instantly became friends with Violet and Doralee, so much that she subsequently became a roommate of theirs in Violet's apartment. Also inhabiting this living arrangement was Violet's 12-year-old son Tommy (played by Tony La Torre, in between his stints on CBS' oft-cancelled Cagney & Lacey). Salesman Nussbaum was also replaced, by Michael Henderson (George Deloy), and Komack also dropped office snoop Roz. Additionally, the company setting changed from Consolidated Companies to American House. The revamp caused an instant decline in the ratings, falling to 75th out of 76 shows, and the series was cancelled five episodes into the new season. As ABC decided to pull the plug on 9 to 5 just a month into the season, only five episodes were broadcast in the 1983–84 season, with two episodes remaining unaired. The various openings cycling through 500 cast members (many of the people in the syndicated version I have never even heard of). I'm not sure if I dislike that or the nuclear holocaust season 2 opening more - probably the last one, as the season 2 opening at least has some good comic faces for Rita Moreno and Jean Marsh. Actually, I think I dislike the season 3 open even more. 9 To 5 TV Show Openings - All Five Seasons (1982 - 1984) & (1986 - 1988)

Oh thanks. I guess I still had their swap in my mind. At least Elaine was on the show...

@Maxim Thanks. Somehow, I never knew that. Joan was, for whatever else, a survivor.