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The show's vanilla quality seems to be the consensus across its various eras.

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Cheers theme. :-)

Well, I certainly feel the Carter's will no longer be given priority status, and thank goodness for that.

Cast departures

I don't think Jordan or Lucas ever needed to be brought back for Denise have a story. To me, it showed how unimaginative and regressive DTC and company are given that the last time he was on the show with Santer (and the beginning of Kirkwood's tenure), it was the Lucas storyline that was going on. Poor Diane Parish has to carry a number of really poor actors that are really not worth her time. I think they need to move Denise into a more community-based role, they've failed her tremendously with the characters they have surrounding her. For some reason, her family dynamics have never worked nor have they been allowed to work due to poor writing and bad actors/or actors not on her level.

Julie Goodyear released a statement

Netflix was the perfect fit, I just don't see this show being a hit on network TV in the current network TV climate. But I guess we'll never know, the original Full House had its best ratings on Tuesday nights when it was the lead-in for Roseanne. The two shows, though family sitcoms, couldn't be more different and couldn't appeal more to different audiences (in the grand scheme) .

RIP, I almost can't believe he's gone. I wonder if ITV will do any special tribute.

Strangely, I was able to see a lot of the 1998 episodes on PBS, but didn't get a chance to catch most of the 1999 episodes (until the material that came towards the end of 1999). It's always felt weird to me since I've seen most of 1998 and 2000. Does anyone know/remember when exactly Charlie Brooks joined as Janine in 1999? I know she arrived after Frank and Peggy were married (and I loved how disgusting she was towards Peggy).

I wonder how quickly before she hits the 10 million mark and officially has another diamond album (it will probably also have the record for quickest album to achieve diamond status).

Daniella and Kim might as well have been playing two separate characters as Sam never felt like the same character when you compare the actresses in the role. I do think Kim is the better actress, but obviously Daniella is the original and probably has the closer off-screen relationship with Barbara Windsor. In general though, Sam has never really felt like a fleshed out character to me. However, Sam's definitive storyline (Den's murder) was played by Kim, and during that storyline Kim did amass more episodes than Daniella.

In the 80s, 90s, and early 00s if you were a pop artist whose career was primarily fueled by singles, you had to have your songs remixed for club exposure and for different radio formats. Madonna was/is the queen of the remix market and was probably the artist who really invented the modern concept of the maxi-single. Janet was a strong contender through for a while. But pop marketing changed a lot by the mid-00s and remixes and maxi-singles (let alone standard single) releases became a rare breed.

I needed a break from Babs, lol. Her catalog is so vast though, you can almost find anything you want if you try hard enough. Though Alright was a top 5 hit, it was the lowest charting single off Rhythm Nation and was clearly very New Jack Swing influenced, so probably wasn't for everyone (the video is great fun though). My favorite remixes from the first half of Janet's career are Shep Pettibone's remixes for The Pleasure Principle:

The only characters SOC has any prior experience with that are in the current cast are Phil, Sharon, Ian, Martin, Sonia, Dot, Billy, and Patrick. I guess he was there for Stacey's first few months as well. I forgot Jane, but I'd like to forget her completely at this point.

Isn't Demi also close friends with Selena Gomez? I wonder how Selena feels being in the middle.

"influence on her" - by going to the EDM/dance route? Working with the likes of Calvin, Diplo, Skillex, Zedd, David Guetta, etc? I don't think Taylor needs to do that when so many pop artists are already doing that. I think the next move, after releasing another pop album, is going the pop-rock route and be more instrument based, since she can play the acoustic and electric guitar. Not a lot of pop stars are playing their own instruments right now. So in terms of people she's hanging around who might have some influence on her, I'm hoping she'll lean towards Haim than Calvin. The EDM/dance route is very diverse and always changing. She could pluck an up and coming underground DJ/producer and bring something to the mainstream that isn't quite as popular yet. But other than a few songs and some remixes, I agree the EDM/dance route isn't quite right for her. I think for the next project, she can afford to take more risks and stretch herself outside of her comfort zone a bit. She shouldn't be looking to do 1989 2.0.