Khan

I feel like there's a point in DYNASTY's run when the Shapiros and their team don't even BOTHER with storytelling anymore. Instead, just characters saunter into rooms, spout arch dialogue to each other and then saunter back out.

Didn't some sketch comedy show once do a mashup of "Eddie's Father" and "Hulk"? Something like "The Courtship of the Incredible Hulk"?

Just the thought of "Etta Plum" gettin' horizontal with "Mr. Edwards"....! But you never know! I mean, I never thought I'd see Tamara Tunie back on a soap full-time either. Yet, there she is, vamping it up with the other Articulettes on BTG.

TBH, @bongobong , I've never had a subscription to Starz, so I can't say whether "Survivor's Remorse" was any good. I just know Tichina Arnold was on it and that it ran for, I think, four seasons? IMO, Jean Smart's departure was a much bigger blow to the show than Delta Burke's. You could have spun off Delta/Suzanne or just wrote her out altogether, as they did, and the show would've been fine. JS/Charlene, however, was DW's real heart and the glue that held the rest of that cast together. (Just as it was Betty White, IMO, who provided the heart and soul to "The Golden Girls"). Without her, it was left up to Meshach/Anthony to keep Dixie/Julia and Annie/Mary Jo from spinning out of control, which was a mighty big task, to say the least, lol. I'd say "Hacks" has been JS's first, really successful series since leaving DW back in '91, though. She's had a ton of great roles in between - and not just in TV either, but also in theater and film - but as far as TV goes, it seems like she has a better track record as a guest or recurring actor on established series ("Frasier," "24," "Fargo," etc.) and limited series ("Watchmen" and "Mare of Easttown").

I wonder which actress they hired. Whenever I think about Althea Chandler, I always picture someone like Millette Alexander.

It seems like a ton of crazy [!@#$%^&*] went down BTS on that set, lol!

Don't forget her role on "Survivor's Remorse." I'd consider that a success as well. For years, I've been wishing for someone to cast her and her frequent co-star, Tisha Campbell, in a series or series of TV movies about a pair of amateur sleuths. It'd be so crazy (and yet so fun) to watch, lol.

Same here, lol. It would be so difficult to explain how Skye is really Adam's daughter after all, but if GH could explain how Gio is Dante and BLQ's kid, then I guess anything's possible. THANK YOU!!!!!

Stop it, children, you're both pretty.

"Carol & Company" had a really novel premise, but I could see why Carol herself elected to end it. Essentially, they were doing a new pilot every week, which must have been one hell of a grind. Perhaps, if it were done now, when doing 12-13 episodes per season is more the norm, it'd be more sustainable. I really wanted to like the "Carol Burnett Show" revival, but comedy had changed so much by that time, and it just seemed like she couldn't keep up.

What Loni really needed, IMO, was a talk show: something that would have allowed her to rebuild her career, while also keeping herself and her family afloat financially. And before anyone scoffs at the idea of Loni Anderson hosting a talk show...

I understand why Michael Learned prefers theatre to television; but, on the other hand, visual-based storytelling can be just as impactful as theatrical storytelling if done right.

I'm not trying to rewrite history. I'm only offering my perception of what I saw as the unfair treatment that Loni Anderson and Delta Burke suffered at the hands of the media during the '90s. Is my perception wrong? Maybe. But I don't believe my views warranted that kind of response. If you took offense to anything that I posted, though, I apologize, because it's clear to me anyway that I've touched a nerve with you. LOL! TBF, though, when Pernell Roberts still was on "Bonanza," he spoke out about the lack of non-stereotypical roles for minority actors on TV shows including his own, at a time when doing so amounted to career suicide.

"FBI: The Untold Stories," featuring daytime's own Kim Zimmer in one episode (as a U.S. Army staff sergeant, who hijacks a helicopter in order to get her boyfriend released from prison), was produced by Arthur Annecharico, who was the KING of low-budget, low-quality TV. ("The Munsters Today" and "What a Dummy!". Need I say more, lol?). The fact that Mr. Artistic Integrity himself, Pernell Roberts, would agree to host what was essentially a discount "Unsolved Mysteries" never stops cracking my [!@#$%^&*] up.

LOL!!

See above post, lol.

I'll be blunt: Cynthia Cidre might be a terrific writer, but she had no business being part of "Dallas." She knew nothing or next to nothing about the original series, or even how a serialized drama like "Dallas" operates, and she didn't care. They're literally giving it away now when order on Doordash. "Three months for free! Just tap yes! For God's sake!" "Spin City" still leaves a bad taste in my mouth, because of how proud Gary David Goldberg was of himself as he told the press he deliberately chose not to add any older writers to the staff (never mind that it was an older writer who'd helped Goldberg break into the biz back in the '70's, or that he, himself, was now the oldest guy in the room). It's the same reason I'll never watch anything that that ageist, aging frat boy Bill Lawrence attaches his name to.

ICAM. I'm not aware of everything that's available now on streaming, but what I am aware of, I'm in no rush to watch. I'd say Burt and his own struggles had a lot to do with Loni's career momentum stalling in the '80's, beginning with "Stroker Ace," which was a DISASTER at the box office, setting them both back professionally. In a way, I can't fault Burt wanting to do the picture in the first place (and turning down Jack Nicholson's Oscar-winning part in "Terms of Endearment") as a gesture of loyalty to director Hal Needham, who had directed him in several other pictures, including "Smokey and the Bandit," but everyone involved should've known better. IMO, Loni was another actor who, like Delta Burke, was wrongly vilified by the tabloids in the '90's. The press enjoyed portraying her as Burt's clawing ex, and a washed-up bimbo who was clinging desperately to the shreds of a once-promising career. As I see it now, though, Loni was really an abused wife, married to a narcissistic pillhead, who couldn't cope with the fact that he had trashed his own career through bad decisions and ego. That's why I felt so bad for Loni when people snickered at her joining NBC's "Nurses" just as the whole "Burt vs. Loni" saga was still playing out publicly. I'm sure Loni knew "Nurses" was a crap show, but I also believe she took the job for two reasons: 1) to rebuild her career and prove herself again as a comedienne after taking a back seat to Burt and his career for so long; and 2) to keep their adopted son, Quinton, in the lifestyle to which he was accustomed. Poor Farrah. IMO, she was a much better actress than people ever gave her credit for. Her performances in "The Burning Bed," "Extremities," "Small Sacrifices" and even the short-lived sitcom she did with Ryan O'Neal (and which was supposed to be Ryan's big comeback vehicle) bear this out. Yet, all anyone ever talked about were the damn hairstyle and the pinup poster. (I call it "Rita Hayworth Syndrome," lol). Living with Lee must've been paradise, though, compared to living with O'Neal, an s.o.b. who knocked out his son's teeth and hit on his own daughter at a funeral. As Sophia Petrillo would say, "he makes Wallace Beery look like Adolphe Menjou."

I still laugh my ass off at the sight of her just hanging out of that car window as she fires her gun at god-knows-what:

Say, what about the actors on the four major '80's primetime soaps (DALLAS, DYNASTY, FC and KL)? How many were able to land gigs on other successful shows? Because, the only ones I can think of are Patrick Duffy ("Step by Step"), Heather Locklear (MP and "Spin City"), Nicollette Sheridan ("Desperate Housewives") and Susan Sullivan ("Dharma & Greg" and "Castle").

Progress? #shrug

Or sleeper CELL, depending on how you look at it. ;) I don't know if that's where Kelsey Grammer WANTS to go so much as it's where he HAS to go and still be a proud Republican/Trump supporter. IMO, doing a faith-based film isn't like doing a low-budget "indie" that won't get seen by many, but could become critical and/or awards favorites. I think actors who choose those projects do so with the understanding that it will do next to nothing for their careers. They won't appeal to anyone outside of the Fox NewsMax crowd, nor will they land any nominations or spots on any critics' "Best of" lists (Christian movie critics notwithstanding). If you're doing it, therefore, it's because 1) you need the bread and 2) you need to get in good with The Man Upstairs. (See Miss Faye Dunaway). The thing is, there was a time when a show on HBO called "The Head" would've been about something entirely different. (Oh, well. Like I always say, there's still Cinemax!)

I'd forgotten about "Julia," but with so much out there on streaming these days, can you blame me, lol? Meanwhile, Kelsey Grammer still can't catch a break, even AFTER trying and failing to revive "Frasier." He has tried so many other sitcoms, and even a drama series or two, but nothing has stuck. Now, I see he's doing faith-based films, which is usually a sign that an actor's career has reached the end of the line. It's really the first time I paid any attention at all to Oldman, since I don't like most films made after 1989 or so.

To me, "The Night of the Ropers" felt like a consolation prize: "Yeah, we know we said we'd bring you back full-time if the spinoff flopped, but we're not gonna, so here's a guest shot on your old show to make up for it!" And if you want to know what the producers really thought of Jenilee Harrison, just watch how Jack keeps attempting to explain to Mr. Roper who Cindy is and what she's doing there, and how Mr. Roper keeps brushing him off with, "Who cares!?".