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KZ: "Well, I've got the hair like Patti Labelle's, might as well go all the way and take off the shoes, too!"

Thanks, @DRW50, for the tag!!

ICAM. There aren't too many shows that hold up as well 40+ years later, but MSW is one that does; and I think that's because it never chased any trends. Instead, MSW set out only to entertain, and they did that very, very well.

Why am I only now hearing about what happened in L.A., lol?

There's a lot you don't need if you have the writing. You don't even need large casts! You could make do with a cast of 12-18 actors if the writing is there.

Frank Valentini is not a well person.

If you think about it, DALLAS and DYNASTY grew stale right about the same time, even if the ratings were slow to reflect that. FC and KL, on the other hand, tried to stay fresh, but KL was way more successful at it, I think, than FC. (That [!@#$%^&*] with The Thirteen does not hold up well, lol).

I've said it before, and I'll say it again (and again): CBS should have extended Angela Lansbury the courtesy of going out on HER terms, not theirs. The network, Universal and Corymore all should've sat down together before the start of the last season and discussed how to ensure that MSW would go out with a bang. Leave it on Sunday nights, of course, but really pull out some stops: big name guest stars (Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor immediately spring to mind), more on-location/international shoots, maybe convince Peter S. Fischer and William Link to return as consultants, you name it. But give her and the show the dignity they were due. I do, too, but that's why I love her so much. She had every right to call him and the rest of the network out, but didn't, because she was simply too classy to do that. God bless her.

LOL!!

Larry Wolek had the worst luck with Karens, lol.

I guess that's why I never could hate Drake Hogestyn or John Black so much that I wanted him off the show. DH always came across (on screen and off) as the ultimate "team player," who never phoned it in or mistreated his colleagues or fans in any way.

I agree that she looks good. I wasn't slamming her, her age or her looks in my last post. I was just commenting on the fact that her wardrobe and hair gave me Susan Sullivan/"Dharma & Greg" vibes, lol.

This must have been the week the final episode of "Newhart" aired.

I know I'm exaggerating, but it seems like they were hardly any Waltons left by the time the show was finished, lol.

I agree with @kalbir: the move to Thursday nights was pure sabotage on CBS' part. MSW still performed very well on Sunday nights - well enough, in fact, to be one of CBS' only two series to land consistently within the Top 10 (with "60 Minutes" being the other) - but CBS, and Les Moonves in particular, wanted the network's demographics to skew younger. He and his minions knew damn well MSW never stood a chance on Thursdays against "Friends," but that was precisely why they moved it there. It's truly shameful when you think about it, lol.

It's pilots like "Hurricane Sam" and "Anything for Love" that makes me so afraid to write professionally, because, my God, what if I actually tried and came up with something just as awful, if not worse (if that's even possible)?

Frank Valentini should thank his proverbial lucky stars that JE came out of retirement.

I liked Reva, too, but as I've said before, no one at that show besides Pamela K. Long knew how to write for her or for KZ. You don't plunge a character who is OTT by design into circumstances that are equally (or more) OTT. The trick with a character like Reva Shayne Lewis is to keep the storylines as down-to-earth as possible and allow her emotions to be bigger. I've always said that both Reva and KZ were at their finest when they were dealing with relatively mundane things like Josh's paralysis, her marriage to H.B. and her pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage.

I agree! AE was just one of those performers who could draw you in, no matter what. I don't believe I ever saw her phone in any performance on any show. To me, she always gave 100%. God, how I miss seeing her on TV every day.

You could always tell whenever Douglas Marland enjoyed writing for a particular actor, because he'd pull out all the stops for them; and Julianne Moore was no exception.

I'm sorry, but I just can't get past the fact that it was Lois, of all people, who deceived so many people. No matter how hard Rena Sofer tries to justify Lois' actions - and boy, does she work hard! - it just isn't something Lois would've done.

Those fools will follow him over the cliff, because they look at him as their last gasp at relevance.

Me neither, lol. She literally kept the network afloat for YEARS, and that (the timeslot change) was the thanks she received? I definitely agree with Tom Shales' sentiments that not everything in pop culture has to be geared toward 12-to-18 year olds, and that MSW "had good manners." MSW was a fun show that never gave into excessive, gratuitous violence; but because it wasn't sensationalistic, CBS assumed only "old people" enjoyed the show, when, in fact, MSW appealed to viewers of all ages.

It's really shameful how William Devane's career had hit a wall before joining KL, because, IMO, he was almost too good for this show, adding layers to a character that wasn't always written well.