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Maybe. However, even during its' final seasons, MSW remained a cash cow for CBS on Sunday nights. I can't see CBS or Universal slashing its' budget so much that they could no longer afford "name" guest stars, if it meant potentially crippling the show. If anything, I think less older stars were featured, because of a concerted effort from all parties -- CBS, Universal, even Angela herself -- to make the show more appealing to younger audiences. That's why you saw Jessica begin spending more and more time with people who were young enough to be her children. They skewed younger and they made Jessica appear younger as well.

True. Of course, Julie Harris was ALSO a respected stage actor, but she never won for her work on KNOTS LANDING. No, they weren't.

From what I recall, Joyce Whitman wasn't man-hungry like Sue Ann, but she was definitely sarcastic. On the one hand, procedural shows like "Police Woman" were still very popular, so I get why the producers of "The Betty White Show" would make their show-within-a-show a takeoff on that genre. But, on the other hand, I think it would have made more sense to have Joyce work as a nurse on a medical show (think "Trapper John, M.D.") or even a perennially low-rated soap opera, like GH or THE DOCTORS. For the early part of her career, Betty White had an almost saccharine image; something which "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" wisely subverted with Sue Ann, the "Happy Homemaker," who was more like the Happy Home-WRECKER. They could have done the same thing on Betty's own show, with Joyce's image as a benevolent, saintly nurse serving as a dichotomy to how she was in her own, personal life.

I think the general consensus is that Janice Lynde was better as Leslie. Victoria Mallory was beautiful, but she was very wan or colorless. In the scant footage that I've seen of her, Bond Gideon's Jill comes across like Jess Walton's: a scrappy, blue-collar girl trying to "make good." Brenda Dickson was Brenda Dickson, of course, but to me, she was too glamorous to be Jill even the first time around; and Deborah Adair...? Well, looking at HER Jill, you'd never think that the character supposedly grew up on the proverbial wrong side of the tracks.

I remember "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel" chiefly for two reasons: one, it guest-starred Strasser, back when she still knew how to be subtle in her acting choices; and two, it served as a prequel of sorts to "Prediction: Murder," which had a mystery so obvious that I wonder why it took Jessica an entire hour to figure it out.

Best answer? Gail Kobe didn't give a [!@#$%^&*].

So, they lured Kim Delaney back to daytime after these many years, and they let her slip through their fingers again. God, I hate this industry.

Probably. After all, Shannen only left, because the issues (whatever they were) between her and Alyssa Milano had become insurmountable, with Holly Marie Combs stuck in the middle. I do know that Shannen fought hard to improve the show, though, just as I'm sure she would've fought to keep "90210" from slipping into tacky melodrama. If she HAD stayed, neither show would've have gone downhill as fast as they did.

I think the only reason why Barbara Bel Geddes won HER Emmy was because it was for a breast cancer story, which was a kind of story that the primetime soaps generally avoided.

IMO, he did that, because even he knew "Charmed" was a terrible show that needed all the help it could get.

Yup, lol.

Well, the premise was intriguing enough. In "The Betty White Show," Betty portrayed Joyce Whitman, a middle-aged actress, who lands the lead role in a new series, "Undercover Woman," that parodied "Police Woman," starring Angie Dickinson. Unfortunately, for Joyce, the director for her new series turns out to be her ex-husband, played by a pre-"Magnum, P.I." John Hillerman. Subsequently, episodes revolved around Betty and John's characters, as they learned to co-exist again, while navigating the ins and outs of producing a new, weekly TV series. Again, a fairly solid premise. EXCEPT...much of the supporting cast was forgettable; Georgia Engel, who WASN'T forgettable, nevertheless had a very inconsequential role as Betty's BFF (they should have made her character one of Joyce's UW co-stars instead); the "Undercover Woman" scenes played like rejected Carol Burnett skits; and the choice to shoot episodes on videotape rather than film seemed to blunt much of the show's humor, too. (Not that there was much humor, mind you. You know your show is crap when even David Lloyd can't turn out a decent script.)

Even Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Roy Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery would look at that name and wonder wtf was going on.

Kurt McKinney's still shot: "I swear to you, I don't know where I left my shirt!".

Well, he wasn't stupid, lol. He knew that daytime had become so youth-oriented that the only way to STAY relevant in ANY storyline was to be paired with younger actresses. He wasn't willing to be relegated to talk-to status like Charita Bauer just yet.

"90210" is like much of Aaron Spelling's output. If you're watching it again at all, it's because you DO have residual nostalgia for it. Otherwise, it doesn't hold up at all.

Of all the films starring SNL/SCTV alumni, "Stripes" is about the only one I can watch multiple times. RIP.

Well, TBF, the times were a-changin' for shows like "Family Ties." Grittier shows, such as "Roseanne" and "Married...with Children," were on the horizon, making FT look quaint and passe by comparison. Heck, even "Cosby" struggled in the ratings, once the conservative '80's gave way to the more liberal '90's. Still, if I had been in Brandon Tartikoff's shoes, I would have tried my best to convince Michael J. Fox and Gary David Goldberg to spin Alex off onto his own show, one that would have centered on his exploits on Wall Street, as I think there was still a lot of life left in that character. Honestly, it wasn't much of a match, especially if the alternative was the threat of having to watch more scenes with Nick and Mallory. (God, I hated those idiots.)

Yeah, I recall that as well. In fact, I think, next to (ahem) Bill Cosby's, her Q ratings were the highest in TV. (But, I could be wrong about that.) Unfortunately, they never found the right showcase for her to win that elusive Emmy. They tried -- hence, cousin Emma -- but J.B. Fletcher wasn't as flashy a role as Christine Cagney ("Cagney & Lacey") or Jill Brock ("Picket Fences"). Same. I'm convinced her success on MSW was at least partially responsible for her landing the gig as Mrs. Potts in the original "Beauty and the Beast," a movie and performance that exposed her to an entirely new generation of fans.

I'm just saying. Is she (Shannen Doherty) the greatest actress ever? No. When she's good, she's very good; and when she's not, she's...not. But, either way, she makes. You watch. Love her or hate her, but you'll never, ever forget her. ETA: In a world more perfect than this one, she, and not Sarah Michelle Gellar, would have taken daytime by storm as Erica Kane's long-lost, illegitimate daughter on AMC. (And unlike the Once and Future Vampire Slayer, she would've been the right age for it, too, lol.)

I think it's been said that he was reluctant to play the Mike/Alexandra/Lillian triangle that Pamela K. Long had set up for him.

As awful as the current, remaining soaps continue to be, I wish one of them would coax Sharon Gabet out of retirement. IMO, she's an actress who could make just about any material work.

I'll just come right out and say it: I think Shannen Doherty gets the worst rap for being that rare breed of performer who is not here for anyone's bullshit.

Exactly. Plus, I'm generally not someone who stops watching this-or-that TV series or movie, because this-or-that actor has proven him/herself to be a total jackass. (Although, in the past, I have made exceptions, lol.). If I were to "cancel" every show, movie, play, whatever that contained an actor whose beliefs I disagreed with, or whose past misdeeds I found reprehensible, I'd never watch anything on TV or streaming ever again.

I just felt it was strange to have Maya come out as transgender after that whole story about her locating a baby that she gave up for adoption (or whatever).