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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.

I agree. Charley's recasting and reconception didn't jibe with her backstory as an orphan who apparently bounced from foster home to foster home, or her status as the "outsider" looking into the family's tight dynamics.

Thanks, @dc11786, for that write-up. From the way you've described everything, it DOES sound as if Jason Vinley was whipping the show into shape, understanding that you might convert more viewers out there with solid storytelling than you would with flat-out preaching.

That was my thought as well. I realize Cameron Faulkner always came across as controlling and manipulative, but good lord. They made him do everything short of killing a puppy on his way out, lol.

Wasn't there talk of bringing back Dan Kennicott at some point? Like, sometime during the late '90's or early '00's?

There's also an audio-only clip on YT where Gail lashes out at Monica after learning she had had an affair with her late husband (not knowing or understanding, of course, that, in fact, he had raped Monica). I remember listening to that years ago and thinking, "Wow, now I see why Douglas Marland enjoyed writing for her!"

It's still so wild to see Jake Weary all grown up when I still remember when his mom was pregnant with him (on GL, and IRL).

I agree. Of course, I haven't seen any of her work on DAYS or LIAMST, but I have seen her stuff on other shows (SFT, GH, LOL, FC and KL) and I think she was very, very good.

It does, doesn't it, lol? It seems like Peter couldn't even go to the bathroom without Pat threatening to do herself in. Were the Pollocks writing the show at that time? Because, if they were, that might explain why so much of what I'm reading sounds horrible.

Sadly, that was more than some African-American characters get on soaps today.

Part of me wishes Sarah Whiting had been exposed as a fraud, someone who claims to be Len and Patti's foster child, but whom Patti exposes right off the bat when she arrives in Henderson.