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I'd agree! There's no way Sid could have "survived" KL's transition into a full-blown soap opera. He was much too much of a pushover and nice guy. Either he would've evolved into a villain (much like FC tried to do with Chase Gioberti after a certain point) or he would've been killed off anyway by someone like Mark St. Clair.

Honestly, I think the only reason NBC kept AW on for so long was because they were afraid to lose that hour to the affiliates, which ended up happening anyway.

ICAM. Even Spelling's classiest series, "Family," probably looks too quaint compared to similar shows that are produced today. I think the producers knew that the show was likely gone, but they still held out hope that they could keep going and reinvent the show for the '90's, much like David Jacobs and the Lechowicks had done with KL.

With all due respect, @chrisml, I'd have to disagree. I loved both "Sisters" and "thirtysomething," but as far as the writing goes, I never thought "Sisters" was in the same class as "thirtysomething" (or "My So-Called Life" or "Once and Again"). To me, it's like the difference between "Family" and early KL. Again, I loved both shows, but I don't think early KL was on the same level as "Family."

This reminds me of the time when one of the other members at my mom's former church printed a quote from Nietzsche in the program for some church-related event (can't remember which atm). Of course, the difference here is that Sister Patrice was just ignorant as hell, lol.

I've noticed they even tried to make a big deal out of his brother being an alleged Trump supporter, which is country-ass dumb, frankly, because who doesn't have a MAGAt or two in their family at this point? My take: the GOP and the MSM know that Walz appeals to a lot of older, white constituents who'd otherwise vote third party/independent, or for Trump, or would stay home, so they're doing all they can to take that advantage away from the Democrats.

I hate Leslie Moonves for a lot of things, but I really hate how he (among other creeps) screwed her out of a career in primetime.

Something I've said about every project that the Lechowicks were involved with. I'd really love to know what their thought processes were whenever they were casting for one of their shows, lol.

Obviously, if I were rebooting DYNASTY today, I'd lean hard into making Steven a sexually fluid character, with both male and female love interests. Just as I'd give Fallon a sort of "daddy complex" that compels her to pursue much older men.

Sela Ward definitely made the right decision in choosing Teddy over Frankie. Not only did she win the Emmy, but her career really took off because of that role.

The fact is, there were millions who supported Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party and they were - pardon the pun - dead wrong. In the end, the NYT (and the rest of the MSM) have an obligation to nothing and no one except the truth. Point blank, period, end of discussion, thanks for stopping by.

"The Drew Carey Show" at number one? WTF?? I'd like to think that David Jacobs (RIP) would be delighted to see his baby become a hit again all these years later.

Re-airing the episode where Kristina loses the baby on LABOR Day? Well, GH, that's certainly a choice!

ICAM!

In retrospect, I should have attended an HBCU after graduating from high school.

TBH, I don't think OLTL ever found the right actor to play Joey or Kevin.

For sure, Larry Hagman/J.R. could have returned after DALLAS was finished. They didn't even need to address the fact that Bobby was still alive on the mothership! And if I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: J.R. returning to Knots Landing and asking Val to co-write/ghost write his memoirs is a story that writes itself, lol.

I am as well. IIRC, he left for "ER," so - like you said, @chrisml - he was leaving, no matter what.

Say whatever you like about Tim Walz and his (not exaggerated) military record, but you'd never catch him creating a national incident at our nation's most revered burial place for veterans!

Exactly. She left her first husband, because she was tired of being a PTA mom who sat and clipped coupons all afternoon while her husband went off to work and controlled everything. What she saw in Gary - aside from the Ewing name and the millions he stood to receive - was the potential to be big fishes in a very big pond. But I loved the fact that Abby had some kind of business/accounting background that accounted for her ability to move up the corporate ladder. A far, far cry from Paige, whose ascendance at the Sumner Group (and at a relatively early age) remains a mystery to me. Abby would have HATED having to start over, but she'd know that she had what it took. Like she famously intimated to Paige, Abby knew how to survive without a trust fund.

Seriously, why do some folks hate LW so f'ing much? I mean, she's not exactly one of my faves, but I swear - reading this stuff in regards to her and KM's dismissal - there are peeps just waiting for the opportunity to shiv her in public.

Whose idea was it to give Jackie Mason his own situation comedy anyway?

Of course, I absolutely think you're correct in that Abby had strong ties to all of the original characters...but I also see DM's POV as well. Not that a (used?) car dealership can't provide grist for the conflict mill - if you can wrench drama from a real estate contest (hi, "Glengarry Glen Ross"!), you can wrench drama from anything - but on the face of things, a setting like Knots Landing Motors isn't glamorous as Ewing Oil, or the Channing/Gioberti vineyards, or even that ad agency on "Melrose Place" that no business in its' right mind should have hired. For the most part, the Lechowicks maintain that balance - expect to hear and see a lot of scenes of parents dropping off/picking up their kids from school or daycare! - but as with everything else, the motives are different. When Ann Marcus or Peter Dunne write those slice-of-life moments, it's to reveal character. When the Lechowicks do it, it's to push along the plot. She's not wrong. As a matter of fact, I could see Karen and Val watching "Desperate Housewives" and laughing at how absurd it all is without ever realizing the irony, lol. IMO, it was harder to keep Abby human, because Abby had accomplished what she'd set out to do, which was to have power. Once you have power, what else is there to do but to acquire more power; and in order to do that, you have to go over and above what you've done before. At a certain point, you stop rooting for someone like Abby. Instead, you're rooting for her to fail.

Kinda...puts the whole "dead baby bear" scandal in perspective.

The implication that she lied about working at McDonald's is peak human stupidity. I mean, who would lie about working at McD's, lol?