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Lauralee clearly stacked her Cricket and Lifetime movie coins. Gotta hand it to the Bells for their real estate game.

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@Soapsuds Larry Hagman born 1931 so he turned 47 in 1978.

Crazy to think that the child actor who was John Ross is now the age that Larry Hagman was when Dallas began.

This earthquake was some 3 1/2 years before the real-life northern California earthquake. I don't think the real-life earthquake was referenced during season 9 though. There is some soapy goodness in the dangerous villain getting blackmailed into marrying the jealous scheming ho sister when he really loves the kind-hearted sister. She has a scene about halfway through season 5 that made my jaw drop.

I'm sure she does.

This month was definitely May sleeps. There's been a holding pattern since the 50th anniversary excitement ended.

You're welcome. Jealous scheming ho all about the come up that blackmailed dangerous villain businessman into marriage was not going to turn into a Pretty Woman love story.

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That same blogger also has another good post: Hill Place: Favoring "Falcon Crest": The Other Major Prime Time Soap That arc specifically is why I refer to Season 5 as Dallas with grapes/Miami Vice hybrid. Did you like that pairing? I recall some scenes in Seasons 3 and 4 where they seemed intrigued by each other but then suddenly out of nowhere comes a blackmail marriage.

Knowing Josh Griffith it will end up coming across as a bad Lifetime movie.

Well there was certainly enough cash to finance the 1989 remotes in Vienna and Moscow, and the 1990 remote in Paris.

Olivia was last seen on Y&R in 2009 I think. I don't blame Tonya Lee Williams for not wanting to return after she was unceremoniously dumped in 2005 after 15 years of service.

Budget mode has trickled down to the costume department.

Was it this blog Hill Place: The Single-Handed Destruction of "Falcon Crest" by Kristian Alfonso's Pilar Ortega A couple more old blogs I found ‘Falcon Crest’ (Season 1): Intrigue, drunk on wine | Drunk TV ‘Falcon Crest’ (Season 2): Melodrama & glamour ramp up in 2nd season | Drunk TV

5 seasons, but not long after Patrick Duffy's return budget mode started and that brought on what I suspect to be the salary dumpings of long-time female cast members and sweet young things hired on the cheap. We saw budget mode leading to the salary dumpings of long-time female cast members and sweet young things hired on the cheap across all three of the CBS primetime soaps. In the grand scheme of things, Victoria Principal and Linda Gray were smart to walk away when they did. In theory getting Victoria Principal and Linda Gray expensive contracts off the books should have freed up cash but budget mode probably lead to a salary cap and I think the bulk of the salaries at that point were probably going to Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy.

Bradley's last hurrah was the Jabot/Newman crossover. I'd say the last good episode of 1999 was the Stephanie/Brooke confrontation at Big Bear that was shown during the classics. 12 years of Stephanie's pent-up rage was unleashed. It was her "I will crush you" and the moment that Bradley went full-on in turning Stephanie into a female Victor.

How are you finding Season 5 on a rewatch? The tanking was cemented this season (signs of tanking were showing in season 4), plus it couldn't beat the new hotness Miami Vice so might as well join it. The storylines were just so start and stop and most of them didn't really work.

You'll soon see the setup of a triangle that will drive so many storylines for a good portion of the series. Such soapy goodness.

In that vein, we could say the additions of Kevin Dobson and William Devane were to draw the male audience away from Hill Street Blues, and it worked.

Controversial take here, but I think the Williams family was added on in an attempt to get the African-American audience away from NBC. Think about NBC Thursday in 1987/88: The Cosby Show #1, A Different World 2nd, L.A. Law highest-rated season and that was the season Blair Underwood joined the cast. Remember too budget mode had kicked in so there was most likely a salary cap and these actresses were probably hired on the cheap.

Coming soon to Freevee?

It's been noticeable since the anniversary episodes. Voice has changed too. Surgery and/or injections gone wrong.

Every female pop star from Madonna/Whitney/Janet in the 1980s to Mariah in the 1990s to Beyoncé/Rihanna in the 21st century owes everything to Ms. Tina Turner. She paved the way for them. Private Dancer-era Tina was also the GOAT of late-career comebacks. I'd say the only other late-career comeback to rival that was Believe-era Cher. From What's Love Got to Do With It to The Best to When the Heartache is Over, her songs were such a big part of my life. RIP Ms. Turner and thank you for all your contributions to music.

@Broderick I've never watched Yellowstone but from what I've read, it seems like what TNT Dallas should have been but wasn't.