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This sort of explains why it seems like season 3 was a real shot and why they did a season 3 bible. Shame they didn't go forward with it - it sort of sounds like a mess, but it would've been interesting since it would've been the first prime time soap with proper supernatural elements to it.

Where there's a will, there's a way, hopefully.

Great news! At the very least we should get much better rips of the show.

They should've cast Lisa Rinna in the role.

Wait, they had a successful re-cast with Krista Allen, who seemed to enjoy doing the show and wanted to stay, and they're re-casting again? Why?

I'm shocked it took them this long to bring her back to be honest. Didn't her last appearance kind of end on a cliffhanger note? I wonder if the situation on set made her balk at doing further guest appearances.

TBH, doing a re-watch pod like a lot of actors are doing is a more realistic path to go down, but then again, Knots isn't available on streaming at the moment which hinders everything.

Thank you!

Andrew's new project for bringing people back together with organising for citizens to get together sounds like a great idea to ease the political polarization going on. Damn his labrador energy! Andrew's new project: https://www.thepeople.org/

Oh, interesting - in the latest episode of Still the Place with Andrew said he was negotiating to do half of season 7.

They were on 90210mg and promoted the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mondays-are-a-bi/id1534142827?i=1000663638060 Towards the end of the episode they talk about how they left the show after season 5 and Laura gives this long answer how it felt like it was time for a break, they'd done so much and so on. Courtney says she gave them a number and they said no.

You weren't impressed with Robin Givens announcing in every other scene that she *is* Stephanie Lancaster?

I assume ALF in this case is the animated series and then later ALF Tales? I'm surprised they didn't do more episodes in that case - it seems like it did well for NBC.

Vivica still does a lot of movies... she might do a guest stint because she seems to be friends with Val Jean, but casting her in a regular part wouldn't be smart because she'd quickly be out of there even if she did agree to do it.

Oh, I thought of a few other ones I watched earlier this year. When FOX was launching new nights (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) in the 1992-93 season they of course expanded with two more Spelling shows in form of The Heights and Melrose Place. But they also had Key West - which was more or less Northern Exposure... but in a sunny climate: They also had Class of '96, which at first sight might sound like an attempt at beating 90210 to college: Class of '96 was probably more in line with Party of Five (which came two seasons later) rather than 90210 though. CBS's Freshman Dorm came across as a rather blatant attempt to beat 90210 to the college punch bowl: It even had Justin Lazard as the sensitive leather-wearing (yet mysteriously never sweating like hell) James Dean type.

It wasn't doing well - it wasn't in the top 30 to start with. It's lead-in Ironside was at #4 with a 25.7 rating and the lead out, Dean Martin Show, had a 20.0 rating and ranked #24th. The number 30 show had a 19.3 rating that season. Meanwhile, the midseason replacement for Nancy, Adam-12, ranked 12th and averaged with a 22.6 rating. It was a no-brainer it was cancelled. The story about Nixon getting them to can it sounds like typical rubbish.

If Betty is a former singer, then I present to you for your consideration: But jokes aside, I'd like them to cast someone who can actually sing in the role and maybe had at least a few minor R&B hits. Surely, there most be some modern day Diahann Carroll milling about?

To be fair, exec producers need to be experienced enough to be able to run a daytime show, especially with knowing its limitations and control the budget. Like @DramatistDreamer I'm hoping for fresh faces in the writers room though.

Interesting that it changed to a serial a few months before going off the air - I assume it had fallen out of fashion by then since it must've at least been initially popular to have spin-offs? ETA: per the Accused (1958-1959) Wikipedia page the series originated from a local show called "Traffic Court": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accused_(1958_TV_series) Honestly, with the current popularity of true crime I'm almost surprised no one has taken a stab at it. Divorce Court ended up being revived several times, with the latest incarnation lasting 25+ years.

Well, as you said - it was a middle-of-the-pack show. It was the definition of a reliable player, but also something that they could do away with if they needed the space. And with Dallas and Falcon Crest flying high, I imagine the decision might've been between Knots and Lou Grant, and Knots won out (it was actually in real danger of getting cancelled that season per producers). Similar thing happened with NCIS: Hawaii this season - it was performing well enough for renewal, but CBS essentially had to do away with something for new shows.

Well, networks only pay licensing fees, so they might end up paying a fraction of the cost of production. There's also the fact that once a show goes into syndication it can become very profitable and there's also overseas sales which might spur the production studio to essentially give it away for free (the most infamous example of this was 'Til Death, but Sony in general was for a while well-known for lowering their license fee next-to-nothing in order to get flailing shows to syndication). There's also the issue that there's only so many shows that can launch per season - so if your network is going through a funk like CBS was in the late 80s through the 90s, that might also be an incentive to keep at least the well-known properties going while they try to fix everything else.

While that would be great, the fact that they seemingly waited out Ron's contract instead of replacing him along with Alarr makes me think the budget isn't there to waste 3-4 months of scripts. At best Cwikly and Ford might be able to go back and re-write some stuff to fit with their material better.

The New Class was evidently a huge step down from how Saved by the Bell performed - in hindsight it's sort of amazing it lasted seven seasons.

I've said it before, but I think DAYS's issues are deeper than a headwriter, but maybe with both Alarr and Ron gone we can start seeing a real change? I do wonder about Cwikly though - if she had issues staying on budget over twenty years ago, how long can she survive on the shoe-string budget?

Maybe he'll get to develop his own soap!