21 minutes ago, te. said:

Season 4 of Sisters. A complete vibe change into a Very Serious Drama, except it kind of just get soapier and more ridiculous.

IMO, if "Sisters" needed to transition from being a quirky family dramedy to a full-fledged "serious" show or soap, it needed a stronger producer who knew how to do that without letting the stories go entirely off the rails. IOW, it needed a Peter Dunne.

1 minute ago, Khan said:

IMO, if "Sisters" needed to transition from being a quirky family dramedy to a full-fledged "serious" show or soap, it needed a stronger producer who knew how to do that without letting the stories go entirely off the rails. IOW, it needed a Peter Dunne.

swoon For Peter Dunne! What he did for season 7 of Melrose Place was amazing.

But damn, season 4 of Sisters so far is depressing and Very Serious. I'm not sure what they're trying to do here.

10 minutes ago, te. said:

But damn, season 4 of Sisters so far is depressing and Very Serious. I'm not sure what they're trying to do here.

What else? Mainstream credibility. It's not enough to be a "niche" show on Saturday nights; you gotta up your game if you wanna hang out at the pool with the cool kids ("Law & Order," "NYPD Blue," "Picket Fences," etc).

Plus, as fascinating as the four Reed sisters had been (due more to casting, I think, than to actual character development), I don't think there was much more you could do with any of 'em after S3 without feeling like you're repeating yourself.

Not sure why you pushed Picket Fences in there since it's in the same quirky genre that Sisters was pre-season 4.

But yeah. They did everything so now it's drama time! And it's rape.

13 minutes ago, te. said:

Not sure why you pushed Picket Fences in there since it's in the same quirky genre that Sisters was pre-season 4.

But yeah. They did everything so now it's drama time! And it's rape.

It was, but it won a lot of Emmys for a time, and everyone was kissing David Kelley's backside.

The show imploded pretty much the same way Sisters did.

When factoring in ratings, critical acclaim, place in television history and pop culture, and influence on other dramas, I'd say the definitive dramas of the 1990s were ER, NYPD Blue, 90210, and Melrose.

4 minutes ago, kalbir said:

When factoring in ratings, critical acclaim, place in television history and pop culture, and influence on other dramas, I'd say the definitive dramas of the 1990s were ER, NYPD Blue, 90210, and Melrose.

I might throw Twin Peaks and Buffy on too.

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