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YELLOW ROSE was expensive. It didn't get the ratings, either. Many prime time soaps started out as episodics and shifted to serials. YR did the opposite. The last few episodes were self-contained. A few actors, like Susan Anspach, were dropped. The much-touted Jane Russell story arc lasted...one episode. I really liked this show. I'd always wanted Cybill Shepherd to make a comeback. And she did--with MOONLIGHTING. I liked Kerrie Keane on this show too; she was added as a villainess named Caryn Cabrera. She later got a NBC prime timer, HOT PURSUIT. She was a judge on Y&R a few years back.

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Don't forget her role on BH90210 as the woman that had Dylan's half sister. She was downright bad (and I loved it). Deborah Shelton who moved on to Dallas, and Sam Elliott(so fine) who is now appearing on FX's Justified as the season's "big Bad". Edward Albert who moved on to FC, and David Soul from Starsky and Hutch. Chuck Connors must have cost a pretty penny as well. I liked the two old ranch hands, especially Rockford's father from Rockford Files, Noah Beery.

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I've seen the miniseries and that's about it. It'd be nice, though, to picture Jaime Lyn Bauer, Lee Grant and Donna Mills working side-by-side on the same series.

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