Texas!

[Mona Kane Croft]

I agree.  On Another World, it seemed that Reena would become the female JR Ewing of Texas, and I have always believed that was the original plan.  But so many things changed from the original incarnation of the Bellman family.   

[Contessa Donatella]

You know, don't you, that Long wanted her for GL Reva. And, she declined, saying she'd like her next part to be someone very different. Apparently to her the two parts were too similar. I was astounded to learn that Zimmer was NOT her choice, at all, to play Reva. They had to talk her into it.

[Paul Raven]

That NBC movie was most likely 'Charleston' starring Delta Burke which aired Jan 79 and ran 3rd in its Monday timeslot. It gained some attention from being trashed by the Today show critic who recommended watching WKRP on CBS instead of his own network.

Had it succeeded (it was a pilot) would NBC have wanted a primetime and daytime series on the air with the same theme? Probably not.

Just speculation but the Corringtons may have adapted parts of Reunion stories/characters when developing Texas.

 

 

 

 

[Soaplovers]

Here's a blog about that show https://zebradelic.blogspot.com/2013/02/lynne-moody-in-charleston-1979.html

It starred not only Delta Burke.. but it also starred Lynne Moody and Jordan Clarke (of Guiding Light fame).. with Clarke/Burke playing a Rhett Butler/Scarlett O'hara enemy to lovers story while Moody is in love with Burke's brother.

I wish I could see it because it sounds like awfully soapy.

[robbwolff]

No. It was not Charleston. Joyce Corrington was very specific with the details. She said the movie was The Flame is Love, which was based on a Barbara Cartland novel. A Google search shows The Flame is Love starred Linda Purl and Timothy Dalton. It aired on October 15, 1979. The movie was a failure against Monday Night Football and led to Fred Silverman scrapping Reunion. 

Another tidbit that was shared was that NBC approached the Corringtons about writing one of its existing soaps. They countered with Reunion.

Edited 1 hour ago by robbwolff

[Paul Raven]

OK The Flame is Love was the movie in question. Love how because a period TV movie bombs they decide nobody wants to see the genre. Typical network thinking.

I really don't think Reunion ever had a chance of making it to air. NBC daytime had so many issues that taking a risk like that wouldn't be on their radar.