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Wk 1 of 84/85 Season

ABC made changes immediately,dropping Foul Ups (Tues @ 8), People Do Craziest Things (Th @ 8), moving Three'sA Crowd from Tues @8.30 to 8 and shifting Who's The Boss from Th @8.30 to Tues @8.30.Glitter Th@9 was dropped and a Thursday Movie was introduced.

CBS used mini series Mistral's Daughter to try and blunt the ratings of opposition shows.

NBC had Cosby as an immediate hit.

Still to debut

CBS

Scarecrow & Mrs King,Kate & Allie, Newhart,Cagney & Lacey, Charles in Charge, Dreams and Knots Landing

NBC

Riptide,V

  1. Dallas CBS 26.4/44

  2. Falcon Crest CBS 234/40

  3. Cosby Show NBC 22.5/37

  4. Dynasty ABC 22.2/34

  5. A'Tèam NBC 21.7/34 2hr premiere 8-10

  6. 60 Minutes CBS 20.9/34

  7. Cheers NBC 20.7/32

  8. Family Ties NBC 20.1/32

  9. Murder She Wrote CBS 18.9/29 2hr premiere Sun 8-10

  10. Knight Rider NBC 18.9/29 2hr premiere Sun 8-10

  11. Hotel ABC 18.7/31 (Elizabeth Taylor guest star)

  12. Mistral's Daughter, part 2 CBS 18.7/30 Tues 9-11

  13. Heartsounds ABC 18.5/31 Sunday Movie 9-11

  14. Magnum, P.I. CBS 18.4/30

  15. Night Court NBC 18.3/28

  16. Hill Street Blues NBC 18.2/31

  17. Simon & Simon CBS 18.2/29 2hr premiere Th 9-11

  18. Mistral's Daughter, part 1 CBS 18.2/29 Mon 8-11

  19. Secrets/Married Man NBC 17.5/27 Mon 9-11

  20. NFL (7 -7:22 p.m.) CBS 17.4/32

  21. Highway to Heaven NBC 17.4/28

  22. Fall Guy ABC 17.0/28

  23. Facts of Life

  24. Webster ABC 16.5/28

  25. Mistral's Daughter, part 3 CBS Wed 8-11

  26. NFL, San Diego vs. LA. RaldersABC 15.5/27

  27. Benson ABC 15.3/27

  28. It's Your Move NBC 15.3/24

  29. Three's a Crowd ABC 15.3/24

  30. Love Boat ABC 14.9/27 2hr premiere Sat 8-10

  31. Remington Steele NBC 14.0/26

  32. Hardcastle & McCormick ABC 14.0/23

  33. TV Bloopers and Prac. Jokes NBC 14.6/23

  34. Dlffrent Strokes NBC 14.5/28

  35. Trapper John, M.D. CBS 14.3/26

  36. Gimme a Break NBC 14.3/28

  37. Bob Hope Special NBC 14.3/25 Fri @8

  38. Cover -Up CBS 14.2/27

  39. Finder of Lost Loves ABC 14.2/27

  40. Punky Brewster NBC 14.1/23

  41. Miami Vice NBC 13.8/24

  42. Dukes of Hazzard CBS 13.6/24

  43. 20/20 ABC 13.6/23

  44. Paper Dolls ABC 13.6/21

  45. Jessie ABC 13.3/23

  46. Partners in Crime NBC 13.1/24

  47. Foulups, Bleeps & Blunders ABC 13.0/22

  48. E/R CBS 12.9/20

  49. Mike Hammer CBS 12.8/23

  50. Airwolf CBS 12.6/24

  51. St. Elsewhere NBC 12.6/21

  52. Scene of the Crime NBC 12.5/21 Sun 10-11

  53. Glitter ABC 12.4/19

  54. Call to Glory ABC 12.3/20

  55. Silver Spoons NBC 12.2/21

  56. .AfterMASH CBS 12.0/20

  57. Hunter NBC 11.8/20

  58. Hot Pursuit NBC 11.0/21

  59. Matt Houston ABC 10.7/18

  60. Who's the Boss? ABC 10.7/17

  61. Hawaiian Heat ABC 10.0/17

  62. People Do the Craziest Things ABC 9.0/15

  63. Ripley's Believe It or Not ABC 8.6/14

  64. Larouche for President ABC 8.3/11

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Sorry to be jumping around but anyway here's Wk 12 of the 88/89 season.

 

Night Court @ No 1 ! guess people really liked watching after Cheers. Must have been frustrating for the producers to have it moved out of that timeslot.

 

All of CBS' new shows were disasters. They talked about trying to hook younger viewers at 8pm then slotted Dick Van Dyke...

 

Dynasty...a sad ending. If they had have kept it Wed @10, but probably ready to be rid of it.

 

  1. 23.9/39 N Night Court Special Thurs 9.30-10 (pre-emptng Dear John)

  2. 23.8/38 N Cosby Show

  3. 23.7/37 N Cheers

  4. 23.2/36 N Different World

  5. 22.2/39 N Golden Girls

  6. 22.0/33 A Roseanne

  7. 20.9/33 C 60 Minutes

  8. 20.3/32 A Who's the Boss?

  9. 19.4/35 N L.A. Law

  10. 19.2/34 N Empty Nest

  11. 18.5/31 A Monday Night Football

  12. 18.029 A Growing Pains

  13. 17.9/27 A Moonlighting (Season Premiere)

  14. 17.5/28 A Head of the Class

  15. 17.5/32 N Hunter 42. 12.7/22

  16. 17.2/26 N NBC Monday Movie 'Maybe Baby'

  17. 17.125 C Rudolph- Reindeer Mon @8 (pre-empting Newhart/Coming of Age)

  18. 17.127 N NBC Sunday Movie

  19. 16.8/25 N In the Heat of the Night

  20. 16.6/25 N Matlock

  21. 16.3/30 N Amen

  22. 16.2/24 N Family Ties

  23. 15.724 A Wonder Years

  24. 15.523 N ALF

  25. 15.424 A ABC Sunday Movie

  26. 15.4/28 N 227

  27. 15.226 A Full House

  28. 15.2/25 C Dallas

  29. 14.7/25 A thirtysomething (Sesaon Premiere)

  30. 14.5/22 C Kate and Allie Special Sun @8 (pre-empting Murder She Wrote)

  31. 14.3/20 N Hogan Family

  32. 14.0/25 C Knots Landing

  33. 14.0/21 C Murphy Brown Special Sun @8.30(pre-empting Murder She Wrote)

  34. 13.724 A Perfect Strangers

  35. 13.7/21 N Day by Day

  36. 13.7/23 N Midnight Caller

  37. 13.620 C Murphy Brown

  38. 13.4/24 A 2020

  39. 13.0/20 A Hooperman

  40. 12.8/19 C Designing Women

  41. 12.7/19 A Mission: Impossible

  42. 12.7/22 C Falcon Crest

  43. 12.322 A China Beach

  44. 11.8120 A Mr. Belvedere

  45. 11.8/18 N Highway to Heaven Wed 8-10 (pre-empting Unsolved Mysteries/Night Court/Baby Boom)

  46. 11.7/18 A MacGyver

  47. 11.721 N Miami Vice

  48. 11.6/18 C CBS Tuesday Movie 'Tricks of the Trade'

  49. 11.6/20 C Wiseguy

  50. 11.4/19 A Just the Ten of Us

  51. 11.1/17 C CBS Sunday Movie

  52. 9.7/15 A Dynasty

  53. 9.515 N Magical World of Disney

  54. 9.5/15 A Incredible Sunday

  55. . 9.1/16 C Beauty and the Beast

  56. 8.7/14 C Almost Grown

  57. 8.5/15 A Battle of the Network Stars Sat 9-11

  58. 8.5/13 C Paradise

  59. 8.5/14 N Sonny Spoon

  60. 8.4/13 F Americas Most Wanted

  61. 8.2/13 C 48 Hours

  62. 8.2/12 F Married...Wiith Children

  63. 8.1/14 N Something Is Out There

  64. 7.7/12 C Equalizer

  65. 7.5/13 N Tattinger's

  66. 7.0/11 A Presidential Cont. Analysis

  67. 6.8/12 A Murphy's Law

  68. 6.8/12 C Simon and Simon

  69. 6.8/11 F 21 Jump Street

  70. 6.7/12 C West 57th

  71. 6.0/10 A Knightwatch

  72. 6.0/11 C Dirty Dancing

  73. 6.09 C TV 101

  74. 5.8/9 F Rock -Roll Xmas Special

  75. 5.5/10 C Raising Miranda

  76. 4.8/8 F Duet

  77. 4.7/8 C Van Dyke Show

  78. 4.4/7 C Annie McGuire

  79. 4.3/8 F Reporters

  80. 2.9/5 F Beyond Tomorrow

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Wow...Dynasty at 9.7 rating and ranked #52. The last year was pretty bad story wise.  Dallas still the top soap and doing well at 15.2. ratings....and the number 2 show for CBS behind 60 minutes. CBS sure was struggling. 

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Even though Dynasty at this time clearly was a dying show I think it did get an injection of energy with Stephanie Beacham's arrival as Sable. I didn't miss Krystle at all after she fell into a coma.

And although Emma Samms couldn't hold a candle to Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon the writing for her did improve slightly at the end.

So personally I feel that Dynasty's last season was better than Falcon Crest's final season. That poor show definitely went out with a whimper.....

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Wk 13 -Lucky 13 for The Bradys.

  1. 25.9/42 N Cosby Show

  2. 25.1/39 C CBS Sunday Movie 'A Very Brady Xmas'

  3. 24.2/39 N Different World

  4. 23.7/37 N Cheers

  5. 22.9/35 A Roseanne

  6. 21.3/33 A Who's the Boss?

  7. 20.1/35 N Golden Girls

  8. 20.0/33 N L.A. Law

  9. 19.9/31 C Murder She Wrote

  10. 19.3/32 C 60 Minutes

  11. 19.3/30 N Dear John

  12. 18.8/30 N Unsolved Mysteries

  13. 18.6/28 N ALF

  14. 18.0/32 N Empty Nest

  15. 17.9/28 N NBC Monday Movie 'I'll Be Home For Xmas'

  16. 17.5/27 A Moonlighting

  17. 17.5/27 N Matlock

  18. 17.0/29 A Monday Night Football

  19. 16.8/26 N In the Heat of the Night

  20. 16.7/28 C Knots Landing

  21. 16.7/26 N Night Court

  22. 16.1/24 N Hogan Family

  23. 15.5/23 C Designing Women

  24. 15.5/29 N Hunter

  25. 15.1/26 A thirtysomething

  26. 14.8/25 C Dallas

  27. .14.8/24 N NBC Sunday Movie 'She Was Marked For Murder'

  28. 14.1/21 C Murphy Brown

  29. 14.0/24 N Amen

  30. 13.9/23 A Hooperman

  31. 13.9/25 A 20/20

  32. 13.6/25 C Wiseguy

  33. 13.5/23 N Midnight Caller

  34. 13.4/24 N 227

  35. 132/23 A Full House

  36. 13.0/20 N Family Ties

  37. 12.9/20 A Wonder Years

  38. 12.8/23 A Perfect Strangers

  39. 12.7/19 C Kate and Allie

  40. 12.6/21 C Charlie Brown's Christmas Wed @ 8

  41. 12.3/19 C Newhart

  42. 12.2/22 A China Beach

  43. . 12.1/22 N Miami Vice

  44. 12.0/21 A Mr. Belvedere

  45. 11.9/21 C Falcon Crest

  46. 11.8/21 C Beauty and the Beast

  47. 11.8/18 N Day By Day

  48. 11.7/19 A MacGyver

  49. 11.5/20 A Just the Ten of Us

  50. 11.2/18 N Baby Boom

  51. 10.8/17 C Equalizer

  52. 10.7/17 A Dynasty

  53. 10.7/19 C Bugs Bunny Christmas Sat @8

  54. 10.6/18 N Chipmunk Christmas Fri @ 8.30

  55. 10.5/18 C Night Before Christmas Sat @ 8.30

  56. 10.4/17 C CBS Tuesday Movie 'The Promise'

  57. 10.3/17 A Free to Be a Family Wed @ 8

  58. 10.0/16 C Almost Grown

  59. 10.0/18 N Season to Be Smurfy Fri @ 8

  60. 9.9/15 C Paradise

  61. . 9.4/17 A ABC Saturday Movie 'The Toy'

  62. . 9.2/14 F America's Most Wanted

  63. 9.2/16 N Sonny Spoon

  64. 9.0/14 C 48 Hours

  65. 8.9/14 A ABC Sunday Movie 'Smoky Mountain Xmas'

  66. 8.9/16 N Tattinger's

  67. 8.8/14 N Magical World of Disney

  68. 8.7/13 A Mission: Impossible

  69. 8.6/13 F Married...With Children

  70. 8.2/14 A Moscow Circus

  71. 7.9/13 C Annie McGuire

  72. 7.5/13 F 21 Jump Street

  73. 7.2/14 C West 57th

  74. 6.8/12 C Simon and Simon

  75. 6.6/10 C TV 101 22

  76. 6.5/11 A Murphy's Law

  77. 6.4/10 A Knightwatch

  78. 5.5/9 A Burning Questions Thur @10

  79. 4.8/7 F Garry Shandling Show

  80. 4.2/6 F Tracey Ullman Show

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Found some ratings for syndicated programming:

 

Syndication ratings Week ended Sept 24 1989.

 

First figure is rating, second - number of stations airing that show and third percentage of coverage of the country.

 

1 Wheel of Fortune13.2 230 99

2 Jeopardy! 12.1 218 98

3 Oprah Winfrey Show 9.3 215 99

4 Cosby Show 9.0 204 98

5 Wheel of Fortune, weekend 8.5 204 91

6 Star Trek 8.2 226 97

7 Current Affair 8.1 185 95

8 Entertainment Tonight 8.0 162 95

10 Geraldo! 5.9 195 99

11 Mama's Family 5.4 170 90

12 Star Search 4.9 125 86

12 Family Feud 4.9 125 86

14 Superboy 4.7 166 91

15 People's Court 4.5 170 91

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Wk 25 of the 88/89 season.

 

Changing of the guard as Roseanne hits #1. ABC moved it from 8.30 to 9 to replace the faltering Moonlighting. That benefited Wonder Years which moved into Roseanne's old slot and Anything but Love which  followed Roseanne.

 

Dallas and Falcon Crest fading but still holding up in their timeslots. Knots winning Thurs @10.

 

1 Roseanne 27.7/40

2 Cosby Show 25.3/40

3 NBC Monday Movie 25.1/38 'Those She Left Behind'

4 60 Minutes 23.0/39

5 Who's the Boss 22.8/34

6 Different World 22.7/35

7 Anything But Love 22.6/34

8 Wonder Years 22.4/33

9 Cheers 21.7/34

10 Murder. She Wrote 21.2/32

11ALF 20.7/30

12Peoples Choice Awards 19.6/31CBS Sun @9

13Golden Girls 19.2/34

14 Hogan Family 18.9/28

15 Dear John 18.7/29

16 Matlock 18.1/27

17 Night Court 18.0/29

18 Growing Pains 17.9/29

19 Knots Landing 17.6/30

20 Head Of the Class 17.2/27

21 In the Heat of the Night 17.1/25

22 Unsolved Mysteries 17.0/27

23 Empty Nest 16.8/29

24 thirtysomething 16.1/28

25 Hunter 16.1/31

26 My Two Dads 15.9/26

27 Midnight Caller 14.9/26

28 Murphy Brown 14.7/21

29 Amen 14.7/26

30 Full House 14.5/25

31 L A Law 14.5/25

32 ABC Mystery Movie 14.3/21'BL Stryker'

33 Designing Women 14.2/21

34 Family Ties 14.2/22

35 NBC Sunday Movie 14.2/22

36 Dallas 13.7/23

37 Wiseguy 13.5/24

38 Coach 13.4/21

39 MacGyver 13.0/19

40 227 13.0/24

41 Kate and Allie 12.9/18

42 48 Hours 12.8/20

43 American Salute: Liz Taylor 12.7/20 ABC Th@9 (pre-empting Dynasty)

44 Newhart 12.4/18

45 Hooperman 12.3/20

46 Father Dowling Mysteries 12.2/21

47 China Beach 12.1/22

48 20 20 11.8/22

49 Falcon Crest 11.6/21

50 Day by Day 11.4/17

51 Mr Belvedere 11.3/19

52 Married With Children 11.1/16

53 ABC Sunday Movie 10.9/17 

54 Just the Ten of Us 10.7/18

55 Paradise 10.4/16

56 Unsub 10.0/19

57 Equalizer 10.0/16

58 Americas Most Wanted 9.9/15

59 Hard Time on Planet Earth 9.5/15

60 Miami Vice 9.4/16

61 Magical World of Disney 9.3/16

62 Beauty and the Beast 8.8/14 Mon @10

63 This is America C Brown. Part 6 8.2/15 CBS Fri @ 8

64 Man Called Hawk 8.1/14

65 Marvin Special 8.1/15 CBS Fr @8.30

66 NBC News Special 8.1/14 Wed @10 

67 Mission Impossible 7.8/14

68 Flight -Navigator. Part 1 7.7/12

69 West 57th 7.6/14

70 Cops 7.5/13

71 21 Jump Street 7.1/12

72 Dolphin Cove 7.0/13

73 Tour of Duty 7.0/10

74 CBS Tuesday Movie 6.4/10 'Intrigue'

75 Heartbeat 6.3/11

76 Great Circuses of the World 6.2/10

77 Garry Shandling's Show 5.3/8

78 Murphÿs Law 5.2/10

79 TV 101 5.1/9

80 Reporters 4.9/9

81 Tracey Ullman Show 4.6/7

82 Duet 3.7/6

 

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Premiere Week 1986/87 Season

  1. Cosby Show NBC 33.5/50.,

  2. Family Ties NBC 32.1/43. '

  3. Cheers NBC 30.0/46

  4. Dallas CBS 28.5/44 2hr premiere pre-empting Falcon Crest

  5. Golden Girls NBC 25.6/45

  6. Stranded NBC 24.9/38 NBC Monday movie

  7. Moonlighting ABC 24.9/38

  8. Murder, She Wrote CBS 24.6/38

  9. Raiders of the Lost Ark ABC 22.7/37 ABC Sunday Movie

  10. Johnny Carson Special NBC 22.1/38 Th 9.30-11 pre-empting Night Court/Hill St Blues

  11. Football, Chicago -Green Bay ABC 22.3/36

  12. Who's the Boss ABC 21.8/36

  13. Amen NBC 20.3/36

  14. Matlock NBC 20.1/32

  15. Dynasty ABC 20.1/31

  16. 60 Minutes CBS 19.8/34

  17. Head of the Class ABC 19.2/30

  18. Sledge Hammer (Tues.) ABC 18.6/29 pre-empting Growing Pains

  19. Kate & Allie CBS 17.8/28

  20. Hunter NBC 17.5/33

  21. Gimme a Break NBC 17.5/27

  22. Perfect Strangers ABC 17.4/29

  23. Miami Vice NBC 17.4/28 24.

  24. Together We Stand CBS 17.1/26 Mon preview pre-empting My Sister Sam

  25. Doing Life NBC 18.8/27 Tuesday Movie pre-empting Crime Story/1986

  26. Highway to Heaven. NBC 16.7/27

  27. Scarecrow & Mrs. King CBS 18.6/30

  28. The Colbys (Wed.) ABC 16.6/28 pre-empting Hotel

  29. St. Elsewhere NBC 15.7/27 30.

  30. Facts of Life NBC 15.6/30 '

  31. ALF NBC 15.6/24

  32. Amazing Stories NBC 15.6/23

  33. Under the Influence CBS 15.4/24

  34. MacGyver ABC 15.4/24

  35. Valerie NBC 15.4/23 36.

  36. Jack & Mike ABC 15.3/26

  37. Football, NFL game (Sun.) NBC 15.2/29

  38. Knots Landing CBS 14.8/23

  39. Easy Street NBC 14.6/23

  40. Intimate Encounters NBC 14.2/23 Sunday movie

  41. Our House NBC 14.1/24

  42. A Team NBC 13.6/24

  43. Crime Story NBC 13.3/23 Fri @10 preview pre-empting LA Law

  44. 20/20 ABC 13.2/22 45.

  45. Kay O'Brien, Surgeon CBS 13.1/22

  46. Firefighter CBS 12.6/20 Tuesday movie

  47. Courage CBS 12.5/20 3hr Sophia Loren TV movie Wed 8-11pre_empting Together we stand/Better Days/Magnum PI/The Equalizer

  48. Mike Hammer CBS 12.1/21

  49. Hero in the Family ABC 12.0/20 Disney Sunday Movie

  50. Downtown CBS 11.8/21

  51. Sidekicks ABC 11.7/22

  52. Webster ABC 11.3/18

  53. Simon & Simon CBS 10.8/20

  54. Spenser: For Hire ABC 10.6/20

  55. Twilight Zone CBS '10.2/16

  56. The Colbys ABC 10.1/20

  57. Life with Lucy ABC 9.8/15

  58. George Washington II, part 2 CBS 9.6/16 Mon 9-11 pre-empting Newhart/Designing Women/Cagney & Lacey

  59. Sledge Hammer ABC 9.3/15

  60. The Wizard CBS 8.9/16

  61. Ellen Burstyn Show ABC 8.7/15

  62. Starman ABC 8.3/13

  63. Mr. Belvedere ABC 6211

  64. Heart of the City ABC

  65. Our World ABC 6.0/9

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Vanessa has now passed out twice, curious to see what’s wrong with her and where this goes (finally something to showcase her!).  Also, this is where Zachary finally makes an appearance, to help an alone Vanessa come to. She doesn’t know him, but he knows her name and knows to call Matt. Someone else mentioned this, but I too feel like this was meant to be someone else at first - perhaps Marian (or my wishful thinking haha)? For a month or so, they never show his face, just a hand with a gold (very unisex, at least) bracelet. But then, not showing his face again, has an encounter with Phillip where his voice is very deep, and then again with Ed at Ed’s going away party. Based on their very short conversation, it almost seems like Ed sold him the lighthouse (we’ll see). But now he’s made an appearance in Lucy’s dream where we finally see his face, and then again now with Vanessa. He also showed face to Marah/Shayne and they recognized him, so curious to see who this person finally is and how people know of him or how he seems to know everyone. But, it was odd in the beginning - either he was supposed to be Marian, or they just didn’t have an actor cast yet. Oh and now the recent cliffhanger, Lucy is walking the beach alone, post-fight with A-M, and he’s there to say hello to her. He feels like a God-like being haha. He’s a very pretty, young man, maybe a little too young looking. I haven’t been spoiled at all on who this is and where his story goes, so it’s interesting and one of the few things keeping me going right now. Finally, the Hart/Dinah/Roger story is so draining and ridiculous. They think we’re going to root for Dinah and Hart, as they carry out this plan to make Roger go insane and become a couple in the process, but they’re really an unlikeable duo now. I used to really ‘love to hate’ Dinah, but now she’s just malicious and unlikeable. There was a really weird campy scene where Roger sees a shirtless man wearing this weird mask after he chugged the vial of Lanatrat. Now Roger is in the hospital and they keep allowing Hart to evade all cops and hospital staff, showing up to haunt Roger at every corner. Now they got Blake, Matt and Vanessa to go along with their plan in making him think he’s crazy. It’s just too much, but I will say Zaslow is giving a great performance with this ridiculous story. Oh, Quint did return home on an excavating assignment, post-breakup with his 20-something girlfriend. But they stuck him in this stupid story with Roger/Hart/Dinah, and the Native American grounds that he plans to dig up just happened to be exactly where Hart was “buried” LOL - so dumb. Annie is finally starting to take more pills and make things more interesting, which Phillip is catching onto. They keep having these two run into each other and are building a nice rapport. The only things keeping me going are the promise of Annie’s pill popping/downward spiral (since I know she’s not Josh’s endgame), Ross/Blake/Rick and the babies, Rick/Abby’s budding relationship, mystery Zachary, and maybe Michelle/J. Everything else is pretty bad and I’m looking forward to getting to the ends of their storylines.
    • Thanks for the tag @DRW50 as always!! This is an era of AMC I’ve read much about yet seen so little of. 
    • https://x.com/alanalda/status/1928568971219095943 May 30, 2025 Alan Alda @alanalda Loretta was a supremely talented actor. She deserved all her 10 EMMY nominations and her 2 wins. But more than acting her part, she created it. She worked hard In showing the writing staff how they could turn the character from a one joke sexist stereotype into a real person -- with real feelings and ambitions. We celebrated the day the script came out listing her character not as Hot Lips, but as Margaret. Loretta made the most of her time here.

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      https://www.instagram.com/p/DKSijk2MeIj/ May 30, 2025 mike_farrell_official Loretta… 1937-2025 #mash #mash4077th #mash4077 #lorettaswit #candle #sad #sadness #memory #memories            
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