Talkin' 'Bout TV Movies

[DRW50]

@Franko Thank you for the promo and the song. Weird how I did not remember Cathryn Damon, even though I adored her on Soap, but I remembered Loretta Swit. Maybe this was before I watched Soap...

As @Paul Raven said, what a killer cast. And how nice that it was all-women even in major roles behind the scenes. And they didn't have to fly up in a Jeff Bezos junker for ten minutes to show equality...

NBC really was letting it all hang out in the late '70s and early '80s to try to get interest. Many times, it failed, but what fascinating failures - some of the most fascinating in TV history.

Edited Thursday at 06:37 AM by DRW50

[Paul Raven]

 A very negative review of Friendship, Secrets and Lies

http://hillplace.blogspot.com/2013/07/gaggle-60s-starlets-friendships-secrets-lies.html

[Franko]

THIS! I'm no revisionist historian, but the Fred Silverman era deserves some credit for trying.

[Soaplovers]

Claire Labine wrote a few tv movies in the early 90s, I always wondered why soap writers didn't think to write tv movies in between soap opera writing gigs.

The Bride in Black - 1990 - Starring Susan Lucci

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She Woke up - 1992 - Starring Lindsay Wagner

 

Star - 1993 - Starring Jennie Garth (A Danielle Steel Adaptation)

[Khan]

"The Bride in Black" is probably Susan Lucci's best role outside of AMC.  She had a good script to work with and a good co-star in David Soul; and even though seeing her work in a deli was a stretch, it ended up not being as soul-crushing as watching her play a dual role ("One is a NYC cop; the other, a stone cold killer!") in "Double Edge."