Pernell Robets always came across as TV was beneath him. He left Bonanza on a sour note. He bashed the series the entire time he was on it. When he did Trapper John M.D. I think he admitted he was needing the money to sign onto another series. He also did commercials during the run of TJ for various products. He hosted "FBI Untold Stories" in the 90's that ran a couple of seasons.

Randolph Mantooth was one of the stars of Emergency in the 70's but wound up doing daytime after years of spotty guest appearances.

Kristy McNichol did the short-lived series "Apples Way" (1974-75). She then did Family (1976-1980) that made her a teen idol. She was expected to be a big film star, but after personal issues with mental health, she returned to series TV in 1988 on Empty Nest. She left EN in 1992 after 4 seasons. She did return for the series finale in 1995. She has since retired from acting.

1 minute ago, SoapDope78 said:

He hosted "FBI Untold Stories" in the 90's that ran a couple of seasons.

"FBI: The Untold Stories," featuring daytime's own Kim Zimmer in one episode (as a U.S. Army staff sergeant, who hijacks a helicopter in order to get her boyfriend released from prison), was produced by Arthur Annecharico, who was the KING of low-budget, low-quality TV. ("The Munsters Today" and "What a Dummy!". Need I say more, lol?). The fact that Mr. Artistic Integrity himself, Pernell Roberts, would agree to host what was essentially a discount "Unsolved Mysteries" never stops cracking my [!@#$%^&*] up.

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Kim must have been in between jobs and in need of a check to do that. It is listed before "Santa Barbara" on her filmography so I'm assuming she was in need. But at least it was a one time job, Pernell Roberts was narrating the mess for all of the episodes.

48 minutes ago, Khan said:

IMO, Loni was another actor who, like Delta Burke, was wrongly vilified by the tabloids in the '90's. The press enjoyed portraying her as Burt's clawing ex, and a washed-up bimbo who was clinging desperately to the shreds of a once-promising career. As I see it now, though, Loni was really an abused wife, married to a narcissistic pillhead, who couldn't cope with the fact that he had trashed his own career through bad decisions and ego.

That's why I felt so bad for Loni when people snickered at her joining NBC's "Nurses"

She absolutely took a fall from the tabloids. I actually enjoyed Nurses when I was a kid, and Empty Nest. I don’t think Nurses is available anywhere so I have doubts that adult me would enjoy it.

Farrah was a great actress. Truthfully, the entire show Charlie’s Angels was maligned in a way that was nothing more than sexism. It was never going to be highbrow, but the three original leads had something special together. The first season and some of the second has many decent light mystery episodes that do not require any bikinis.

Back to Burt Reynolds. I remember when he started making the rounds saying Sally Field was the one that got away. And all these reporters kept asking her about it like they all thought it was so sweet, especially women. And after a few times where she said we broke up for a reason, but he was an important relationship blah blah, she stared to really shut it down by bringing up his ego, cheating, him being threatened by her career after first championing it, sexist pressure to be a good little wifey type for him at home. I really loved her for having enough of his revisionist history and shutting it down.

9 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

John Ritter did serious work in a lot of tv movies in the 90s... I think he even played a killer and he was creepy. Shame people didn't pay attention to tv movies back in the day because back in the 80s and 90s, they were an outlet for comedic actors/actresses to play more serious and darker roles (i.e. Meredith Baxter, Joanna Kerns, Judith Light, Kirstie Alley, etc).

So true. Some of those names showed me when I was younger by how they would be on tv movies or Lifetime playing against type.

1 hour ago, Forever8 said:

But I guess for every The West Wing, Dexter, and Sons of Anarchy, there was unfortunately a "Cane" (still pissed it got canceled despite getting 11 million viewers in 2007, though the writer's strike might've had an effect on its premature cancellation), The Get Down, and East New York.

RIP EAST NEW YORK.