All: Recasts for popular characters that weren't accepted.

9 minutes ago, DeeVee said:

I would not disagree with that. Possibly the problem was Paul Avila Mayer had left the show. He LOVED Delia, she was one of his favorite characters. There's an interview where he admitted he was much more empathetic towards the character than Labine.

The other possible thing was Delia had...I'm not going to say matured, but she had definitely evolved, and Kristen had left before most of that took place. So she might not have felt as comfortable in the role.

Delia was regressed any time she made progress. This just ended up hurting the show and suggesting Labine and Mayer were out of ideas. It made a good portion of 1980/1981 a slog and sure enough what I've seen of 1983 is the same. No one was asking for Delia to chase after Frank two or three more times.