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Falcon Crest
Ninth season Susan Sullivan or Gregory Harrison poll
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<blockquote data-quote="TJP" data-source="post: 396576" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>Let's not confuse cause and effect in that context.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't Jeff Freilich and his team who ran out of good ideas, but they were forced by CBS to tell more or less self-contained stories since CBS thought it would benefit from that concept in later syndication. CBS actually wanted to change the show drastically and go episodic from season 7 on. The rotating celeb guests with their short storylines were a compromise Jeff negotiated with the CBS liaison because he actually preferred a big core storyline and creating supporting sub-plots around it, which CBS wouldn't let him do for that year. When CBS realized mid-season that it was a mistake, parts of the audience had already been lost. At that time, CBS no longer objected against going back to non-episodic storytelling. That's when Howard Lakin created The Thirteen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJP, post: 396576, member: 5151"] Let's not confuse cause and effect in that context. It wasn't Jeff Freilich and his team who ran out of good ideas, but they were forced by CBS to tell more or less self-contained stories since CBS thought it would benefit from that concept in later syndication. CBS actually wanted to change the show drastically and go episodic from season 7 on. The rotating celeb guests with their short storylines were a compromise Jeff negotiated with the CBS liaison because he actually preferred a big core storyline and creating supporting sub-plots around it, which CBS wouldn't let him do for that year. When CBS realized mid-season that it was a mistake, parts of the audience had already been lost. At that time, CBS no longer objected against going back to non-episodic storytelling. That's when Howard Lakin created The Thirteen. [/QUOTE]
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