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<blockquote data-quote="Soaplover" data-source="post: 419717" data-attributes="member: 336">I think one of the reasons why Cheryl Ladd was a good replacement was because the show wasn&#039;t trying to replace Farrah with another Farrah/Jill type.&nbsp; Cheryl had a more townboy/kid sister vibe that worked well with Kelly/Sabrina since they were the older sisters taking the kid sister (Jill&#039;s kid sister) under their wing.It was harder to replace Kate/Sabrina because she was the logical/pragmatic one.. and Kate was able to infuse Sabrina with different layers.&nbsp; So when season 4 rolled around, they tried another Kate like character Tiffany, but she had the logical/pragmatic elements without bringing additional layers to her character so people just viewed her as faux Sabrina/Sabrina lite instead of a character in her own right.On paper, Julie seemed a good idea.&nbsp; A non cop, a model, and someone that had to fight in order to survive... but Tanya Roberts couldn&#039;t play that.&nbsp; She had a natural comic ability (as shown on That 70s Show) that the show could have utilized and made Julie more intentionally funny instead of street wise.I recall Kelly G was supposed to be the streetwise Angel, and her backstory growing up as an orphan was supposed to support that.. but I agree that Jaclyn S was able to showcase a softness within the cool/hard exterior of the early episodes and the show wisely wrote to that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Soaplover, post: 419717, member: 336"] I think one of the reasons why Cheryl Ladd was a good replacement was because the show wasn't trying to replace Farrah with another Farrah/Jill type. Cheryl had a more townboy/kid sister vibe that worked well with Kelly/Sabrina since they were the older sisters taking the kid sister (Jill's kid sister) under their wing. It was harder to replace Kate/Sabrina because she was the logical/pragmatic one.. and Kate was able to infuse Sabrina with different layers. So when season 4 rolled around, they tried another Kate like character Tiffany, but she had the logical/pragmatic elements without bringing additional layers to her character so people just viewed her as faux Sabrina/Sabrina lite instead of a character in her own right. On paper, Julie seemed a good idea. A non cop, a model, and someone that had to fight in order to survive... but Tanya Roberts couldn't play that. She had a natural comic ability (as shown on That 70s Show) that the show could have utilized and made Julie more intentionally funny instead of street wise. I recall Kelly G was supposed to be the streetwise Angel, and her backstory growing up as an orphan was supposed to support that.. but I agree that Jaclyn S was able to showcase a softness within the cool/hard exterior of the early episodes and the show wisely wrote to that. [/QUOTE]

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