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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bobby Southworth" data-source="post: 446027" data-attributes="member: 4960">If anything for me, when I see a show like TAGS in B&W, and then the color seasons, the color somehow almost takes it back 10 years.. It gives me the feel for what it would be like looking at color photos from the mid to late 50's. DVD probably could have gone a little longer, but.. I'm going to agree because I am such a fan of MTM show... probably was best to have some space between the two shows, for a couple reasons.As I'm sure we all know, Mary chose to follow a similar example by ending her own series before it was being shown the door, but I do have to wonder how much longer it would have lasted..it had dropped from roughly top 20 to top 40 by the end of season 7, and then I have to wonder..contracts would have been up for Ed and Gavin..and I think I've heard the production team was ready to move on..so..had Mary decided to do an 8th season, it could have been a very different show. That said..I'm speculating a little, but I know season 7 is usually when re-negotiating of contracts happen, not that they don't happen at other points, but the 7th year always seem to be a crucial period. I don't think Ted Knight really wanted to continue as Ted Baxter. Could Ed, Gavin, and Ted been convinced to stay for another season? Would Mary have continued if everyone else wasn't ready to leave, or was she ready to go back to the big screen? Confused? Feel like a dope?  These questions, and many more will be answered on the next episode of "Soap". Back to DVD. Just give me a chance to talk anything about MTM show, and look what happens.</blockquote>

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