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THE FACTS OF LIFE: Year one: Mrs. Garrett (who sings the theme song) deals with 7 girls and the headmaster. Year two: just Mrs. Garrett, three of the original 4 girls plus another girl, revamped theme song, and much better scripts.
DYNASTY: Year one: A languid serialized drama about class differences between an oil tycoon and his new wife's ex-lover's middle-class family. Year two: Remove the middle-class family, add Joan Collins as the diabolical first wife, and the fun finally starts.
And although I never watched the show, ABC supposedly really messed with Mork and Mindy after its highly rated first season. When they tried to reverse the changes it was too little, too late.
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Highlander: The Series.
Season one was awash in the bright colors and clothes and hair of the early 90s -- which looked a lot like the bright colors and clothes and hair of the 1980s.
Season two onward took on a more somber, serious palette.
Season one now looks really dated, whereas the rest of the series looks just fine.
"Scientists are saying the future is going to be far more futuristic than they originally predicted." -Krysta Now
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Dallas was pretty much a self-contained episodic drama in its first season, but then it went into a serial format in its second year. Also, it seemed every season of its existence The Doris Day Show had changes in actors, settings, writers/producers: the only thing that didn't change was Doris herself!
Bosom Buddies was shot on film during its first year, and went to videotape in its second year.
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The shift from B&W in S1 to color in S2 did not do the show any favors. The MGM backlot looked moody and atmospheric in monochrome, but just looked bland in color. In fact, I think it's one of the worst looking color shows of its era, because it did little to take advantage of the transition.
But the bigger problem is that producer Sam Rolfe left after S1, and three different producers took turns running the show. The season lacked a unified tone, and the focus shifted to bigger and progressively more outlandish plots, drifting toward the outright comedy of S3.
BARBARA WRIGHT: You're from Earth?
MORTON DILL: No... no, ma'am, I... I'm from Alabama.
Doctor Who: Flight Through Eternity
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - First season a charmingly different sitcom about a man and woman living together in the same house where one happens to be a ghost. Emphasis on their turbulent relationship with an eye toward adolescent females as the target audience..
Season Two - Moved to ABC where it became the generic cookie-cutter gimmick sitcom with more emphasis on the two kids with an eye toward appealing to the broader Bewitched/Flying Nun/Jeannie demographic.
Same thing happened to Here Come the Brides. First season tried for a unique blend of action, romance and comedy that probably appealed more to teenage girls and young adult females with just enough adventure to keep the males from leaving the room. Second season brought kids on board and it was just more of the same stuff you could find all over the dial..
Both shows were two-season wonders and probably died when ABC told the producers to stop trying for something different.
Are you sure it wasn't ABC who meddled? They have a history of doing so.
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I remember that winter (Dallas native). When I met and talked with Linda Gray a couple of years ago, she mentioned that the cast was surprised when they flew into Dallas to film the miniseries and saw all of the brown grass/trees and the snow/ice on the ground. I told her about sliding around town in the car that weekend the snow hit town
A very nice lady with class, Linda G!
I remember that episode as well (hurricane coming that far inland at that time of year
Oh well, it was a good ep with Brain Dennehy as one of the guests.
Those early Dallas shows really captured the local flavor. It was fun seeing the local scenes on film.
"Checkmate King Two Out" Jeff Willis "Combat! A Selmur Production"
I'm a 50's - mid-90's TV/DVD Collector. One DVD show since '96: Firefly
The Fugitive/See Hollywood & Die: [Miles] "What, you think I'm crazy?!" [Kimble] "Next question."
