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<blockquote data-quote="Grant Jennings" data-source="post: 284202" data-attributes="member: 746">I think Christine Baranski&#039;s character, Maryann (along with Karen on Will &amp; Grace) owes a debt to Joanna Lumley&#039;s character, Patsy, on Absolutely Fabulous. Cybill Shepherd is her own worst enemy: she had a hit series which could have had a longer run but she let her ego get in the way which, I believe, led to the show&#039;s cancellation. Shepherd was said to have been jealous that Baranski was getting most of the laughs. Shepherd would have done well to emulate Mary Tyler Moore who didn&#039;t care who was getting the laughs as long as the audience was laughing.Chuck Lorre produced Cybill for its first two seasons; I don&#039;t know what it is about Lorre that draws him to difficult stars, he has also worked with (and had run-ins with) Roseanne Barr and Charlie Sheen.Cybill reminds me of High Society which debuted on CBS several months later, High Society starred Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell. Smart&#039;s character also appeared to be inspired by Patsy Stone. The character of McDonnell&#039;s college student son, who disapproves of the behavior of his mother and her friend, is similar to Ab Fab&#039;s Saffron.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grant Jennings, post: 284202, member: 746"] I think Christine Baranski's character, Maryann (along with Karen on [I]Will & Grace) [/I]owes a debt to Joanna Lumley's character, Patsy, on [I]Absolutely Fabulous. [/I]Cybill Shepherd is her own worst enemy: she had a hit series which could have had a longer run but she let her ego get in the way which, I believe, led to the show's cancellation. Shepherd was said to have been jealous that Baranski was getting most of the laughs. Shepherd would have done well to emulate Mary Tyler Moore who didn't care who was getting the laughs as long as the audience was laughing. Chuck Lorre produced [I]Cybill [/I]for its first two seasons; I don't know what it is about Lorre that draws him to difficult stars, he has also worked with (and had run-ins with) Roseanne Barr and Charlie Sheen. [I]Cybill[/I] reminds me of [I]High Society[/I] which debuted on CBS several months later, [I]High Society[/I] starred Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell. Smart's character also appeared to be inspired by Patsy Stone. The character of McDonnell's college student son, who disapproves of the behavior of his mother and her friend, is similar to [I]Ab Fab's [/I]Saffron. [/QUOTE]

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