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<blockquote data-quote="Brian Kinney" data-source="post: 362658" data-attributes="member: 3219">I was aware of it but she was on NBC daytime.&nbsp; And from 1983-87 Days of our Lives rated behind ABC&#039;s General Hospital and CBS&#039; TY&amp;TR (also among younger viewers I guess?). I understood why Dynasty hired Emma Samms, made perfect sense for ABC and Spelling. But Alfonso not. If they wanted viewers back or new viewers for Falcon Crest they just had to re-engage their CBS daytime viewers from TY&amp;TR and their new show (in 1986-87) TB&amp;TB and promote it (the actress who played the youngest Logan sister back then would&#039;ve been perfect for Lance).[ATTACH=full]45686[/ATTACH]<a href="http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/1971/12/1985-86-soap-ratings.html" target="_blank">Source (Edited)</a>Lorimar didn&#039;t hire CBS TY&amp;TR stars but at least two big names from NBC (Peter Reckell for Knots Landing&nbsp; and Alfonso for FC). Maybe the casting people were DOOL fans and influenced the producer Michael Filerman for Knots and FC?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brian Kinney, post: 362658, member: 3219"] I was aware of it but she was on NBC daytime. And from 1983-87 [I]Days of our Lives[/I] rated behind ABC's [I]General Hospital[/I] and CBS' [I]TY&TR [/I](also among younger viewers I guess?). I understood why [I]Dynasty[/I] hired Emma Samms, made perfect sense for ABC and Spelling. But Alfonso not. If they wanted viewers back or new viewers for [I]Falcon Crest[/I] they just had to re-engage their CBS daytime viewers from [I]TY&TR[/I] and their new show (in 1986-87) [I]TB&TB [/I]and promote it (the actress who played the youngest Logan sister back then would've been perfect for Lance). [ATTACH type="full" alt="1983-84.jpg"]45686[/ATTACH] [URL='http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/1971/12/1985-86-soap-ratings.html'][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]Source (Edited)[/COLOR][/URL] Lorimar didn't hire CBS [I]TY&TR[/I] stars but at least two big names from NBC (Peter Reckell for [I]Knots[/I] [I]Landing[/I] and Alfonso for [I]FC[/I]). Maybe the casting people were [I]DOOL[/I] fans and influenced the producer Michael Filerman for [I]Knots[/I] and [I]FC[/I]? [/QUOTE]

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