Klein gegen Groß
January 3 | 8:15 PM | ARD
4.983 million viewers in Germany watched the show with Linda Evans last night, making it number 2 in the timeslot. Linda Evans was so lovely. During the interview, she even referred to Dynasty as Denver-Clan (because that was the German title of the series). She also had a great trailer, naturally featuring scenes from Dynasty, but also a clip of her Golden Globe acceptance speech and her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony with John Forsythe and Ursula Andress (why her?) by her side. It was mentioned that Linda also had roles in other successful series besides Dynasty, such as North & South (the most-watched US miniseries in Germany of all time, so still a household name), and a scene with Lesley-Anne Down was also seen.
As for the game "Little vs. Big (Klein gegen Groß)", Linda competed against a young boy in a virtual puzzle where they had to identify movies. The boy won, but Linda only made one mistake (to my surprise). She mistook Black Swan for Life of Pi, while correctly identifying Barbie, Forrest Gump, and Mrs. Doubtfire. Incidentally, Linda hasn't seen Barbie yet, but she has seen Forrest Gump and Mrs. Doubtfire.
If you're wondering who the woman sitting to Linda's left is, it's Iris Berben, a German actress. If you want to make a comparison, you could say she's the German Jane Seymour. She was part of the main cast of Das Erbe der Guldenburgs (The Guldenburg Legacy), the first German primetime soap in the 1980s, which had more viewers in its first season than Dallas and Dynasty ever had. What was interesting about Das Erbe der Guldenburgs, which ran for three seasons, was that it let characters go instead of desperately trying to keep them on the show.
By the way, while flipping through some old magazines, I came across a horoscope for Linda Evans from 1984 that might be of interest to some astrologers here:
