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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 437703" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh yes. I'd guess it was mostly producers as well. It's notable that a number of changes occurred with Bruce Lansbury's first episode, for example. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0750273/reviews/?featured=rw6867015&ref_=tt_ururv_c_1" target="_blank">IMDb reviews for that episode</a> mention a number of the changes (which mostly seem to be viewed as favourable).I think the only people I've seen or heard cited are Lyle and Debra Winger. I remember a Nineties interview with Debra (I think on Letterman) where she complained about getting a list of rules which included not being permitted to use the same shades of nail polish or lipstick as Lynda. But of course, that was one person's perspective at a particular time and yes - there's nothing else to suggest Lynda is anything but lovely.Indeed. I think it was the level of incongruity, though. Even though there's little in WW lore to suggest she can't sing, it still feels very much at odds with my perception of the character. Whereas I could buy the even the earlier beauty queen episode.Agreed. Certainly the Seventies episodes couldn't comfortably suggest romance, and there are only so many things that can be down with the pairing beyond that.  One of Lansbury's mid-S2 changes was relegating Steve to the Norman Atkinson role and I think that was for the best overall.It is a shame, though, that poor Lyle ended up with a far smaller role than the one he signed on for, and I also thought the character and actor deserved a more gracious exit than simply being dropped when the series was retooled a final time in anticipation of the Fourth-Season-that-wasn't.</blockquote>

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