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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 354624" data-attributes="member: 7">Crawford did a pilot for her own anthology show in 1959. It wasn&#039;t picked up. Joan had sabotaged herself out of a later-life career resurgence by backing out of CHARLOTTE, so it only makes sense that she felt a regular TV series would keep her visible to her audience. And ROYAL BAY seems like it was laying out a strong enough template for her to weasel her way into the early days of serialized primetime drama. I&#039;m sure had the show went to series, the writers would&#039;ve accommodated Crawford&#039;s business ventures and were she to be called away to do a film. Davis was a workaholic, which is proven by the trash TV pilots she did trying to get a series to go. THE DECORATOR, the 1965 pilot she did for Aaron Spelling, is a horrendous attempt at comedy. We&#039;ve discussed it elsewhere, but Davis wasn&#039;t adept in comedy, so having her as the lead on a network sitcom wasn&#039;t going to work anyway. FEUD does a good little montage of the Davis&#039; failed pilots. Some of them might&#039;ve been decent, or at least intriguing with Davis at the head. It would be interesting to have seen Crawford&#039;s turn on DARK SHADOWS. Perhaps she would&#039;ve been more inclined had the series been in primetime, and had her contract secured her the time off she needed to plug Pepsi-Cola and pitter around in B-grade shockers. Why is that one wonders? Was she ill, or did she request a lighter work load?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 354624, member: 7"] Crawford did a pilot for her own anthology show in 1959. It wasn't picked up. Joan had sabotaged herself out of a later-life career resurgence by backing out of CHARLOTTE, so it only makes sense that she felt a regular TV series would keep her visible to her audience. And ROYAL BAY seems like it was laying out a strong enough template for her to weasel her way into the early days of serialized primetime drama. I'm sure had the show went to series, the writers would've accommodated Crawford's business ventures and were she to be called away to do a film. Davis was a workaholic, which is proven by the trash TV pilots she did trying to get a series to go. THE DECORATOR, the 1965 pilot she did for Aaron Spelling, is a horrendous attempt at comedy. We've discussed it elsewhere, but Davis wasn't adept in comedy, so having her as the lead on a network sitcom wasn't going to work anyway. FEUD does a good little montage of the Davis' failed pilots. Some of them might've been decent, or at least intriguing with Davis at the head. It would be interesting to have seen Crawford's turn on DARK SHADOWS. Perhaps she would've been more inclined had the series been in primetime, and had her contract secured her the time off she needed to plug Pepsi-Cola and pitter around in B-grade shockers. Why is that one wonders? Was she ill, or did she request a lighter work load? [/QUOTE]

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