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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 81867" data-attributes="member: 57984">They said that here, too. I think it's because by 1983 nighttime soaps were more trendy than LOVE BOAT, and HOTEL also pretended to be less comedic -- which just made it funnier, but not more interesting.I recall watching the HOTEL pilot with Bette Davis, and the promos made it look like it was gothic and victorian. But given that Aaron Spelling was producing it, I found it hard to believe it would be that atmospheric.Needless to say, I was angry after watching the pilot. It was exactly the "landlocked LOVE BOAT" the reviewers here were describing it to be. So I rarely watched again, and every time I'd peek in, I was reminded why I didn't want to add it to my usual viewing regimen.But, yes, the press also kept calling it a "soap".</blockquote>