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Why has Grey's Anatomy succeeded where 80s soaps failed?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rove" data-source="post: 72149" data-attributes="member: 100"><p>But of course viewers tastes had changed. This is why 90210 and Melrose Place were the success they were. 90210 was slanted more towards the teenage market, it was fresh, something a little different though not my cup of tea. Melrose Place was a format developed for a slightly older market, I'm guessing mid 20's to mid 30's. It was addictive in it's early seasons. Funny how what can work one minute doesn't work the next, remember Models Inc? Goes to show not even the great Linda Gray could carry that show. </p><p></p><p>The problem with Dallas in particular was they didn't grasp the change which was occurring in the 80's. Suddenly the youth unshackled those hideous browns and old school thinking left over from the 70's. Welcome Madonna! I'm gonna scream "Like a virgin, touched for the very first time." Parents were horrified, teenagers embraced her shocking antics. Even now when I re-visit Dallas (and I'm in the process of watching it again) as time moved forward Dallas didn't seem to grasp that change until that annoying Charlie began dating Randy (Brad Pitt). Watching them sashay down the stairs to the beat of Billy Idol's Mony Mony had me in stitches. Was Dallas suddenly wishing to be hip? Watching the reaction of Ray and Jenna, suddenly looking more like grandparents just enforced my opinion Dallas had also become tired and boring. </p><p></p><p>Though the plot lone involving John Ross's conception and ultimate daddy reveal was interesting and pushed the story further I just wonder if Dallas (when it began in 1978) could have been best presented if JR and Sue Ellen had children already several years old so by the time we reached 1985 those kids would have been approaching late teens. Would have been interesting to watch JR interact with a daughter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rove, post: 72149, member: 100"] But of course viewers tastes had changed. This is why 90210 and Melrose Place were the success they were. 90210 was slanted more towards the teenage market, it was fresh, something a little different though not my cup of tea. Melrose Place was a format developed for a slightly older market, I'm guessing mid 20's to mid 30's. It was addictive in it's early seasons. Funny how what can work one minute doesn't work the next, remember Models Inc? Goes to show not even the great Linda Gray could carry that show. The problem with Dallas in particular was they didn't grasp the change which was occurring in the 80's. Suddenly the youth unshackled those hideous browns and old school thinking left over from the 70's. Welcome Madonna! I'm gonna scream "Like a virgin, touched for the very first time." Parents were horrified, teenagers embraced her shocking antics. Even now when I re-visit Dallas (and I'm in the process of watching it again) as time moved forward Dallas didn't seem to grasp that change until that annoying Charlie began dating Randy (Brad Pitt). Watching them sashay down the stairs to the beat of Billy Idol's Mony Mony had me in stitches. Was Dallas suddenly wishing to be hip? Watching the reaction of Ray and Jenna, suddenly looking more like grandparents just enforced my opinion Dallas had also become tired and boring. Though the plot lone involving John Ross's conception and ultimate daddy reveal was interesting and pushed the story further I just wonder if Dallas (when it began in 1978) could have been best presented if JR and Sue Ellen had children already several years old so by the time we reached 1985 those kids would have been approaching late teens. Would have been interesting to watch JR interact with a daughter. [/QUOTE]
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