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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 342285" data-attributes="member: 57984">The Mis-Ellie recasting in fact hurt DALLAS during Season 8 (per DVD) not the writing so much; even at the time, the recasting felt so bizarre and tone deaf that it cast a tonal pall over the year.The death of Bobby outrated the Moldavian massacre because DALLAS -- and its cliffhangers -- were character-based while DYNASTY was not. So that gave the impact of a single character on DALLAS much greater impact.I like Margaret Michaels, but recasting core characters in nighttime shows is just too risky, and the success rate for it isn&#039;t good. I mean, it was apparently discussed after Jim Davis died as to whether or not they should recast Jock --- and they mercifully voted against it... Sure, Jim Davis had died, but even if he&#039;d left the show over health reasons, a &quot;new&quot; Jock would have been the same disaster that re-casting Miss Ellie.Why would Pam be any different?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 342285, member: 57984"] The Mis-Ellie recasting in fact hurt DALLAS during Season 8 (per DVD) not the writing so much; even at the time, the recasting felt so bizarre and tone deaf that it cast a tonal pall over the year. The death of Bobby outrated the Moldavian massacre because DALLAS -- and its cliffhangers -- were character-based while DYNASTY was not. So that gave the impact of a single character on DALLAS much greater impact. I like Margaret Michaels, but recasting core characters in nighttime shows is just too risky, and the success rate for it isn't good. I mean, it was apparently discussed after Jim Davis died as to whether or not they should recast Jock --- and they mercifully voted against it... Sure, Jim Davis had died, but even if he'd left the show over health reasons, a "new" Jock would have been the same disaster that re-casting Miss Ellie. Why would Pam be any different? [/QUOTE]

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