Could April have been interesting if....

[Jimmy Todd]

...she had been introduced in seasons 5 or 6. No offense to the actress, but April was the most bland, dull main character in the series. Pam, Sue Ellen, Valene, Donna, Julie Grey, Afton, Rebecca, Mandy, Ellie, Lucy, Katherine, Holly, Sly, Jenna(in her first season, the seventh), regardless of different acting abilities, all had some kind of presence. Even Dora Mae, Cassie and Serena made some impact despite their limited scenes. April, imho, was as compelling as a dial tone,no matter what they did with her. April replacing Pam was like cardboard replacing s'mores.
If she had been introduced earlier in better written seasons, would she have developed some charisma over time?

 

[Snowcat]

April was much more interesting as a vixen. She was a poor replacement for Pam. She became Cliffs confident & Bobby’s new love even though there was zero chemistry

 

[CeeCee72]

I thought April was very interesting when she first joined the show. But as time went on and they turned her into a "nice" girl in order to pair her up with Bobby, she became duller than a dish rag.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

It's harder to be the "good" character than the "bad" one because "bad"ones get to do the fun stuff on a soap. Victoria had that certain something that made her captivating as the heroine.
It must depend a lot on whom the hero/ine must battle. JR and Pam were perfect foils for each other.

 

[Barbara Fan]

Could April have ben interesting ...................

If She was played by another actress = maybe

but certainly dont want her earlier on the show to spoil 2 great seasons

I would have introduced her in final series, when hardly anyone was watching!! Not in the Katherine, Kristin Afton league at all

Couldnt stand the character - Gold digger to Saint in 2 years

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Who knows!

I liked her better when she was a troublemaker.

As Saint April it was painful viewing especially her on off dating with Bobby.

 

[Grangehill1]

I actually liked April and I lived the fact she was friends with Bobby, Cliff AND JR. A rarity

 

[Jock Ewing Fan]

...she had been introduced in seasons 5 or 6. No offense to the actress, but April was the most bland, dull main character in the series. Pam, Sue Ellen, Valene, Donna, Julie Grey, Afton, Rebecca, Mandy, Ellie, Lucy, Katherine, Holly, Sly, Jenna(in her first season, the seventh), regardless of different acting abilities, all had some kind of presence. Even Dora Mae, Cassie and Serena made some impact despite their limited scenes. April, imho, was as compelling as a dial tone,no matter what they did with her. April replacing Pam was like cardboard replacing s'mores.
If she had been introduced earlier in better written seasons, would she have developed some charisma over time?

I thought April was a good character who was best as an "outsider" interacting with the Oil Tycoons.
I like SJW - I thought she was good on "Walker: Texas Ranger"
Unfortunately, she lost her edge when they paired her with Bobby.
She might have been more interesting paired with McKay, or taking over Ewing Oil, like her sister did, or
allying with a recast Jock, or, as I have said before, an unknown offspring of Jock and Amanda.

 

[Ray_Krebbs]

I like the transformation of April after she realized her nasty ways brought loneliness, but she lost a lot of identity and personality with Bobby. He tended to do that to the women around him IMO. I wish April had been paired with Ray instead and had been shown running the ranch business with him, perhaps even shooting off rustlers trying to steal cattle

 

[Toni]

.….If she had never existed!!!

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

.….If she had never existed!!!

A shame that it wasn't all a dream.

 

[Laurie!]

April the gold digger was okay. SJW just didn't have the screen presence to truly pull off the attempt to shoehorn April into Bobby's life as a wife we'd give a damn about. Much like Brenda Strong, SJW has an icy, screen presence (why Brenda mostly played dead people). She exudes more of a villainess presence.

Victoria (whether you like her or not) has those huge doe eyes that pull the viewer in and she exudes a screen presence that makes her believable as a good person you want to root for. SJW couldn't complete with that.

It also didn't help that Patrick's new contract forced the writers to make him Superman who had to save the day for every damsel in distress....and they made April the damsel who couldn't fight her own battles.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

April the gold digger was okay. SJW just didn't have the screen presence to truly pull off the attempt to shoehorn April into Bobby's life as a wife we'd give a damn about. Much like Brenda Strong, SJW has an icy, screen presence (why Brenda mostly played dead people). She exudes more of a villainess presence.

Victoria (whether you like her or not) has those huge doe eyes that pull the viewer in and she exudes a screen presence that makes her believable as a good person you want to root for. SJW couldn't complete with that.

It also didn't help that Patrick's new contract forced the writers to make him Superman who had to save the day for every damsel in distress....and they made April the damsel who couldn't fight her own battles.

There is also the fact that Victoria Principal was absolutely gorgeous, she was a very beautiful woman. She also could act which is something that Sheree J. Wilson was only mildly good at. Between the two of them Victoria was the better actor and she also had great chemistry with Patrick Duffy, Sheree had zero chemistry with Patrick.

 

[DaddyDavis2000]

...she had been introduced in seasons 5 or 6. No offense to the actress, but April was the most bland, dull main character in the series. Pam, Sue Ellen, Valene, Donna, Julie Grey, Afton, Rebecca, Mandy, Ellie, Lucy, Katherine, Holly, Sly, Jenna(in her first season, the seventh), regardless of different acting abilities, all had some kind of presence. Even Dora Mae, Cassie and Serena made some impact despite their limited scenes. April, imho, was as compelling as a dial tone,no matter what they did with her. April replacing Pam was like cardboard replacing s'mores.
If she had been introduced earlier in better written seasons, would she have developed some charisma over time?

I loved the original April, the schemer, she was fun, then they turned into a Girl Scout and it wasn’t the same

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

April's best scene was when the bullets hit her!

Sorry about that everyone but she fell really well in slow-motion!

 

[Snowcat]

Could April have ben interesting ...................

If She was played by another actress = maybe

but certainly dont want her earlier on the show to spoil 2 great seasons

I would have introduced her in final series, when hardly anyone was watching!! Not in the Katherine, Kristin Afton league at all

Couldnt stand the character - Gold digger to Saint in 2 years

Definitely Katherine, Kristen or Afton