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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 113659" data-attributes="member: 27">Around the time original Dynasty was a national obsession (the spring of 1983), NBC chose to renew the lowest-rated show on its schedule (and 74th out of 77 shows on all networks) rather than give up on it.  Like the CW, NBC didn't have a lot going for it, schedule-wise, and decided to give that show a chance to build an audience rather than just dump them.  It worked out well for them; the show (Cheers) gathered an audience during rerun season and built on that audience for eleven seasons.You never can tell what goes into these decisions.  So many shows I liked have been prematurely (in my opinion) cancelled, so all I can do is say "hell yeah!".</blockquote>