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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 219797" data-attributes="member: 102">It affected the essence of the characters. When you lose over 10 million viewers in a two year period, you know there&#039;s at least one distinct change that the audience notices and doesn&#039;t like.&nbsp; What were some of the biggest changes in the show in that two year period? The divorces would have to rank pretty high up there as major negative changes. JR and Sue Ellen got divorced and then the next year they had Pam and Bobby break up. That&#039;s too much.Viewers liked the loyalty Bobby and Pam showed each other. They liked the idea that this was a couple whose marriage could withstand anything, even a feud between their families, because they loved each other that much. Instead, the viewers got this:&quot;Let&#039;s have Pam blame Bobby for her mother dying in a plane crash, abandon him, take his son away from him and fly to France with a guy she just met a few weeks ago.&quot;The fans were never going to look at Pam the same way again after that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 219797, member: 102"] It affected the essence of the characters. When you lose over 10 million viewers in a two year period, you know there's at least one distinct change that the audience notices and doesn't like. What were some of the biggest changes in the show in that two year period? The divorces would have to rank pretty high up there as major negative changes. JR and Sue Ellen got divorced and then the next year they had Pam and Bobby break up. That's too much. Viewers liked the loyalty Bobby and Pam showed each other. They liked the idea that this was a couple whose marriage could withstand anything, even a feud between their families, because they loved each other that much. Instead, the viewers got this: "Let's have Pam blame Bobby for her mother dying in a plane crash, abandon him, take his son away from him and fly to France with a guy she just met a few weeks ago." The fans were never going to look at Pam the same way again after that. [/QUOTE]

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