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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 338206" data-attributes="member: 46">Most of the Knots Landing cast loved Peter Dunne, as they considered Dunne to be the best writer on their show. Dunne went in the other direction to David Paulsen for the 1985-86 seasons. Dunne actually joined Dallas very late in the 1984-85 season. Dunne was a big success on Knots Landing, but divides opinion a lot more on Dallas. Maybe Paulsen clashed with the Lechowicks too (who became the main script editors of Knots for Seasons 8-12), and the Lechowicks really divided opinion among the Knots Landing cast and crew. Ted Shackelford and Michele Lee loved them, while Joan Van Ark often disliked their scripts and later accused them of turning Valene into "the village idiot", while John Pleshette couldn't stand them either.The Knots quality never crashed much though. Once past its very best years, it was still a good standard all the way. I think it helped that the actors had more say in the creative process compared to Dallas. I wonder how the Dallas brass would have coped with William Devane, who sometimes altered things on a whim for Greg Sumner.</blockquote>