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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tommie" data-source="post: 390511" data-attributes="member: 370">To be honest - it was never really about the "special guest star" in either Dynasty or Melrose Place's cases that fueled the ratings; it was ultimately the writing. That's why subsequent attempts to pull the same stunt on Models, Inc and Pacific Palisades didn't work (same with Central Park West). Beverly Hills 90210 didn't pull a special guest star, but still kept growing at the end of its first season because the aforementioned Dylan / Brenda drama; the Melrose Place audience had already responded well to the Keith affair.And I don't mean to diminish what Heather brought to the show - the writers pretty much admitted that besides Heather bringing some short-term publicity to the show, her presence and the way she kept delivering lines kept them writing her more and more snarky (and you can tell - in her first episode Amanda doesn't exactly have her killer one-liners).</blockquote>

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