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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 334228" data-attributes="member: 57984">17 years ago -- I recall @Tessie , breathless, was the first to report the news to the forum (whatever the forum was called then).I also thought Victoria did a good job of acting with Donna Reed as if there was no change...Even at the time, when it was announced in the press that Miss Ellie was being re-cast, we could not believe it... A gaffe made more obvious by the fact that DALLAS went into syndicated reruns in the fall of 1984 (the first show ever to do so while still #1 in prime time) simultaneous to Donna Reed&#039;s joining the show.Everyone on Earth knew it couldn&#039;t work, except the executive who signed off on it, and poor hapless Miss Reed was just an actress taking a role.Apparently, BBG didn&#039;t watch the show that season, reports of her &quot;jealousy&quot; notwithstanding. The producers quietly called her and asked her to return.The recasting of Miss Ellie cast a pall over an otherwise competent season, and it marked the beginning of the loooong end for DALLAS. And you knew it at the time.I wonder which executive at Lorimar made the decision to bring in Reed... Katzman, Paulsen and Lewis saw the problem right away and started cutting back on Mis-Ellie&#039;s scenes pretty quickly. And yet Lorimar extended her contract for three more years. <img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.8dd06ec40243eeb9f0c269c3a27b34af?rik=d%2bibnwg4nYyP4Q&amp;pid=ImgRaw&amp;r=0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 334228, member: 57984"] 17 years ago -- I recall @Tessie , breathless, was the first to report the news to the forum (whatever the forum was called then). I also thought Victoria did a good job of acting with Donna Reed as if there was no change... Even at the time, when it was announced in the press that Miss Ellie was being re-cast, we could not believe it... A gaffe made more obvious by the fact that DALLAS went into syndicated reruns in the fall of 1984 (the first show ever to do so while still #1 in prime time) simultaneous to Donna Reed's joining the show. Everyone on Earth knew it couldn't work, except the executive who signed off on it, and poor hapless Miss Reed was just an actress taking a role. Apparently, BBG [I][B]didn't [/B][/I]watch the show that season, reports of her "jealousy" notwithstanding. The producers quietly called her and asked her to return. The recasting of Miss Ellie cast a pall over an otherwise competent season, and it marked the beginning of the [I][B]loooong [/B][/I]end for DALLAS. And you knew it at the time. I wonder which executive at Lorimar made the decision to bring in Reed... Katzman, Paulsen and Lewis saw the problem right away and started cutting back on Mis-Ellie's scenes pretty quickly. And yet Lorimar extended her contract for three more years. [IMG]https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.8dd06ec40243eeb9f0c269c3a27b34af?rik=d%2bibnwg4nYyP4Q&pid=ImgRaw&r=0[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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