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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 441766" data-attributes="member: 27">When the ABC sitcom It's A Living was renewed for a second season, the network demanded a retooling that included hiring Louise Lasser to join the ensemble (as Susan Sullivan had left).  They even renamed the show Making A Living.  Lasser's character Maggie was in the same offbeat realm as Mary Hartman but not as pronounced.  Still, the show drifted from an ensemble to more of a star vehicle for Lasser, since Maggie was hardly the type who could simmer in the background for long.  The retooling didn't help much; the show got cancelled by ABC after that season and when it was revived for first-run syndication they switched the title back and acted as if the ABC years (including Lasser's Maggie) never happened.</blockquote>