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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 327564" data-attributes="member: 7">When you think about it, that&#039;s basically the voids Georgette and Sue Ann filled. Yeah, the final two seasons especially focused on Mary&#039;s life at WJM-TV. Sue Ann had her own show there, and Georgette was connected to Mary through Ted, a long-time coworker of Mary&#039;s. I&#039;m sure such a decision to make the newer characters was easier for the writers to keep the stories at the workplace, and also cheaper for the producers to use less sets. Quite true. Sue Ann and Georgette are jewels and just as important to the MARY TYLER MOORE legacy as Rhoda and Phyllis are. Quite true. Especially on sitcoms, the producers don&#039;t want to shake the status quo and when a character leaves, they try their hardest to recreate a cookie-cutter character that typically takes just the most basic characteristics of the one that left. 

I often think about DESIGNING WOMEN. When Delta Burke left in 1991, she was replaced with Julia Duffy. They traded a brunette for a blonde, but Suzanne and Allison -- the actresses&#039; respective characters -- were meant to mirror one another. What they didn&#039;t give Allison, however, was a sense of humanity or likability to the audience or the other ladies in the show. They were more successful in transitioning from Jean Smart to Jan Hooks, also in 1991.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 327564, member: 7"] [JUSTIFY]When you think about it, that's basically the voids Georgette and Sue Ann filled. [/JUSTIFY] [JUSTIFY]Yeah, the final two seasons especially focused on Mary's life at WJM-TV. Sue Ann had her own show there, and Georgette was connected to Mary through Ted, a long-time coworker of Mary's. I'm sure such a decision to make the newer characters was easier for the writers to keep the stories at the workplace, and also cheaper for the producers to use less sets. [/JUSTIFY] [JUSTIFY]Quite true. Sue Ann and Georgette are jewels and just as important to the MARY TYLER MOORE legacy as Rhoda and Phyllis are. [/JUSTIFY] [JUSTIFY]Quite true. Especially on sitcoms, the producers don't want to shake the status quo and when a character leaves, they try their hardest to recreate a cookie-cutter character that typically takes just the most basic characteristics of the one that left. I often think about DESIGNING WOMEN. When Delta Burke left in 1991, she was replaced with Julia Duffy. They traded a brunette for a blonde, but Suzanne and Allison -- the actresses' respective characters -- were meant to mirror one another. What they didn't give Allison, however, was a sense of humanity or likability to the audience or the other ladies in the show. They were more successful in transitioning from Jean Smart to Jan Hooks, also in 1991.[/JUSTIFY] [/QUOTE]

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