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<blockquote data-quote="Stevie UK" data-source="post: 160487" data-attributes="member: 3870">I never would have brought Duffy back after he chose to leave. There&#039;s this big myth from the time that his leaving caused the show&#039;s ratings to drop, but the show&#039;s ratings were steadily declining after 1980-81 anyway (with a slight bump in 83-84). Once he came back, the ratings continued to decline and the show fell out of the top 10 for good. Of course, by this time, the producers had actively alienated their audience by pulling the most ridiculous plot twist of all time and turned this titan show into a titanic joke.I do remember watching the dream season at the time, and thinking how dull it was. It wasn&#039;t dreadful, it was just dull. Here in the UK it took 8 months for the show to return and when it did, it seemed like a shadow of its former self. It still looked terrific, but its mojo was gone. Anjelica Nero was a great villainess but her plots took ages to get going (as did all the other plots that year). They were stretching the show out too far (31 episodes, when there&#039;s probably about 24 episodes worth of story). The opening credits were barren with Duffy and Tilton gone, but nobody replaced them (Dack Rambo and Jennilee Harrison should have been included to give the opening a fresh lick of paint, perhaps along with a brand new character). The show needed reinvigorating and maybe even reinvention, rather than retconning and hoping for the best. For the last five seasons it was on air, I never felt Duffy was particularly essential to the show in any way and I don&#039;t think it would have made a difference whether he was in it or not. Katzman and Hagman in charge truly was the kiss of death though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stevie UK, post: 160487, member: 3870"] I never would have brought Duffy back after he chose to leave. There's this big myth from the time that his leaving caused the show's ratings to drop, but the show's ratings were steadily declining after 1980-81 anyway (with a slight bump in 83-84). Once he came back, the ratings continued to decline and the show fell out of the top 10 for good. Of course, by this time, the producers had actively alienated their audience by pulling the most ridiculous plot twist of all time and turned this titan show into a titanic joke. I do remember watching the dream season at the time, and thinking how dull it was. It wasn't dreadful, it was just dull. Here in the UK it took 8 months for the show to return and when it did, it seemed like a shadow of its former self. It still looked terrific, but its mojo was gone. Anjelica Nero was a great villainess but her plots took ages to get going (as did all the other plots that year). They were stretching the show out too far (31 episodes, when there's probably about 24 episodes worth of story). The opening credits were barren with Duffy and Tilton gone, but nobody replaced them (Dack Rambo and Jennilee Harrison should have been included to give the opening a fresh lick of paint, perhaps along with a brand new character). The show needed reinvigorating and maybe even reinvention, rather than retconning and hoping for the best. For the last five seasons it was on air, I never felt Duffy was particularly essential to the show in any way and I don't think it would have made a difference whether he was in it or not. Katzman and Hagman in charge truly was the kiss of death though. [/QUOTE]

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