Short Lived 80's Prime Time Soaps

[pete lashmar]

Return to Eden was great and ended on one of the best cliffhangers ever, up there with Who Shot JR? and Who Did Julia Shoot?

Cliffhanger no more....literally just found this clip on youtube. Because they had cancelled the show they filmed an extra 5 minutes to conclude and wrap it all.

So now we FINALLY know what happened next. I had no idea of this add on until I just looked the show up on wiki.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Loved Loved Loved this series - so OTT and so soapy that it's GLORIOUS. Why it never made it to a 2nd series is beyond me, especially with such a great cliffhanger. It really would be ideal for a reboot.

The reasons why it didn't return were financial. It was expensive to make and the initial high ratings fell over the course of the seasons run.

A shame. I think it's a great show. I regularly rewatch every so often. I occasionally have photographs of Eden as my background wallpaper on my PC. I have a small signed photo of James Smillie which I bought off eBay and a black & white photo of Peta Toppano.

It's one of my favourite shows.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Return to Eden was great and ended on one of the best cliffhangers ever, up there with Who Shot JR? and Who Did Julia Shoo

Cliffhanger no more....literally just found this clip on youtube. Because they had cancelled the show they filmed an extra 5 minutes to conclude and wrap it all.

So now we FINALLY know what happened next. I had no idea of this add on until I just looked the show up on wiki.

They had to film that wrap up ending because the show wouldn't have been allowed to be syndicated internationally for further repeat screenings because it originally ended on a cliff hanger with no resolution. Syndicated shows must have a proper resolution to their story arc.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Isn't that Andre Agassi ---or is that what you meant?

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Isn't that Andre Agassi ---or is that what you meant?

The other one looks like Pat Sharp!

 

[Monzo]

I had a soft spot for Pat & Mick's music aka cover versions of disco hits: "I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" and "Let's All Chant" for example.

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

I voted Flamingo Road. Of the few I've seen, it's the one I most enjoyed. The first season often had a dark edge to it that you didn't often see in the other soaps and some it's colourful characters were a delight.

I watched all of Paper Dolls and while I enjoyed some of it, there were too many characters and it often felt unfocused. The few episodes I've seen of Emerald Point NAS were just boring IMO.

As @Willie Oleson pointed out, a lot of the shortlived soaps are extremely rare. I'd love to see Bare Essence some day (although if it hasn't washed up on YouTube by now, I doubt it ever will) and The Yellow Rose is on my wishlist of purchases.

 

[Crimson]

I've never seen any of them, but FLAMINGO ROAD and THE YELLOW ROSE look the best 'on paper'. They both have excellent casts and what appears to be very solid premises for a soap. TYR is particularly intriguing to me, because it matches the rustic side of DALLAS, which I greatly preferred over its glitzier aspects. One of these days, I'll take the plunge on the DVD.