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<blockquote data-quote="AndyB2008" data-source="post: 314361" data-attributes="member: 26097">CBS screwed Dallas a bit too, when they moved the timeslot of it towards the end to make room for Over My Dead Body.That show was an attempt by CBS and Universal Television to repeat their successes with The Equalizer and Murder She Wrote.In publicity for OMDB, EW was trying desperately to sway the Murder She Wrote comparisons with his show because it was pointed out the premise was the same (because it was about a mystery novelist solving murders in San Francisco,like Jessica Fletcher basically) but it didn&#039;t help him that Universal cast Jessica Lundy as his sidekick, giving the cynics more ammunition when you consider the first name of Angela Lansbury&#039;s character.CBS thought it would be such a hit given their previous shows with Universal that it gave OMDB the 9pm slot and shunted Dallas to 10pm. Sadly it wasn&#039;t to be (as everyone saw it as a MSW clone no matter what Edward said), and Dallas got hurt in the ratings as a result of being moved, probably peeing off the fans (and Lorimar) in the process.Quickly, they pulled OMDB and returned Dallas back to 9pm. The remaining OMDB episodes were burnt off at a later date.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AndyB2008, post: 314361, member: 26097"] CBS screwed Dallas a bit too, when they moved the timeslot of it towards the end to make room for Over My Dead Body. That show was an attempt by CBS and Universal Television to repeat their successes with The Equalizer and Murder She Wrote. In publicity for OMDB, EW was trying desperately to sway the Murder She Wrote comparisons with his show because it was pointed out the premise was the same (because it was about a mystery novelist solving murders in San Francisco,like Jessica Fletcher basically) but it didn't help him that Universal cast Jessica Lundy as his sidekick, giving the cynics more ammunition when you consider the first name of Angela Lansbury's character. CBS thought it would be such a hit given their previous shows with Universal that it gave OMDB the 9pm slot and shunted Dallas to 10pm. Sadly it wasn't to be (as everyone saw it as a MSW clone no matter what Edward said), and Dallas got hurt in the ratings as a result of being moved, probably peeing off the fans (and Lorimar) in the process. Quickly, they pulled OMDB and returned Dallas back to 9pm. The remaining OMDB episodes were burnt off at a later date. [/QUOTE]

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