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<blockquote data-quote="WarriorsFan" data-source="post: 315092" data-attributes="member: 36930">Murder She Wrote was probably the biggest surprise hit of the 1980s. It spent 8 out of 12 seasons (1984/1985 to 1988/1989, 1991/1992, 1992/1993, 1994/1995) in the Top 10, and 3 out of 12 seasons (1989/1990, 1990/1991, 1993/1994) in the Top 15. Imagine what a shock it must have been to the CBS executives in the spring of 1986 when Angela Lansbury became the face of CBS&#039;s primetime scripted lineup and no longer Larry Hagman (1985/1986 season ended with Murder She Wrote finished 3rd, it&#039;s highest ever, while Dallas finished 6th, it&#039;s final season in the Top 10). Also from 1985/1986 onward, Dallas had some really weak lead-ins: The Twilight Zone (1985/1986), Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986/1987), Beauty and the Beast (1987/1988, 1988/1989), Snoops (1989), Max Monroe (1990), The Bradys (1990), Bagdad Cafe (1990), Sugar and Spice (1990), Over My Dead Body (1990), Guns of Paradise (1991). CBS just could not find anything that worked as a Dallas lead-in. Even though The Dukes of Hazzard drew an entirely different audience and it wasn&#039;t a Top 10 show in its final three seasons 1982/1983 to 1984/1985, somehow that show worked as a Dallas lead-in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WarriorsFan, post: 315092, member: 36930"] Murder She Wrote was probably the biggest surprise hit of the 1980s. It spent 8 out of 12 seasons (1984/1985 to 1988/1989, 1991/1992, 1992/1993, 1994/1995) in the Top 10, and 3 out of 12 seasons (1989/1990, 1990/1991, 1993/1994) in the Top 15. Imagine what a shock it must have been to the CBS executives in the spring of 1986 when Angela Lansbury became the face of CBS's primetime scripted lineup and no longer Larry Hagman (1985/1986 season ended with Murder She Wrote finished 3rd, it's highest ever, while Dallas finished 6th, it's final season in the Top 10). Also from 1985/1986 onward, Dallas had some really weak lead-ins: The Twilight Zone (1985/1986), Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986/1987), Beauty and the Beast (1987/1988, 1988/1989), Snoops (1989), Max Monroe (1990), The Bradys (1990), Bagdad Cafe (1990), Sugar and Spice (1990), Over My Dead Body (1990), Guns of Paradise (1991). CBS just could not find anything that worked as a Dallas lead-in. Even though The Dukes of Hazzard drew an entirely different audience and it wasn't a Top 10 show in its final three seasons 1982/1983 to 1984/1985, somehow that show worked as a Dallas lead-in. [/QUOTE]

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