molliemole (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} molliemole) wrote,@ 2008-03-20 17:34:00 |
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All-time best mid-season replacement series
Complete list found here: http://tv.msn.com/tv/topmidseasonsh
It's a good list, most all really good shows that I enjoyed watching. BtVS is one of them.
But I have a bone to pick with the synopsis of "Moonlighting".
"Moonlighting" was a midseason replacement notable for several reasons, including characters directly addressing the audience and occasionally inexplicably bursting into song. But the show is best remembered for the "will they or won't they" aspect of the lead characters' relationship and for rapidly falling apart once that question was answered.
This repeats an error that has been reiterated time and again. "Moonlighting" did not fall apart because Maddie and David finally "did it". It went all to pieces because Cybill Shepherd was pregnant with twins and had so many resultant physical problems that she was forced to miss episodes or could only film limited parts of episodes. The show's writers, formerly capable of wit and humor, failed utterly in coming up with witty, humorous plots that took this happenstance into account. They suddenly decided to have Maddie marry a strange man she met on a train, and then have her pregancy turn into a "whose baby is it?" This plot twist turned off many fans of the show and ultimately killed it dead.
By the way, I will be taking part in tomorrow's boycott of LJ, not because I'm anti-Semitic (I didn't even know until today that SUP's owners were Jewish) but because I think that any company that treats its customers with disdain or comtempt occasionally needs a knock upside the head, just to get its attention. Dissatisfied customers often take their business elsewhere, and SUP badly needs to be reminded of that basic aspect of Business 101.
Complete list found here: http://tv.msn.com/tv/topmidseasonsh
It's a good list, most all really good shows that I enjoyed watching. BtVS is one of them.
But I have a bone to pick with the synopsis of "Moonlighting".
"Moonlighting" was a midseason replacement notable for several reasons, including characters directly addressing the audience and occasionally inexplicably bursting into song. But the show is best remembered for the "will they or won't they" aspect of the lead characters' relationship and for rapidly falling apart once that question was answered.
This repeats an error that has been reiterated time and again. "Moonlighting" did not fall apart because Maddie and David finally "did it". It went all to pieces because Cybill Shepherd was pregnant with twins and had so many resultant physical problems that she was forced to miss episodes or could only film limited parts of episodes. The show's writers, formerly capable of wit and humor, failed utterly in coming up with witty, humorous plots that took this happenstance into account. They suddenly decided to have Maddie marry a strange man she met on a train, and then have her pregancy turn into a "whose baby is it?" This plot twist turned off many fans of the show and ultimately killed it dead.
By the way, I will be taking part in tomorrow's boycott of LJ, not because I'm anti-Semitic (I didn't even know until today that SUP's owners were Jewish) but because I think that any company that treats its customers with disdain or comtempt occasionally needs a knock upside the head, just to get its attention. Dissatisfied customers often take their business elsewhere, and SUP badly needs to be reminded of that basic aspect of Business 101.
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