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04-20-2023, 03:05 AM
http://thelandofwhatever.blogspot.com/2023/03/what-mightve-been-sara-1985.html
Producer (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088599/) Gary David Goldberg already had a hit series on NBC with Family Ties. In the winter of 1985 (http://www.tvtango.com/series/sara_1985/episodes), Goldberg thought he had another winner at NBC with a workplace comedy (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1985-11-08-8502190844-story.html), set in a law office (https://books.google.com/books?id=70szDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=sara+1985+geena+davis&source=bl&ots=ssXEApARcs&sig=ACfU3U13dH8YSHRBcTXJuM8KF7UJVgd0YA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2tJn28bf-AhUsSzABHZJ5AwY4PBDoAXoECAIQAw).
Unfortunately, with NBC unwilling to tinker with its Thursday block, Sara (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_(1985_TV_series)), starring Geena Davis (https://poptrashmuseum.com/blog/sara-the-lost-geena-davis-sitcom), lasted just (https://jacksonupperco.com/2016/06/08/the-lamentable-eighties-a-look-at-five-series-that-werent-good-enough-to-get-a-list-of-favorite-episodes-iii/) 13 episodes, airing opposite ABC's Dynasty. It just ended up on the wrong night. Davis fronted (https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA928&lpg=PA928&dq=sara+1985+geena+davis&source=bl&ots=R5EDqlUIbs&sig=ACfU3U2g2qTT4DUrVpBhLsJU9ZFPOzoV6w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9kOSN8rf-AhUBi7AFHcg8BBo4ZBDoAXoECAMQAw) an ensemble that found a lot of success elsewhere. For example, Bronson Pinchot (https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/episodes/sara-geena-davis-gay-episode-bronson-pinchot), who was hot off "Beverly Hills Cop" and a Pointer Sisters music video, would cement his status with Perfect Strangers. Ronnie Claire Edwards was the stage veteran, with The Waltons on her resume. Bill Maher, after a few guest appearances on Murder, She Wrote, became a talk show host, currently on HBO. Matthew Lawrence would later team with brothers Andrew & Joey in Brotherly Love, and front a poorly received Saturday morning series, Superhuman Samurai SyberSquad, on ABC. Mark Hudson isn't known for his acting, but rather as a musician as 1/3 of The Hudson Brothers. Alfre Woodard (https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA928&lpg=PA928&dq=sara+1985+geena+davis&source=bl&ots=R5EDqlUIbs&sig=ACfU3U2g2qTT4DUrVpBhLsJU9ZFPOzoV6w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9kOSN8rf-AhUBi7AFHcg8BBo4ZBDoAXoECAMQAw) has become more of a character actor in recent years.
Geena Davis would later rebound with movies such as "Fletch" (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/05/12/geena-davis-tall-tales-of-the-actress/fd3719dd-0194-432f-a1b4-c3c7480b76ee/), "The Fly" (the Jeff Goldblum version), and "A League of Their Own" before returning to TV with a self-titled sitcom and the political drama, Commander-in-Chief, both for ABC.
Producer (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088599/) Gary David Goldberg already had a hit series on NBC with Family Ties. In the winter of 1985 (http://www.tvtango.com/series/sara_1985/episodes), Goldberg thought he had another winner at NBC with a workplace comedy (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1985-11-08-8502190844-story.html), set in a law office (https://books.google.com/books?id=70szDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=sara+1985+geena+davis&source=bl&ots=ssXEApARcs&sig=ACfU3U13dH8YSHRBcTXJuM8KF7UJVgd0YA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2tJn28bf-AhUsSzABHZJ5AwY4PBDoAXoECAIQAw).
Unfortunately, with NBC unwilling to tinker with its Thursday block, Sara (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_(1985_TV_series)), starring Geena Davis (https://poptrashmuseum.com/blog/sara-the-lost-geena-davis-sitcom), lasted just (https://jacksonupperco.com/2016/06/08/the-lamentable-eighties-a-look-at-five-series-that-werent-good-enough-to-get-a-list-of-favorite-episodes-iii/) 13 episodes, airing opposite ABC's Dynasty. It just ended up on the wrong night. Davis fronted (https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA928&lpg=PA928&dq=sara+1985+geena+davis&source=bl&ots=R5EDqlUIbs&sig=ACfU3U2g2qTT4DUrVpBhLsJU9ZFPOzoV6w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9kOSN8rf-AhUBi7AFHcg8BBo4ZBDoAXoECAMQAw) an ensemble that found a lot of success elsewhere. For example, Bronson Pinchot (https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/episodes/sara-geena-davis-gay-episode-bronson-pinchot), who was hot off "Beverly Hills Cop" and a Pointer Sisters music video, would cement his status with Perfect Strangers. Ronnie Claire Edwards was the stage veteran, with The Waltons on her resume. Bill Maher, after a few guest appearances on Murder, She Wrote, became a talk show host, currently on HBO. Matthew Lawrence would later team with brothers Andrew & Joey in Brotherly Love, and front a poorly received Saturday morning series, Superhuman Samurai SyberSquad, on ABC. Mark Hudson isn't known for his acting, but rather as a musician as 1/3 of The Hudson Brothers. Alfre Woodard (https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA928&lpg=PA928&dq=sara+1985+geena+davis&source=bl&ots=R5EDqlUIbs&sig=ACfU3U2g2qTT4DUrVpBhLsJU9ZFPOzoV6w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9kOSN8rf-AhUBi7AFHcg8BBo4ZBDoAXoECAMQAw) has become more of a character actor in recent years.
Geena Davis would later rebound with movies such as "Fletch" (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/05/12/geena-davis-tall-tales-of-the-actress/fd3719dd-0194-432f-a1b4-c3c7480b76ee/), "The Fly" (the Jeff Goldblum version), and "A League of Their Own" before returning to TV with a self-titled sitcom and the political drama, Commander-in-Chief, both for ABC.