The dismal last season

[Arfies]

Originally Posted by stevea

Irene Vernon? What happened with her?

Did she get her fired?

For years I was under the impression that she left voluntarily but apparently not. From the same book:

“Bewitched co-star Irene Vernon felt left out in the cold, pushed to the curb. She had played Louise Tate on the show before she was replaced by Kasey Rogers or, as Vernon said in 1988, “I was fired!”
Apparently, it was because of her friendship with Danny Arnold, the show’s original producer. According to Vernon, Bill and Lizzie were not at all fond of Arnold. So, they let her go in the spring of 1966, the end of the second season. “Devastated,” Vernon then left Hollywood, geographically and figuratively, and gravitated towards a more successful career, in real estate, in Beverly Hills.”

[stevea]

I guess Kasey Rogers and Sandra Gould were told to watch their step when they came on board.

[stevea]

I guess Kasey Rogers and Sandra Gould were told to watch their step when they came on board.

[Arfies]

Originally Posted by stevea

I guess Kasey Rogers and Sandra Gould were told to watch their step when they came on board.

Well, Sandra Gould was there because Alice Pearce died, so different circumstance.

[tcr1701]

Originally Posted by Novarro

Yes totally agree Brenton. It seems after about 5 seasons of a comedy things start to get stale. It is such a shame that a show like Bewitched which was so excellent over all for so long, was allowed to go on for too long and to finish so tired and stale. I like to remember a show when it was still at its peak and was fresh not how shows like Bewitched finished. In a way it spoils the impression you have of a show

Bewitched went on past season 5 (when York left and Liz wanted to end it) because Jackie Cooper wanted to make a hugely profitable syndication deal and 10 seasons of Bewitched would have brought a ton of money (which he admitted in his book to undervaluing the syndication deal to Liz and Bill Asher giving them much less money than he could have to continue the show). It no longer mattered if new prime episodes were any good. More seasons meant more money in syndication than first run network broadcasts.

[warp9p65]

Season 8 had flaws but it was important to the storyline, particularly to establish that Adam was indeed a warlock. Near the end of Season 8 we also finally saw the return of the wonderful Reta Shaw as Aunt Hagatha. She had last appeared as Hagatha way back in Season 3 in "Witches and Warlocks Are My Favorite Things". I've always wondered why they didn't bring Reta back as Hagatha later in Season 3 for "The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara" too instead of recasting.

[Willbo]

A few ideas for season 8. I think they should have introduced some more of Darrin's relatives which would have tied to the original theme of the witchcraft secret. Also, we would have seen more of his parents. I think having some Kravitz's themed episodes would have been good. Also, maybe an episode where Darrin gets sick and Dr. Bombay tries to cure him with disastrous results.

There were so many possibilities that could have been explored.