Post-Chrissy episodes

[Smartboy]

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

I'm pretty sure it limped along for two seasons.

I see.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

I'm pretty sure it limped along for two seasons.

I actually liked She's the Sheriff. I must have been one of the few. Even Suzanne hated it. lol

[Retro4Life]

Originally Posted by Mr. Television

I actually liked She's the Sheriff. I must have been one of the few. Even Suzanne hated it. lol

Yeah, I didn't hate it. For me, it was just sort of...there, lol. But it did show that Somers could still do comedy.

For whatever reason, I don't think I ever did watch an episode of Step by Step. Probably because I was working second shift during that period.

[Smartboy]

Since the last time that I was here, I looked up "She's the Sheriff" and learned some rather interesting things. When I think of a sheriff in a town out west, I think of life in the 17 or 18 hundreds. However, if the things that I read about it are true, this could not have been the case for this show. Does anyone know what time period this show took place in?

[Retro4Life]

Originally Posted by Smartboy

Since the last time that I was here, I looked up "She's the Sheriff" and learned some rather interesting things. When I think of a sheriff in a town out west, I think of life in the 17 or 18 hundreds. However, if the things that I read about it are true, this could not have been the case for this show. Does anyone know what time period this show took place in?

The setting was modern day, late 1980s I think.

And sheriffs aren't exclusive to the past. Most counties have a county sheriff if I'm not mistaken; mine does, certainly.

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by Mr. Television

The show really only had about one year left. Ratings had fallen bigtime between the 1982-83 and 1983-84 seasons It was ranked #6 in 1982-83 and the following year wasn't even in the top 30.The show was dying. It would have ended in 1985 anyway. The A-Team is what killed it off.

The A-Team also killed off Happy Days the same year.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

The A-Team also killed off Happy Days the same year.

The A-Team pretty much killed off the entire ABC Tuesday lineup.

[Smartboy]

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

The setting was modern day, late 1980s I think.

And sheriffs aren't exclusive to the past. Most counties have a county sheriff if I'm not mistaken; mine does, certainly.

Thank you very much for the information.

[Smartboy]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

The A-Team also killed off Happy Days the same year.

I remember the "A-Team" killing off "Happy Days". That was in 1984. They killed off "Laverne and Shirley" even before that.

[Smartboy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Television

The A-Team pretty much killed off the entire ABC Tuesday lineup.

But then ABC bounced back with "Who's the Boss?". In the hour from nine to ten, they experimented with such shows as "Hotel" and "Moonlighting". It is my understanding that these series did okay. This network certainly did not take the situation sitting down!

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by Smartboy

I remember the "A-Team" killing off "Happy Days". That was in 1984. They killed off "Laverne and Shirley" even before that.

Actually, they didn't kill off Laverne & Shirley -- Penny Marshall was asked to do another season, but declined after the debacle that was season 7, which saw Shirley gone and the show pretty much in creative ruins.

[Smartboy]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

Actually, they didn't kill off Laverne & Shirley -- Penny Marshall was asked to do another season, but declined after the debacle that was season 7, which saw Shirley gone and the show pretty much in creative ruins.

That is very interesting. I had no idea that they had ever planned on doing another season. How do you think that Penny Marshall would have done carrying the show alone for another year?

[Dianne3]

It was after Jack opened his restaurant with no employees (LOL!) followed by recycling previous plots which was the unofficial end of TC.
That was Year 7. It was still in the top 10. By the following year TC did not make the Top 30.

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by Smartboy

That is very interesting. I had no idea that they had ever planned on doing another season. How do you think that Penny Marshall would have done carrying the show alone for another year?

Well, being that Marshall turned it down, she must've known it wouldn't go well. They had a lot of guest actresses (including her friend Carrie Fisher) try to fill the void created by Shirley's absence, but it wasn't the same.

She had to essentially captain a sinking ship. Not only had Cindy Williams and Betty Garrett already left, but Michael McKean left halfway through the last season when his contract ran out. Not only was Laverne without Shirley but now Squiggy had no Lenny.

I think the final season was an ordeal for Marshall and she'd had enough.

[Smartboy]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

Well, being that Marshall turned it down, she must've known it wouldn't go well. They had a lot of guest actresses (including her friend Carrie Fisher) try to fill the void created by Shirley's absence, but it wasn't the same.

She had to essentially captain a sinking ship. Not only had Cindy Williams and Betty Garrett already left, but Michael McKean left halfway through the last season when his contract ran out. Not only was Laverne without Shirley but now Squiggy had no Lenny.

I think the final season was an ordeal for Marshall and she'd had enough.

That is all very interesting. I remember how they built Shirley out of the story by having her marry a military doctor and go overseas with him. Was there ever an episode explaining what happened to Lenny?