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Ireneparalegal · 07-19-2007, 07:23 PM

I seen the new confidential last night. I missed the other(s), not sure how many they have already shown. They had the cast from What's Happening talking abt how the show did so well in syndication that Ernest Thomas wanted to re-do the show. He was turned down. But later (obviously) the idea was picked up and thus, What's Happening Now! came along.

The topic was finales of tv shows.

Also, I watched Back to the Grind and they had Loni Anderson & Erik Estrada doing the exact jobs they were doing as their characters on their respective tv shows. Loni worked as a receptionist at an L.A. radio station and she went to various other stations doing odd jobs.

Erik had to pass a DMV motorcycle exam so he could drive around with the California Highway Patrol.

It was pretty interesting.

snl 70s show fan · 07-19-2007, 08:30 PM

i watched those last night they were pretty entertaining

Classicshowsgurl15 · 08-04-2007, 08:19 PM

I watched TV Land Confidential, but not Back to the Grind

Rezny@gmail.com · 08-04-2007, 08:29 PM

I also watched TVLand Cofidential and found it pretty interesting.However,I DID spot one inaccuracy:When they talked about "Good Times"they said that "Good Times"was created by Norman Lear.Wrong,The show was created by Eric Monte and the late Michael Evans("Lionel:"of The Jeffersons.),and frankly,I couldn't care less about and did NOT watch Back to the Grind.

clj2 · 08-04-2007, 08:32 PM

saw confidential by accident at 11AM a few times turning the set on expecting Lucy....REFUSE to awtch Back to the Grind!

JulieSomoski · 08-04-2007, 09:11 PM

I've seen a few episodes, and I never thought they were extrememly bad, just not extrememly great, either.

treky · 08-04-2007, 09:20 PM

why, oh why can't TV LAND go back to the way they used to be and stop showing all these reality shows and movies from the 80s and 90s????

TVFactFan · 08-05-2007, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by TV Land Fan

saw confidential by accident at 11AM a few times turning the set on expecting Lucy....REFUSE to awtch Back to the Grind!

I really didn't see the point in the whole "Back to the Grind" show. You did the right thing by not watching it

treky · 08-05-2007, 12:40 AM

I REFUSE to watch BACK TO THE GRIND!! That looks SOOOOO STUPID!!!!!

JulieSomoski · 08-05-2007, 11:35 AM

I agree about the whoole Sherman Hemsley thing. We never saw him actually work in the dry-cleaning store ever in The Jeffersons, yet in Back to the Grind, he was working in the dry-cleaning sotre, and it made no sense whatsoever.

TVFactFan · 08-05-2007, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by roseanne88-97

I agree about the whoole Sherman Hemsley thing. We never saw him actually work in the dry-cleaning store ever in The Jeffersons, yet in Back to the Grind, he was working in the dry-cleaning sotre, and it made no sense whatsoever.

Exactly, we saw him VISTING on of his cleaning stores as the boss but he damm sure wasn't working-lol

Ireneparalegal · 08-05-2007, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by rezny9@hotmail.com

I also watched TVLand Cofidential and found it pretty interesting.However,I DID spot one inaccuracy:When they talked about "Good Times"they said that "Good Times"was created by Norman Lear.Wrong,The show was created by Eric Monte and the late Michael Evans("Lionel:"of The Jeffersons.),and frankly,I couldn't care less about and did NOT watch Back to the Grind.

Yes I agree. That's why I don't consider GT a spin-off of Maude. Eric Monte created a show abt a black family who was struggling. Mind you, this was all on paper. The show we ended up watching on CBS was a show "created" by Norman Lear, his ideas, his choosing of what would be shown, written, etc. But Norman wouldn't have this show called Good Times, hadn't Eric Monte not written it on paper. Good Times by Norman Lear is not even a true spin-off because the Flo Evans on GT is not the same Flo Evans on Maude. Her husband on Maude was Henry Evans, not James Evans. Two different characters.

TVFactFan · 08-05-2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Yes I agree. That's why I don't consider GT a spin-off of Maude. Eric Monte created a show abt a black family who was struggling. Mind you, this was all on paper. The show we ended up watching on CBS was a show "created" by Norman Lear, his ideas, his choosing of what would be shown, written, etc. But Norman wouldn't have this show called Good Times, hadn't Eric Monte not written it on paper. Good Times by Norman Lear is not even a true spin-off because the Flo Evans on GT is not the same Flo Evans on Maude. Her husband on Maude was Henry Evans, not James Evans. Two different characters.

Yup, she was just plugged into a already created show.

07-19-2007, 07:23 PM	#1
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07-19-2007, 08:30 PM	#2
snl 70s show fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 14, 2005 Location: in the forman basment Posts: 2,454	i watched those last night they were pretty entertaining

08-04-2007, 08:29 PM	#4
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	I also watched TVLand Cofidential and found it pretty interesting.However,I DID spot one inaccuracy:When they talked about "Good Times"they said that "Good Times"was created by Norman Lear.Wrong,The show was created by Eric Monte and the late Michael Evans("Lionel:"of The Jeffersons.),and frankly,I couldn't care less about and did NOT watch Back to the Grind.

08-05-2007, 12:40 AM	#9
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08-05-2007, 11:35 AM	#10
JulieSomoski Roseanne Reboot - March 27! Forum Veteran Join Date: Nov 06, 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,558	I agree about the whoole Sherman Hemsley thing. We never saw him actually work in the dry-cleaning store ever in The Jeffersons, yet in Back to the Grind, he was working in the dry-cleaning sotre, and it made no sense whatsoever.