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USATVFAN · 06-24-2008, 01:05 PM

what shows do you think were better in there Second Season then First season?

Mine Are:
The Jeffersons
Three's Company
Frineds
Home Improvement
All In The Family
Roseanne

catlover79 · 06-24-2008, 01:47 PM

Barney Miller
Bob Newhart Show
Newhart
Good Times

ryan423 · 06-24-2008, 06:52 PM

George Lopez
King of Queens
Full House

PunkyP0WER · 06-24-2008, 07:09 PM

night court although the 3rd season is when the show really took off

comedyfreak · 06-25-2008, 04:29 AM

Sanford And Son-Lamont was mean and impatient with Fred the first season and wasn't really that funny until season 2.
Three's company-The second season is where the characters were established and the actors got comfortable in their characters.

gotsmart · 06-25-2008, 10:21 AM

I Love Lucy
Gilligan's Island
Taxi
Seinfeld
The Office

treky · 06-25-2008, 03:57 PM

"STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION"
"STAR TREK: VOYAGER"
"QUANTUM LEAP"
"DALLAS"

70s show watcher · 06-25-2008, 07:18 PM

friends all in the family saturday night live

Gemini_89 · 03-27-2016, 12:46 AM

The Facts of Life.

AMackII · 06-18-2018, 06:23 PM

The Brady Bunch
Gilligan’s Island
All In The Family
Matlock
A Different World
Sanford and Son
Three’s Company
China Beach
Star Trek(Original)
Newhart
Senifeld
Home Improvement
Wonder Woman

biffbronson · 06-19-2018, 10:43 PM

77 Sunset Strip
The Big Valley
Bonanza
Cheers
Daniel Boone
Dennis the Menace
Highway to Heaven
Leave It to Beaver
The Wild Wild West
Wings

factsoflife · 06-19-2018, 10:51 PM

The Facts of Life--- The addition of Jo to the cast and the paring down of the cast helped this show find its creative footing.

Designing Women--- By this time ratings were up and the writers had sort of found their groove and had started to define the characters more.

E.R.---The addition of Kerry Weaver to the cast gave the show a central source of tension for the characters to focus on and to drive story.

RetroGuy2000 · 06-20-2018, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by factsoflife

The Facts of Life--- The addition of Jo to the cast and the paring down of the cast helped this show find its creative footing.

On this, I must respectfully disagree. The cutting of the cast in half damaged the show, as seen by the fact that the writers kept trying to add random new characters: it was as if they realized they had cut too many characters out, and were trying to find someone who "fit". But very few of those characters lasted long. You can also tell the writers erred in cutting the cast because pretty soon they were making the main characters do things they would never have done (like Jo suddenly knowing how to play the piano).

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Designing Women--- By this time ratings were up and the writers had sort of found their groove and had started to define the characters more.

I definitely agree with you on this one. The characters needed time to find their voices.

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