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Schmo · 05-23-2020, 11:09 AM

Should ABC have give John Ritter more than two seasons with this dramedy?

Latka Gravas · 05-31-2020, 09:07 PM

As someone who just watched S01-S02 of Hooperman on the DVD sets (and have reviewed these on this site), I don't think the series should have lasted beyond 2 seasons.

The reason I say this is that while S01 was excellent & had a good mixture of comedy & dramatic episodes, S02 was mainly comedy. That's OK if the show is ONLY a comedy, but from the beginning Hooperman was designed to be a "dramedy", i.e. a series that combined both humor & serious elements.

So, based on what S02 was like - I suspect S03 would have possibly been even more comedic that S02, and that wouldn't have been too interesting IMHO - at least not to me.

In essence, I think 2 seasons was fine for this show, and I think it ended at the right time.

05-23-2020, 11:09 AM	#1
Schmo Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 24, 2013 Posts: 466	Should ABC have stuck with “Hooperman”? Should ABC have give John Ritter more than two seasons with this dramedy?

05-31-2020, 09:07 PM	#2
Latka Gravas Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 27, 2019 Location: United States Posts: 396	As someone who just watched S01-S02 of Hooperman on the DVD sets (and have reviewed these on this site), I don't think the series should have lasted beyond 2 seasons. The reason I say this is that while S01 was excellent & had a good mixture of comedy & dramatic episodes, S02 was mainly comedy. That's OK if the show is ONLY a comedy, but from the beginning Hooperman was designed to be a "dramedy", i.e. a series that combined both humor & serious elements. So, based on what S02 was like - I suspect S03 would have possibly been even more comedic that S02, and that wouldn't have been too interesting IMHO - at least not to me. In essence, I think 2 seasons was fine for this show, and I think it ended at the right time.