Tuesday, January 4, 2022

"Cheers" surviving the departure of Shelley Long by replacing her with Kirstie Alley was a rarity in TV history

Three's Company tried that when Suzanne Sommers left and Priscilla Barnes took over but the ratings suffered a slow decline and the show got cancelled after three seasons.

I think what helped was that the show became more of an ensemble whereas before Cheers was the Jack and Diane show. The first two seasons with Kirstie was clearly them trying to have Sam and Rebecca be the focus with Sam constantly trying to woo her but then they quit that and it became a ensemble with everybody getting to shine.

For me, I thought Alley was funnier than Shelley Long but Long was a better actress.



Submitted January 04, 2022 at 08:04AM by Paulino_Monet https://ift.tt/3EMRQT6

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