tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130871072830136009.post8900798154937069085..comments2024-03-26T18:25:22.422-07:00Comments on Comfort TV: Classic TV’s Curtain Call: 1989David Hofstedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288510542472710879noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130871072830136009.post-62691479459900172162018-12-04T07:45:31.152-08:002018-12-04T07:45:31.152-08:00I include the early ‘90s in my personal definition...I include the early ‘90s in my personal definition of classic, but only so that I can include early Simpsons, Beverly Hills 90210, and Saved By the Bell in my blog. Michael's TV Trayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039402843578654640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130871072830136009.post-17695278029928690752018-08-12T11:07:23.124-07:002018-08-12T11:07:23.124-07:00I have to say I agree with all of this. There was ...I have to say I agree with all of this. There was also a sort of innocence that shows were still allowed to embrace up until the end of the 80s that was lost afterwards. More cynicism took hold, if that makes sense.Caffeinated Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116651473308629663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130871072830136009.post-56703373592428889472018-08-11T20:53:30.500-07:002018-08-11T20:53:30.500-07:00Jon H, do you remember the ill-fated 1990 revival ...Jon H, do you remember the ill-fated 1990 revival of "Tic-Tac-Dough" that Patrick Wayne hosted? Keep in mind that the Fox Broadcasting Company (better known as simply FOX) aired the popular animated series "X-Men" on Saturday mornings during much of the 1990s.Christopher Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477722106362926482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130871072830136009.post-25669879191281693622018-08-11T20:44:21.560-07:002018-08-11T20:44:21.560-07:00No offense, Mr. Hofstede, but a certain daytime-so...No offense, Mr. Hofstede, but a certain daytime-soap director essentially told me back in 2013 that the soap opera stigma was greater than ever.Christopher Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477722106362926482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130871072830136009.post-80570252720743524182018-08-11T19:55:35.907-07:002018-08-11T19:55:35.907-07:00Different times. Back then a TV actor of any kind ...Different times. Back then a TV actor of any kind rarely graduated to feature films, so there were other restrictions as well. However, the three you mentioned certainly overcame such barriers. David Hofstedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288510542472710879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130871072830136009.post-28315966331358016462018-08-11T15:30:56.089-07:002018-08-11T15:30:56.089-07:00I sensed 1989 as the year game shows were dying fo...I sensed 1989 as the year game shows were dying for good, at least on daytime tv. NBC cancelled $ALE OF THE CENTURY and SUPER PASSWORD both on Mar. 24, 1989 (Good Friday that year), and CBS cancelled the Bob Eubanks-hosted CARD SHARKS revival 1 week later on Mar. 31. I still have the SUPER PASSWORD finale on tape (and now DVD) along with another show that NBC aired that evening in primetime for the first time since 1973, 1960's "Peter Pan". "Peter Pan" certainly goes back to the days of communal tv watching, and it was the 2nd play that NBC opted to present live in Dec. 2014 to try to recreate that experience for audiences.<br /><br />1989 was also as far as I know the last time that a network presented a preview of its Saturday morning programming. The SAVED BY THE BELL kids, whom I'd never seen before, appeared in "Who Shrunk Saturday Morning", which I recently dubbed from tape to DVD. Also making guest appearances on that show were John Moschitta, Sherman Hemsley, Marsha Warfield, and John Candy, who appeared to promote his new NBC Saturday morning animated series, CAMP CANDY. I remember seeing a few of these previews back in the 1970s, and I haven't seen one since. As I think you pointed out in a previous column, network Saturday morning programming more or less died in the early 1990s, and now the networks, at least NBC, have spread their weekday morning shows to Saturday.<br /><br />I thought it was funny seeing Susan Walters in the cast of NIGHTINGALE'S, as she appeared in another show you mentioned here, SEINFELD, as "Mulva".Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130871072830136009.post-27915528372729601792018-08-10T18:20:34.262-07:002018-08-10T18:20:34.262-07:00Mr. Hofstede, what do you have to say about the da...Mr. Hofstede, what do you have to say about the daytime-soap stigma when it comes to actors? It is worth noting that Kate Mulgrew, Catherine Hicks, and Marg Helgenberger all had regular roles on "Ryan's Hope."Christopher Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477722106362926482noreply@blogger.com