The Caretaker specifically says that the Ocampan world-wide desert situation is his fault, and it’s a problem specific to that planet. The Kazon didn’t want to make water; they just wanted replicators and other magic Federation tech.
Which is hardly surprising.
We’ve discussed The Doris Day Show before, and audit1 sums it up pretty nicely here:
None of these changes were made because of continuity issues; they were just rejiggering for ratings.
Wow… it only took 2 replies to get to Cougartown. That the one I was going to add; Courtney Cox was such a slut in the first few episodes.
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The show was in the 80’s and there was cable by then. You didn’t have the plethora of channels that you do today, true, but Valerie, et al was definitely post-cable TV.
And I would argue that the show didn’t abandon the premise so much as the star abandoned the show, causing it to change its premise…
“Hardcastle and McCormick” was originally supposed to be about Judge Hardcastle using McCormick in his quest to catch 200 criminals who walked out of his courtroom due to “legal technicalities.” Eventually, it simply became a straightforward crime drama, which is how it remained for the rest of the run. According to the book on “Hardcastle,” only 18 of the 65 outings had anything to do with the Judge’s old case files. The authors also say that if it really was about catching those 200 criminals and resolving their cases, it would have taken about 9 seasons (at 22 outings/season) to “hack through the backlog.”
Not so.
The original pilot did not have either Penny the character or Kaley Cuoco the actress. The girl-across-the-hall was played by Amanda Walsh, not remotely a “proven TV actress,” and was ‘Katie’, a tough, hardened, seen-it-all waitress.
The retooled pilot brought in Cucuo, Helberg, and Nayyar, and while a dominant theme was always Leonard-Penny, the show was always envisioned as an ensemble effort driven by Leonard/Sheldon.
Unfortunately, I was one of the unlucky kids that didn’t have cable tv available in their neighborhoods until about 1990.
I just did a basic search and found that TimeWarner cable only had some 41 channels back in 1986. (Someone video taped the channel guide and put it on YouTube). Also read that the DisneyChannel didn’t broadcast until December of '86.
I don’t want watch Fringe but my wife does. From what I can tell, the ol’ guy, the genius scientist at first was mostly crazy with bouts of sanity. Now he seems more sane than all the rest. Not only that, it seems to be a show about two competing universes now with a love triangle of sorts. Maybe this is what they were shooting for all along. Like I said, I don’t really watch it so I’m shooting from the hip.