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methodwriter85 t1_iug81gv wrote

Reply to comment by 1Land_1Keep in Why did Shelley Long leave CHEERS and would the show have lasted had she stayed? by GLSCinephile

I've found that any show that goes beyond a 5th/6th season tends to change in tone wildly, especially because that's usually when the core cast members start to leave.

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LittleRudiger t1_iuggrgz wrote

That and just like .. at that many years, you start to get into larger stylistic shifts in television.

E.R. comes to mind, eventually you run so long that you can see the shift from early-90's to 00's in tone, lighting, *feel*, and the original cast is so long gone that you sort of forget why the show was as big as it was in the first place.

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methodwriter85 t1_iugyu1k wrote

The Facts of Life is a pretty good example. The show evolved from the late 70's and really changed by 1985-86 season when filming and color palettes were just completely different from what they were in 1979-80.

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