Do you use a spyware blocker? You hosts file probably has ads.klienman.com redirected, so you are not seeing any of the standard gif images or buttons anymore.

I thought the president of NBC always hated the non-linear storyline and that is why they changed it. I think most of the viewers liked it because it was different.

Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.

Dumped the entire pizza place by the second season. I think other things changed too, but it was after I had stopped watching it. The show was ok, but the reason I tuned in initially was because the creators were from my college and so the pizza place had my school's banners all over the place. I think they actually went to the registrar's office in one episode, but it didn't look anything like the real thing. Thus the illusion was shattered.

Groucho. Can't see the edit button.

Adamblast. Yes, I know that's the problem, but I have no idea how to fix it. I read the thread in the feedback forum, and posted a message there but did not receive a reply.

It says to allow ads.kleinman.com under "Web Content" in Norton 2003.

Well, I have Norton 2004 and there is no such option. The only options for the internet are for email and messenger.

I also have the pop up blocker for Internet Explorer. I added ads.kleinman.com kleinman.com and dvdtalk.com, reloaded about ten times, turned off the popup blocker, nothing.

All I can do is reply, or report posts to moderators.

I can see the Y! Yahoo Instant Messenger button.

JP

If you align your mouse with the Yahoo button and move directly to the right a bit, you'll eventually highlight the edit button. On the bottom of your window the address will say .dvdtalk/forum/editpost.php or something like that. Just click when you can read that on the bottom and you should be able to edit your post.
Go immediately to the right when you find the 'edit post' address and you'll be highlighting the quote button.

Hope that helps some.

Thanks, WhoGirl, but no dice. Only the Y! can be clicked on. Going to the right, the arrow remains just an arrow.

JP

M*A*S*H went from a comedy to a semi "dra-medy".


Comedy with some drama sprinkled in ---> Light to heavy drama with a few laughs sprinkled in.


But even in repeats it's still a better show than 90 % if what's on now.

Buffy - Spike was supposed to die after a few episodes but because of the huge fan reaction they kept them in.

Big Brother - People hated the love fest of season 1. So they became and still are the only country in the world to change the format to make it cut throat.

Inside Schwartz. The sports show with Breckin Meyer. Reminiscent of Hermans Head, where it would show sports figures talking to him but no one else could see or hear. I liked the initial concept, it had plenty of laughs, but wasn't drawing enough female viewers. So about 6 episodes in they basically dropped the whole sports thing altogether.

Along with Laverne & Shirley it became more than that. They took both shows from the early 60's into the modern 70's without actually saying so. Early episodes of both shows refelected their timelines well, later shows were suddenly all 70's fashions and ideals. With Happy days it happened when they rebuilt Arnold's, on L&S it happened when they moved to California.

The Brady Bunch was actually supposed to be a semi-serious look at mixing families with divorced parents. It started that way, didn't last very long at all.

By the same token, My Three Sons was supposed to be a semi-serious look at the problems a widower has going through the trials and tribulations of raising his children on his own.

It seems like almost every drama starts out with an original idea or take on things, then quickly devolves into being about either solving a crime or solving someone else's problems. Sitcoms seem to go from being something new and original to suddenly being a showcase for whichever breakout character everyone seems to like the best.

I dont know enough about it as I only watched maybe 2 episodes, but from what I read the Emeril show that NBC ran for half a season a few years back changed every other week. He has a kid, he doesnt have a kid, now he does have a kid, etc.

And another thing with Family Matters, when it first started the house was packed with kids, but after a couple of seasons it seemed like there was just Laura and Eddie...and then of course there was Stefan Urkelle...to me this show was a great example of "what the hell were they thinking?"

The Steven Webber show was originally "Cursed" and he had incurred some gypsy's rath or something and ended up cursed. That was dropped pretty quickly.

Would "8 Simple rules" and "Ellen" fit this topic? Both changed as a result to circumstances and audience reaction

It's been years since I've seen the show, but I thought what was onscreen from the beginning was the kids' shenanigans. As for the divorce business, there's this Q&A from the BradyWorld website.

http://www.bradyworld.com/cover/faq.htm

And speaking of Sherwood Schwartz, he created a short-lived (1966-67) sitcom called It's About Time, which concerned a couple of U.S. astronauts who break the time barrier and end up stranded on Earth in the Stone Age. Halway through the season, the show changed focus. The astronauts went back to 1967, but several cavepeople stowed away with them.

Anyone remember Mr. President on FOX with George C. Scott as the President of the United States? It started out as a filmed dramedy, with no audience or laughtrack. It soon shifted gears to a sitcom taped in front of an audience, and Madeline Kahn brought in as the President's assistant for added yoks.

While it's more of a case of toymakers desire to sell more than audience reaction, G.I. Joe took its focus off of the military vs. terrorists aspect and began to focus more upon supernatural and paranormal occurances.

The "Arise, Serpentor, Arise," storyline began the more elaborate toy focus with the Terror Dome, Sgt. Slaughter and his Triple T tank, and Serpentor's chariot.

The Dead Zone

The armageddon storyline was dropped. Season 3 was supposed to pick up on the cliffhanger but they abandoned it after about 2 episodes.

While I don't know if it was audience motivated, it seems like Th X-Files started to do more freak of the week eps. after the movie. I guess one could argue that the movie gave viewers what they wanted and thus enabled the writers to venture into other areas.

In the beginning of married my children, peggy used to cook and stuff and they had money....all of the sudden they'd (al, bud, kelly) always complain about peg never cooking and them never having any food...wtf?

SESAME STREET went from being a show starring Big Bird that kids up to first grade could watch,

but now, it's become the Elmo show (with Big Bird taking a step back) that appeals only to pre-schoolers.

And that's why I stopped watching. I hoped the armageddon story arc would be covered more other than just in one-two episodes per season, but instead they stopped it and went back to the "who will Johnny save?" this week.

This is why I still believe Buffy and Angel are two of the best series of all time, if only for the fact both shows fully supported story arcs that lasted a season and/or more.

also AL and Peg liked each other early on and were kinda close. Later they started complaining about each other.

Dead Zone had a lot about the armageddon storyline. They just didnt put it all nice and easy out there . They left clues, and other hints here and there during the season

capt

ROSWELL started out as "Dawson's Creek with aliens" and the focus was on high school romance.

In the second season, it became more of a sci-fi action adventure show. (Did they ever even go to school anymore?)

In the third season, the voluptuous Kathy Heigl became the focus of more episodes after she became somewhat of a sex symbol.

Dallas

It started out as a modern day Texas version of Romeo and Juliet with Pam and Bobby both from opposing familes with J.R. as more of an interference. With the next couple of seasons it definately became the J.R. Ewing Show with the whole Who Shot J.R.? debate, and his battles with Suellen. From then on out, he was front and center due to his popularity. J.R.'s underhanded business dealings became more popular as well so that aspect started to show up more and more.

Lost

After last night's lackluster rating's, ABC has announced that it will be reworked into a forensic investigation show that takes places at an island resort.