From: seanc130@hotmail.com   
      
   WGRG3@webtv.net wrote:   
   > ] charlotte_sometimes@mail.com (Angelica)   
      
   > ]I don't think the ratings were the biggest   
   > ] problem, do you? I suspect it had more to do   
   > ] with the violent decline in quality the show   
   > ] suffered from S7 onwards.   
      
   > I think the main reason for the decline in the ratings during season 8   
   > and 9 was because DD was not there. The quality of the shows were still   
   > good, but since DD (Mulder) was not there to put it all in perspective   
   > the ratings went down   
   > The viewers did not really like the replacement actors they brought in   
   > to replace DD so the show went into decline soon after. By the way   
   > season 7 of the X-Files was one of my favorites and if DD had been in   
   > season 8, I am sure I would say the same thing about that season.   
      
   I don't care what anyone says. I still love Doggett. I'm convinced DD's   
   departure actually improved the quality of the show for a while. I mean,   
   not that Mulder wasn't great and all. I love the guy. He's wacky, and he   
   always made a great sidekick for Scully.   
      
   But by Season 7, he was just getting tired of the rôle. It became less   
   fun to watch him. His leaving allowed Robert Patrick to step and show   
   how dedicated he was to his part, totally oblivious to what ratings   
   they'd earn, or how 'fans' would say that the show was over when DD   
   left. It was fun again to watch XF with Doggett and Scully. (At least,   
   at those moments not involving the word 'pregnant' or any manifestation   
   of the condition of which that adjective is descriptive.)   
      
     Annabeth was no Gillian, but hell, she and The Dawg did pretty well,   
   for people who had such shoes to fill. Too many people just never gave   
   them a chance, because they already had such firm prejudices about what   
   the show with them would be like. I still have some episodes that are   
   regular favourites right up through the last season.   
      
   --   
   --Sean   
   http://spclsd223.livejournal.com/   
      
   House: Only one man left in the bullpen, and he throws like a girl.   
      
   Cameron: I hate sports metaphors. [walks away]   
      
   House: [yelling] Give her the high hard one!   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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