From: Tondaleo@hotmail.com   
      
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   > OscartheGrouch wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >> DD killed The X Files. Rob Morrow killed Northern Exposure. I'm sure   
   >> there   
   >> are a lot of other examples but those are the ones I can think of where   
   >> one   
   >> actor in a show wanted more, left, killed the show and went on to have a   
   >> zero career.   
   >   
   > We do not have that kind of slavery anymore. As an *employee*, DD had   
   > the option to stop working there. CC, on the other hand, had to make a   
   > choice between continuing the show without the main character, or   
   > saying "we had a good run. Let's end it with some decency."   
   >   
   > Technically, the show belongs to the network, not CC, but the network   
   > would have had to replace the main character *and* the creator/exec.   
   > producer. Not likely. They would have agreed to let the show go.   
   >   
      
   I'm not saying that CC did the wrong thing or that the network did the wrong   
   thing letting the show go. Only that the motivation to let the show go   
   happened because the main character left to pursue...ummm...well to pursue   
   something. So to put it one way, and rather accurately, DD killed the show.   
      
   On a related matter, from reading what people have said on this subject for   
   a while, I may be one of the very few who actually liked the show with John   
   Doggett and Agent Reyes. I don't think I did at the time but now watching   
   the show run in syndication I have to say that, with some exceptions (a few   
   really bad episodes) I like those seasons almost as much as earlier ones.   
   There, I said it. Light those flame throwers and let 'em fly.   
      
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