Wow. That is an incredible downer. The whole charm of the t.v. movies was how upbeat they were. Someone drastically miscalculated in this regard. There goes an re-watchability of the many movies. After all, who can watch a 'feel good movie' knowing that one of the main characters 'gets it in the end'.
Plus, if the show tanks, it possibly poisons the well for any further t.v. movies, unless they simply carry on as if the series never happened.
It reminds one slightly of the old series, 'Mrs. Columbo'. The original intent behind the series was that it was to follow the adventures of the ex-wife of the well known detective (Columbo).
Viewers wrote in such volumes expressing their displeasure at the idea of Columbo suddenly being divorced (regardless of the fact that the audience never got to see his wife), that the producers changed the premise of the series after the first season, shearing off the famous t.v. show connection, and retroactively making it so that she was just a random woman who had once been married to a random guy with the last name of Columbo, not the Columbo from that other show.
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BlueeyedSara
10 years ago
Initially in the series Mrs. Columbo, they were still married (I remember her having telephone conversations with her husband), and then the couple separated/divorced, which triggered the complaints.
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the_match_maker
10 years ago
Ah, thanks for setting me straight. I still don't know what they were thinking.
"Of course viewers won't mind if we break up the marriage of a beloved character..."
Sheesh. It's almost as bad as what happened to the wife (and child) from 'McMillan and Wife'.
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