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Medoxor t1_j286wqi wrote
Reply to comment by trustysidekick in The "Eight Is Enough" kids turned out poorly: TV child stars who never made it by Lili_Danube
>Were any of the girls in Facts of life actually kids? They all seemed grown up to me when I was watching it as a kid in the 80sz
Yes, they were. Lisa Whelchel was 16 that first season. Nancy McKeon was 14 when she started the show. Mindy Cohn was 13 when she started. Kim was 10. They grew up on the show. Mindy points out a lot how she gets to see her puberty years on TV. The Facts of Life was NBC's first longest running sitcom of the 80's. It lasted 9 years.
Medoxor t1_j24l831 wrote
Surprise & Innocence from Buffy The Vampire Slayer. >!Angel becomes Angelus again.!< I remember this television event. The WB used this two parter as a way to transition its move from Monday to Tuesday when it aired. Part 1 aired Monday and part 2 aired the next night on Tuesday.
Medoxor t1_j24h3jk wrote
Reply to The "Eight Is Enough" kids turned out poorly: TV child stars who never made it by Lili_Danube
The Facts of Life is a rare situation. The girls on that show turned out fine. Mindy Cohn always credited to having stable families at home that helped them all stay on track. It's also one of the very few female cast shows where they all got along. The actresses even got together for a Christmas movie Kim Fields did a couple of years ago. They all speak very highly of each other when they do interviews. It is possible for children to be stars and turn out great.
Medoxor t1_iudkbsl wrote
Reply to when did commercial breaks get so long?! by bruceleroy99
I first noticed back when ABC had Less Than Perfect on that sitcoms were getting shorter. Less Than Perfect had episodes around 19 minutes. Mom, on CBS, had episodes shorter. Some of Mom's episodes run at barely 18 minutes. I wonder how this works for syndication. When old sitcoms from the 50's to the 80's (which usually had lengths of 24 to 25 minutes) reran on N@N, they had about 3 to 4 minutes cut out for commercials. I can't imagine shows today getting that much cut out for commercials in syndication. Episodes wouldn't make any sense.
Medoxor t1_j287qeg wrote
Reply to comment by sweetnsassy924 in The "Eight Is Enough" kids turned out poorly: TV child stars who never made it by Lili_Danube
>I think the girls were also all there when Nancy was on. Dwts
The girls were also supportive of Lisa when she did Survivor years ago. Stupid Penner for turning the jury against her just because she was a childhood actress. Lisa deserved to win that season. She started out slow but by the end she was ruling that game. Denise road Malcom's coattails doing nothing to win.