The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.
Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.
If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
The reason that people say one line at junkets is that they've heard the same question 37 times. You get bored out of your mind.
Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them.
I can't really recall the first time I was noticed by a producer but the first time I was on television was doing Daytime for Another World, which I started in December '75 and went until December '76.