Lauren Almost a NewsRadio Regular
David Milligan
Lauren Graham had a four-episode run as Andrea, an efficiency expert who
shakes up the office (firing Matthew, demoting Dave, and promoting Lisa to
news director). She is sometimes referred to as "Planbee" after Matthew
misunderstands her being Jimmy's "Plan B" for the office.
She was intended as a possible replacement for the departing Kandi
Alexander (Catherine Duke), but focus groups disliked the character. **
In a season 4 episode commentary track, Tierney gives the hiring of
Graham as a possible explanation for Alexander's departure, which
contradicts the idea that Alexander intended to leave before Graham appeared
on the show.
All of the changes introduced during Graham's time on the show would be
reverted by midseason to the way things were before her arrival.
** I liked her character even though I had no idea of who Lauren
was. I had hoped she would become a regular and I hated to see her go.
--
David E. Milligan
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The Undertaker
<david...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsRadio#Regular_cast
>
> Lauren Graham had a four-episode run as Andrea, an efficiency expert who
>shakes up the office (firing Matthew, demoting Dave, and promoting Lisa to
>news director). She is sometimes referred to as "Planbee" after Matthew
>misunderstands her being Jimmy's "Plan B" for the office.
Too bad TPTB at Newsradio didn't send MT on a long trip to some
distant country, so that she could miss being in ER.
Consider me past president of the "Hate Abbey on ER fan Club"
David Milligan
"The Undertaker" <replyo...@emailprivate.com> wrote in message
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episode reruns, including ones with Abbey. She doesn't seem so bad to me.
Why do you hate her?
The Undertaker
<david...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>"The Undertaker" <replyo...@emailprivate.com> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:45:17 -0400, "David Milligan"
>> <david...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsRadio#Regular_cast
>>>
>>> Lauren Graham had a four-episode run as Andrea, an efficiency expert
>>> who
>>>shakes up the office (firing Matthew, demoting Dave, and promoting Lisa to
>>>news director). She is sometimes referred to as "Planbee" after Matthew
>>>misunderstands her being Jimmy's "Plan B" for the office.
>> Too bad TPTB at Newsradio didn't send MT on a long trip to some
>> distant country, so that she could miss being in ER.
>>
>> Consider me past president of the "Hate Abbey on ER fan Club"
>>
> I wasn't a regular watcher of ER but I've seen many of the
>episode reruns, including ones with Abbey. She doesn't seem so bad to me.
>Why do you hate her?
>
>
Too many Abbey Centric episodes, too many instances where she
jumped right in and was in charge with little or no
training, too many Abbey problems in various episodes.,
And then there was the drunkeness. Carter gets nailed for
missuse of pain killers but Abbey comes to work
drunk as a shunk and skates on it.
The whole Super Abbey thing didn't fly with me.
She was not a suepr nurse, super doctor, super lover,