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Article: Father Ralph Vs. Father Time; `Thorn Birds' Missing Years Were Better Off That Way
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- The Washington Post
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- February 11, 1996
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One governing rule of network television is "Never leave
well enough alone." At least not when there's another nickel to be
made from it.
Thus has CBS summoned forth "The Thorn Birds: The Missing
Years," a sequel of sorts to the hugely successful ABC miniseries of
1983. CBS insists that the new four-hour opus, airing tonight and
Tuesday at 9 on Channel 9, bridges a crucial gap in the plot of the
original film. If you believe that, you might also believe that
"Central Park West" failed because it was too sophisticated for the
viewing audience.
In fact, the second "Thorn Birds" miniseries tells
essentially the same story all over again, that of a priest who is
torn between ...