• The TV Reunion Career Success Index

    There is a simple formula to determine how successful the stars of hit television shows go on to become: how long it takes before the reunion special. Seinfeld held out for 11 years, how long did everyone else last?

    The assumption when any television show hit ends its run is that the stars will go on to fame and fortune and other projects. Sometimes that happens and we never hear from them again (see Friends and inexplicably Full House) but when it doesn't, they all rush back to familiar territory to jump start their careers. Here's are scale from the worst to best.

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    By Brian Moylan
    Aug 27, 2009 1:05 PM 19,773
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    The TV Reunion Career Success Index

    Dynasty
    Final Episode: May 1989
    Breakout Stars: Heather Locklear, Emma Samms (just kidding)
    Reunion: Dynasty: The Reunion aired in August 1991. The came back for another go-round Dynasty Reunion: Catfights and Caviar in 2006.
    Cause: There were some cliffhanger plotlines to tie up, and really, nobody was doing anything else. Also, shoulder pads were about to go out of style, so they had to do it to save on the wardrobe budget.
    Held Out: 2 years
    Respectability: So bad it's campy.
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