There was a very serious in tone episode of Spenser For Hire where he and
his longtime love Susan deal with abortion.

On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 6:13 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don’t see that as an obvious or even necessary question. The original
> aired just before Roe, this would air just after. Seems like a pretty
> similar context. And really that episode would have been controversial at
> anytime in between, considering how rarely mainstream TV characters get
> abortions. I have just been doing a re-watch of Veep (for the 4th time) and
> appreciated that they did it.
>
> Would like to see a list of ten most prominent TV show characters to get
> an abortion (not with an abortion as part of their backstory, but getting
> an abortion after getting pregnant during the show). Are there even ten?
>
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 at 4:44 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
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>
>> Besides the obvious question of *can this story be told in today's
>> context*, there's also the other one, who takes over for Bea Arthur...
>> “It’s exciting to imagine what somebody else will make of that character.
>> It’s opening a new door and that’s exciting.”
>>
>>
>> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/norman-lear-maude-abortion-live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-episode-1235320632/
>>  (link)
>>
>>
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