Despite the handful of gushing reviews from the time, "Cane" was pretty terrible. It didn't last only 13 episodes just by bad luck.
It had a great cast, but the show was full of overwritten dialogue and eye-rolling plotting. Dallas was able to get away with that after 10 years of building an audience, but you can't come right out of gate like that, and the production behind Cane unwisely thought they could.
From the previews, I was interested in the show. I only had to watch the pilot to lose that interest. This is one of quite a few would-be block-buster soaps to succumb to an early cancellation. Yellow Rose is another in that category, and is a show that I had started to enjoy.
It had a great cast, but the show was full of overwritten dialogue and eye-rolling plotting. Dallas was able to get away with that after 10 years of building an audience, but you can't come right out of gate like that, and the production behind Cane unwisely thought they could.
From the previews, I was interested in the show. I only had to watch the pilot to lose that interest. This is one of quite a few would-be block-buster soaps to succumb to an early cancellation. Yellow Rose is another in that category, and is a show that I had started to enjoy.