I did not, could not, see this show. I was in sixth grade at the time and was at school when Dateline: Hollywood came on (10:30 AM in the East); further, my local ABC affiliate (WVEC Norfolk, VA) didn't even carry the show. So what I have to say is secondhand, based on Charles Sopkin's "Seven Glorious Days, Seven Fun-Filled Nights," in which he did nothing but watch television for a week. This interview seems to have been the ultimate in tastelessness, 1967-style; Carolyn and hostess Joanna Barnes seem to verbally work over Spelling, and the estranged couple makes light of the fact that (1) Spelling apparently left most of their possessions to Carolyn; and (2) they had the same lawyer. Further, Spelling hardly gets to speak on his own behalf. Sopkin felt as though the whole interview made light of divorce, and he's probably right.
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