“Willing to Kill a Mother on Television”

<p><strong>Valerie Harper struck a blow for performers everywhere with her much-publicized court battle over her abrupt firing from the NBC sitcom </strong><em><strong>Valerie</strong></em><strong>. She’s remembered as a hero now, but at the time she was in a terrifying position just a few years after Farrah Fawcett and Suzanne Somers saw their careers implode. This is what happened, and how we ended up watching Sandy Duncan in </strong><em><strong>The Hogan Family</strong></em><strong> reruns.</strong></p>