Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) film. In the beginning, the star of the show was Nancy Hsueh as Mia Elliott, daughter to the characters portrayed by William Holden and Jennifer Jones in the 1955 film. Mia left Hong Kong to study medicine in San Francisco, her late father's hometown, and there she became involved with two men: Vietnam War pilot Paul Bradley, and later Dr. Jim Abbott. However, CBS censors balked at an interracial love story between a white man and an Amerasian woman. The network was also uncomfortable with a developing subplot in which Jim Abbott was implicated in the death of a young
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) a love story to one of political intrigue and blackmail. Despite having actually maintained fairly strong ratings throughout its run, averaging an 8.5 rating and 29% share, "LIAMST" struggled against its new competition, NBC's "Another World," one of daytime's most popular programs. On February 12, 1973, CBS announced that "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" would end its run on March 23. As has usually happened to network soaps, the lead characters on "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" were recast multiple times. Within a few years, star players Charleson, Birney, and Mills all departed, which led to a revolving