Midler recently recalled her stint as a sitcom star and called that experience a mistake.
She also regretted not suingLindsay Lohanafter she dropped out of the show following the pilot.
I did a television show,Bette.
Lindsay Lohan and Bette Midler in 2000CBS / Getty Images
Does it get any more generic than that?
A big, big, big mistake, Midler said on David DuchovnysFail Betterpodcast.
I think for several reasons.
Cast of the CBS television pilot episode, ‘Bette.’ (L-R) James Dreyfus (as Oscar), Joanna Gleason (as Connie Randolph), Bette Midler (as Bette), Lindsay Lohan (as Rose) and Kevin Dunn (as Roy).Cliff Lipson / CBS / Getty Images
It was the wrong motivation.
It was a part of the media I simply did not understand.
I enjoyed it, But I didnt know what it meant to make it.
I had made films.
I had made variety television shows.
I had been on talk shows.
But I had never done a situation comedy.
I didnt realize what the pace was.
And I didnt understand what the hierarchy was.
And no one bothered to tell me.
I didnt know that I could have taken charge.
Betteaired on CBS from October 2000 through March 2001.
It was Lohans departure from the sitcom where Midler noticed things happening that were so astonishing.
So Lindsay Lohan left the building and I said, well, now what do you do?
And the studio didnt help me.
It was extremely chaotic .
But I seem to have been cosseted in some way that I couldnt get to the writers room.
I couldnt speak to the showrunner.
I couldnt make myself clear.
Midler says she was thrilled when the show was canceled after one season.
