Dallas (1978 TV series)

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Dallas was the first time television soap opera broadcast on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The series revolves around the rich and hostile Texas family of the Ewings has an independent oil company Ewing Oil and Southfork farms. The series initially focuses on the marriages of Bobby Ewing and Pamela Barnes, whose families are sworn enemies with each other. As the series continues, older Bobby's older sister, oil conglomerate J. R. Ewing becomes the runaway character of the event, whose scheme and dirty business become the trademark of the event. When the show ended in May 1991, J.R. is the only character that appears in every episode.

The show was famous for its cliffhanger, including "Who shot J.R.?" Mystery. 1980 episode "Who Done It" remains the second-highest prime-time view ever. The show also featured "Dream Season," where the entire ninth season was revealed to have been a dream for Pam Ewing. After 14 seasons, the last series "Conundrum" aired in 1991.

The show is largely an ensemble performer, with Larry Hagman as a greedy and cunning oil conglomerate, JR Ewing, stage actress Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie's head of family and Western movie actor Jim Davis as Ewing patriarch Jock, her last role before her death at 1981. The series won four Emmy Awards, including the Extraordinary Special Actress of 1980 in the Drama Series victory for Bel Geddes.

With 357 episodes, Dallas remains one of the prime time dramas of all time longest in American TV history, behind Law & amp; Order: Special Victims Unit (400 episodes), Bonanza (430 episodes), Legal & amp; Messages (456 episodes), and Gunsmoke (635 episodes). In 2007, Dallas was included in the magazine list of "100 Best All-Time TV Shows TIME ".

Dallas also spawned a spin-off series of Knot Landing in 1979 which also lasted 14 seasons. In 2010, TNT announced it has booked a new continuation of Dallas updated. The resurrection series, resuming the Ewing family story, aired on TNT on June 13, 2012, and lasted for three seasons, ending its journey on September 22, 2014.

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Original premise

Dallas debuted on April 2, 1978, as a five-part miniseries on the CBS network. Manufacturers initially had no plans for expansion; However, due to the popularity of the show, it subsequently transformed into a regular series and broadcasted for 13 full seasons, from September 23, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The first five episodes, originally regarded as miniseries, are now referred to as season one - making the total fourteen seasons.

This event is known for portraying wealth, sex, intrigue, conflict, and power struggles. Throughout the series, the main premise is the old rivalry between Ewings and Barneses who came to the head when the daughter of Barneses Pamela (Victoria Principal) eloped with Ewing's son, Bobby (Patrick Duffy), in the first episode.

The back story is that, in 1930, wildcatter John Ross "Jock" Ewing, Sr. (Jim Davis) was alleged to have cheated his one-time counterpart, Willard "Digger" Barnes (David Wayne and later Keenan Wynn), out of his part of their company Ewing Oil, and married only love Diggers, Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Southworth (Barbara Bel Geddes). Ellie's family - different from Jock - breeder, with great love for land and cattle. After the marriage of Ellie and Jock, the Southworth family ranch, Southfork, became the home of the Ewings family, where Jock and Miss Ellie raised three sons: J.R. (Larry Hagman), Gary (Ted Shackelford) and Bobby (Patrick Duffy).

J.R., Ewing's eldest, immoral and unhappy son married former Miss Texas, Sue Ellen Shepard (Linda Gray), often in opposition to his younger brother, Bobby, who has moral and integrity that J.R does not have. Gary's middle boy is Ellie's favorite when he shows Southworth's characteristics; However, Gary has been in conflict with Jock and J.R. since childhood and dismissed as a weak link. As a young man, Gary had married Valene Clements (guest star Joan Van Ark), who produced the first heir, Lucy petite and cute (Charlene Tilton). Years before the series started, J.R. had brought Gary and Valene out of Southfork, leaving Lucy to be raised by her grandparents.

During the first episode of the series, teenage Lucy (Jock Ewing's granddaughter) is seen sleeping with ranch foreman Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly). Then, in the fourth season, Ray will be revealed as Uncle Lucy, Ewing's illegitimate child through an unmarried marriage owned by Jock Ewing during World War II. Unhappy with his one-dimensional little role, Kanaly has considered leaving the show; to add depth to Ray's character, Hagman suggested that the authors make a plot in which Ray becomes a half-brother to J.R., Gary, and Bobby, noting the similarities with Davis. The episodes in which Ray and his nephew Lucy had an affair were, as Kanaly said to Dinah Shore in a performance on her show, "prayerfully forgiving, I hope."

Ray was previously involved in a brief romance with Pamela Barnes, daughter of Digger Barnes (though later revealed that Pam is not a biological child of Digger). However, Pam loved Bobby very much, and the inaugural episode began with the two of them arriving at Southfork Ranch as newlyweds, shocking the whole family. J.R., who hates the Barnes family, is unhappy with Pam who lives in Southfork, and keeps trying to ruin her marriage with Bobby. Meanwhile, Pam's brother Cliff (Ken Kercheval), who inherits Digger's hatred against Ewings, shares J.R's objections to the wedding, and continues his father's quest for revenge.

Most of the season ends with rating-grabbing cliffhangers, the most famous of which is the season of three finals "A House Divided", which launched the landmark "Who shot J.R.?" story line and ranked # 69 on TV Guide's list of <100 Top TV Episodes of All Time ". Cliffhangers cover other seasons including findings of unidentified floating female corpses at Southfork pool (season four); house fire is on (season six); and Bobby's death (season eight) and back next (season nine).

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Starring

For the original five-episode miniseries (season 1) six actors received a billing star: Barbara Bel Geddes as Ewing Miss Ellie Ewing's housewife, whose family is the original owner of Southfork; Jim Davis as her husband Jock Ewing, founder of Ewing Oil and head of the Ewing family; Patrick Duffy as their youngest son, lover Bobby Ewing; The head of Victoria as Pamela Barnes Ewing, the daughter of the Barnes family inhabited, Bobby took as his wife in the trial episode; Larry Hagman as J. R. Ewing, the eldest son, who strongly objected to his new sister-in-law; and Charlene Tilton as teenage nephew Lucy Ewing, Bobby and J.R., whose parents were fired from the farm by J.R.

Not receiving the top bills during season 1, though appearing in most of the episodes, is Linda Gray as the long-suffering wife, wife of an alcoholic, Sue Ellen Ewing; Steve Kanaly as the ranch hand of Ray Krebbs, the former Pam, who eventually became Jock's bastard; and Ken Kercheval as Pam's brother, Cliff Barnes, the J.R presidency. Gray and Kanaly were promoted to regular players on the first episode of season 2 and Kercheval on the first episode of season 3. David Wayne received a special guest star bill as Willard "Digger" Barnes.

Later in the series, some new characters are added as the original actors leave the series:

For season 5, after the guest star since season 2, Susan Howard joined the lead role as Donna Culver Krebbs, a politician and widow of a former Texas governor, who became Ray's first wife and mother to his daughter, Margaret.

Season 8 sees the addition of musical actor Howard Keel as a rich man, and occasionally temperamental rancher Clayton Farlow, Miss Ellie's husband after Jock's death, to the star cast after appearing on the show since season 4, and Priscilla Presley as teen girlfriend Bobby Jenna Wade, who gave birth to Bobby's only biological child, Lucas, and eventually became Ray's second wife. Keel has reappeared on the show since season 4, and Presley has since season 7 (Jenna's character has been played by Morgan Fairchild for season 2 episodes, and Francine Tacker for two episodes in season 3). Temporarily replacing Barbara Bel Geddes in the role of Miss Ellie, Donna Reed also joined the lead role during season 8, until Bel Geddes returned the following year.

Dack Rambo, describing his cousin wandering around Jack Ewing, was promoted to regular status for season 10, having appeared as a guest star since the end of season 8. He was, however, written out of the show in the mid-season of tenth. Jack April Stevens Ewing's ex-wife, played by Sheree J. Wilson, first appeared as a guest star during season 10 and 11, before being promoted to the main character for season 12. Initially a cunning character, April eventually became Bobby's second wife, after her divorce with Pam.

Season 13 sees some additions to the main actor: Academy Award winner George Kennedy as Carter McKay, who bought Ray's farm after Ray and Jenna moved to Switzerland, and eventually became head of Ewing Oil WestStar's rival; Cathy Podewell as a young boy, naÃÆ'¯ve, Cally Harper, who became J.R's second wife Sasha Mitchell as illegitimate child J.R., first son, James Beaumont; Kimberly Foster as the April sister of Michelle Stevens, who married James and Cliff Barnes; and finally Lesley-Anne Down as PR woman Stephanie Rogers. While Kennedy and Podewell emerged as guest stars throughout the twelfth season, the Mitchell characters, Foster and Down were all new in the series when they joined regular players.

Finally, for the fourteenth and final seasons, after the guest star on the final episode of season 13, Barbara Stock joins the cast as Cliff's e fiance Liz Adams.

Support player

During the fourteen years running, Dallas saw several actors appear in supporting roles. Among the most famous are Mary Crosby (seasons 3-4 and 14) as sly sister Sue Ellen, Kristin Shepard (also played by Colleen Camp for two episodes of second season), who had an affair with JR and was revealed to be the one who shot JR at " Who shot JR? " storyline; Jared Martin (seasons 3-6, 8-9, and 14) as cowboy lover Sue Ellen, and Clayton's adoptive son, Steven "Dusty" Farlow; Leigh McCloskey (seasons 4-5, 8 and 12) as medical student Mitch Cooper, Lucy's husband; Audrey Landers (seasons 4-8 and 12-13) as Mitch's sister, Afton Cooper, a long-time hopeful of Cliff's singer and fiancé; stage actress Priscilla Pointer (season 4-6) as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth, mother of Pam and Cliff; Morgan Brittany (seasons 5-8 and 11) as Rebecca's daughter, Katherine Wentworth, Cliff's and Pam's half-sister who fell in love with Bobby; John Beck (seasons 6-7 and 9) as Mark Graison, Pam's lover after his first divorce from Bobby; The winner of Miss USA, Deborah Shelton (season 8-10) as the Mandy Winger model, the old mistress of J.R.; Jenilee Harrison (season 8-10) as Jack Ewing's sister and Cliff's wife, Jamie Ewing Barnes; and Andrew Stevens (season 11-12) as Casey Denault, a young teenager working for J.R., matches Lucy to get her money.

The characters of long-life children include the son of J.R. and Sue Ellen, John Ross Ewing III (played for season 4-6 by Tyler Banks, and for season 7-14 by Omri Katz); Bobby and Pam adopted the son of Christopher Ewing (played by Eric Farlow for the 6-8 season, and by Joshua Harris for the 9-14 season), and Jenna Charlotte's daughter "Charlie" Wade (Shalane McCall, 7-11, also played by Laurie Lynn Myers for the 2 season episode).

Among the most frequent Ewing family business associations are members of Jordan Lee's oil cartel (Don Starr, season 2-14), Marilee Stone (Fern Fitzgerald, season 2-13) and Andy Bradley (Paul Sorensen, season 2-10); Jock's good friend, Marvin "Punk" Anderson (Morgan Woodward, season 4-11); The shady investment banker, Vaughn Leland (Dennis Patrick 3-6 season) and the original WestStar Oil frontman Jeremy Wendell (William Smithers, season 4-5, 8-12). Other old Ewing contacts include Dallas detective PD Harry McSween, serving as the source of J.R. in the police force (James Brown, season 2-12); family lawyer Harv Smithfield (George O. Petrie, season 3-14); and Donna's stepson, US Senator Dave Culver (Tom Fuccello, seasons 3-6, 8, 10-11 and 13-14).

Also featured in many episodes are some background characters, including secretary Bobby Connie Brasher (played by Donna Bullock in season 1, Ann Ford and Nancy Bleier in season 2, and Jeanna Michaels in season 2-4) and Phyllis Wapner (Deborah Tranelli, season 4-14); Secretary J.R. Louella Caraway Lee (Meg Gallagher, season 2-4) and Sly Lovegren (Deborah Rennard, season 5-14); Cliff Secretary Jackie Dugan (Sherril Lynn Rettino, seasons 2-5 and 7-14); Ewing Oil Receptionist Kendall Chapman (Danone Simpson, season 6-14); Maid of Southfork Teresa (Roseanna Christiansen, season 6-14); and Oil Baron's Club staff Dora Mae (Pat Colbert, season 7-14), Cassie (Anne C. Lucas, season 5-10) and Debbie (Deborah Marie Taylor, season 11-14). The most famous supporting actor (at the time) was Tina Louise, who served as J.R.'s secretary, Julie Gray, during the 1978-79 season. His character was eventually killed.

Main cast placement

At the end of the series, only the three original characters of the series (J.R., Bobby, and Cliff) are left in Dallas, others have died or left town.

Jock Ewing was the first main character to leave the series, when he died in a mysterious plane crash in South America, at the start of season five. Actor Jim Davis, who plays Jock, has died shortly after production finished in the fourth season in 1981.

Bobby Ewing's death at the end of the eight season, along with his subsequent absence during the next season, is described at the start of the ten season as Pamela Barnes Ewing's dream, effectively eliminating everything that happens during the ninth season. Actor Patrick Duffy has left the series to pursue other opportunities, but as the ratings are down, he is sure to return to the series by Lorimar production company as well as star series Larry Hagman.

Jack Ewing left Dallas to continue his journey and away from J.R., in the middle of the tenth season, and return to the final period for two episodes towards the end of the season. Although there has been no official reason why Dack Rambo actor was written out of the series, Rambo himself later stated the reason for his sexual orientation and/or conflict with Larry Hagman. Hagman has since denied involvement in Rambo's dismissal.

Pamela Barnes Ewing was seriously injured in a car crash at the end of the tenth season in 1987, and left Bobby and Christopher because of her apparent inability to let them see her in a physically defective way. Nevertheless, while Principal Victoria never returned to the series, Margaret Michaels, a similar Principal, played a character in a 12 season episode. After undergoing plastic surgery explaining the differences in her appearance, it was revealed that Pam died of the disease, though only she and her doctor knew. After this, Pam was never seen in Dallas again. Unable to reach a salary agreement, it was the Principal's decision not to renew his contract Dallas .

Budget cuts also mean other long-term castmembers are released. In addition to the departure of Pam Ewing, Donna Culver Krebbs and Ray Krebbs divorced at the end of the tenth season, and Donna moved to Washington, DC where she married Senator Andrew Dowling (guest star Jim McMullan), with whom she raised daughter Ray Margaret. Actress Susan Howard declared in 1987 that the producers had told her that her character had gone by itself. A year later Ray sold his ranch to Carter McKay and left Dallas with his new wife Jenna Wade and the children Jenna, Charlie and Lucas (the last father of Bobby), to Switzerland. Ray returned for five episodes early in the 12th season.

Lucy Ewing, who had gone with Mitch's husband at the end of the eighth season, returned to Southfork in the final episode of the eleven season, only to leave again two years later, heading for Europe. At second time, the shooting of actress Charlene Tilton was a decision made by the creative team, who had trouble creating the storyline for her.

Sue Ellen Ewing left at the end of the twelve season, to move to London with her new husband, film director Don Lockwood (guest star Ian McShane). While actress Linda Gray was released by the same budget cost that ended Steve Kanaly's journey on the show, Sue Ellen's release has since been described by Gray as a joint decision by her and Leonard Katzman, agreeing that the character "has come over full-circle".

Stephanie Rogers was left off as PR Cliff's representative at the end of season 13 and then left Dallas, making Lesley-Anne Down actress the longest member of the regular player, lasting only 13 episodes.

Barbara Bel Geddes's health has caused her to lose nearly half of the seventh season, and after the end of the season she left the series entirely, with Miss Ellie's role being rearranged with Donna Reed for the eighth season. Bel Geddes was asked to return the following year in a high profile public relations disaster that angered Reed and in litigation with the series producers, who made him $ 1 million out of court. (Reed suddenly died of pancreatic cancer the following year.) Miss Ellie remained on show until the thirteen seasons when she and Clayton left Dallas, traveled and eventually settled in Europe, near Ray and Jenna. After coming out of Dallas in 1990, Bel Geddes retired from acting.

When the fourteenth and final seasons of the series begin, ten actors receive regular player status. Although half of them will leave the show before the final series, everything remains billed in the series's opening sequence throughout the year. Clayton Farlow made four appearances, cleaning up businesses that included persuading Southfork to Bobby; April Stevens Ewing died early in the season when kidnapped honeymoon by psychotic Hilary Taylor (guest star Susan Lucci); Cally Harper Ewing left Dallas in the middle of the season to build a new life away from Ewings, with new girlfriends, and her and newborn boy J.R.; Liz Adams broke off his engagement to Cliff and left Dallas towards the end of the season, and James Beaumont left the show a few episodes before the last series, to start a new life on the east coast with his newly discovered son, Jimmy, and Jimmy Debra Lynn's mother (guest star Deborah Tucker).

When this series is over, Carter McKay stays in WestStar, as strong as before; Michelle Stevens was left heartbroken and humiliated, alone on the farm she bought from McKay, hoping to stay there with James; Cliff Barnes was once the sole proprietor of Ewing Oil; and Bobby Ewing, now the owner of Southfork, can finally find the closure after April's death. J. R. Ewing, however, lost both Ewing Oil and Southfork, and was abandoned by his son, at the end of the rope; the series ended with an unanswered question, whether he committed suicide or not.

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Production

Seasons 1-8

Series creator David Jacobs wrote the first and last episodes of the original five-part miniseries (season 1), with three other episodes written by Arthur Bernard Lewis, Camille Marchetta and Virginia Aldrige. While Aldrige did not return to the series again and Marchetta left during season 4, Lewis grew up to be one of the most influential writers in Dallas.

Leonard Katzman has been part of season 1 as a producer, and during season 2 his influence has increased, as he started writing and directing episodes. Series creator David Jacobs abandoned his daily duties as an executive story consultant at the end of season 1, to focus on Knot Landing spin-off production. Executive producer Dallas in the first 3 seasons is Philip Capice and Lee Rich.

During the first 8 seasons of the show, the Dallas ' production team remained essentially intact (the main exception being Rich went after season 3). After the departure of Lee Rich, Philip Capice became the only executive producer, Leonard Katzman as producer and showrunner, Cliff Fenneman as associate producer, and Arthur Bernard Lewis as editor of executive story/supervisor producer. And, although 25 authors contribute with the script, the trio of Katzman, Lewis and David Paulsen write nearly two-thirds of the episodes during the first eight seasons. Paulsen has joined the show during season 4 and was promoted to story editor for season 6. In particular, the three of them wrote every episode but two during the seventh and eighth season.

Season 9

The creative conflict between executive producer Philip Capice and producer Leonard Katzman caused Katzman to leave the show at the end of season 8. Although Katzman will continue writing for the show during season 9 and also acted during this season as a "creative consultant" (which means he sent copies of all the scripts and asked to give his input), Capice decided to bring in a new production team - join him and associate producer Cliff Fenneman is James H. Brown as producer and Peter Dunne as the show's supervisor/producer, executive consultant Joel J. Feigenbaum, and story editor Hollace White and Stephanie Garman).

However, an increase in production costs and claims of downgrading (although this truth has been disputed) led to Lorimar production companies persuading Patrick Duffy and Leonard Katzman to return. When season 9 is almost over, Katzman is on board to return as showrunner for next season and end of season seeing the mysterious Patrick Duffy reappear on screen.

Season 10

In the inaugural season 10, there were other major improvements from the crew, with Leonard Katzman not only returning to the show's production side but also being promoted to executive producer, reportedly under conditions that he would get "total authority" from the show, while Philip Capice and most 9 season staff leave production. Together with Katzman, David Paulsen was brought back as the new producer of the event, while the position as a watchdog producer was offered to newcomers Calvin Clements, Jr., and Cliff Fenneman remained his associate producer. A newly-written staff member was employed to work with the producers, including Katzman's son Mitchell Wayne Katzman as story editor and Leah Markus as a story consultant. Mark went after two years, while others stayed until the end of the show.

Scriptically, the return of Patrick Duffy explained by having the entire ninth season become the dream of Victorian Principal, Pam's character, effectively wiped out events that occurred during the period in which Katzman's involvement with the show had been minimized.

Even the players are influenced by production and political struggle. While Larry Hagman (JR) reportedly supports Katzman, and has played a big role in bringing Duffy back, Susan Howard (Donna), who has also written the script for one episode of 9 seasons, has sided with Philip Capice, and is opposed. with the idea of ​​canceling season events 9. When she returns to write another episode for season 10, she leaves the show, both as a writer and as a member of the cast, at the end of the season.

Season 11-14

During the last four years of the show, Leonard Katzman remained a showcase, with serial star Larry Hagman joining him as executive producer (starting with season 12) and Ken Horton as co-executive producer (in season 13).

Supervisor of producer Calvin Clements, Jr. left the show after the tenth season, and was replaced for the 11th and 12th seasons by returning Arthur Bernard Lewis, who remained the writer on show till the end. Lewis then reunited with Leonard Katzman and David Paulsen. Paulsen did not leave Dallas at the end of the 11th season, and was replaced as the first show producer by Howard Lakin for season 12, and then by longtime associate producer Cliff Fenneman for the last two years. Lakin spent 13 and 14 seasons as a supervisor producer.

Mitchell Wayne Katzman was promoted to co-producer in season 12, while Frank Katzman (another son of Leonard Katzman) and John Rettino (son-in-law of Leonard Katzman), served as associate producer during season 13 and season 14. In addition, Katzman PA Louella Lee Caraway was credited as executive coordinator for the last three seasons.

The last major addition to the staff is Lisa Seidman, who joined this event as an executive story consultant for the last two seasons.

Location filming

The Pilot Season was shot entirely in locations in Dallas, Texas, and at Cloyce Box Ranch in Frisco, Texas. Then, most of the interior for the show was shot at MGM studios in Hollywood, with some exteriors shot at the Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, and other parts of Dallas. For season 13, rising production costs caused all films to be moved to California. Usually the cast and crew will spend six to eight weeks filming in locations in the Dallas area during the summer before the season, then film the rest of the season in the Los Angeles area; less than half the episodes in a particular season have sequences in locations filmed in Dallas. MGM built a full-size replica of Southfork Ranch's backyard and pool on one of the soundstages, allowing for "location" shots during the latter part of the season.

Board of Directors

Leonard Katzman was the most prominent director on the show, having episodes directed each season except the first, the ninth and the twelfth. In addition to Katzman, Michael Preece, responsible for directing most of Dallas's episodes, after joining the show during season four and remaining until the end.

Of the two directors attached to the original miniseries, Robert Day did not return for the next season, while Irving J. Moore remained on show until the fifth season, and then returned for the last three.

Five of the series stars also directed the episodes: Larry Hagman (season 3-14), Patrick Duffy (seasons 4-8 and 10-14), Linda Gray (season 9-12), Steve Kanaly (season 10-12) and Ken Kercheval (season 13-14).

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Episode

Ratings

Dallas originally aired on Saturday night when it debuted as a regular series. Within a month, the show was moved to Sunday night, where it would remain until mid-season, when taking the Friday night slot. Dallas stayed on Friday until the show ended in 1991, alternating between 9pm. and 10pm airing.

The "Who Done It" episode of Dallas that revealed who shot JR ?, the famous 1980 cliffhanger, received the highest domestic rank at the time with over 90 million American viewers (representing over 53% of US Households and 76% of US television viewers for November 21, 1980) sought the answer. This episode surpassed the record of the last episode of The Fugitive , which was aired in August 1967, but the record Dallas will be solved only by the last episode M * A * S * H in 1983, falling into the most watched US television episode, with nearly 360 million viewers in more than 57 countries worldwide (in 1980) setting to see who who shot JR

Although sinetron audiences have consistently declined since 1980's "Who Done It" episode, the final series of Dallas , "Conundrum", garnered 33 million viewers and 22 household ratings from 9-11pm in May. 3, 1991, became the 14th most watched TV series in the country. The competition, Manhunter (on NBC), received a rating of only 9.8.

Movies/specials

Date/title/network/rating of household/share/viewer/time

• November 15, 1996/ Dallas: Return JR /CBS/13.4/23/18.1/9-11pm (lead-in The Lion's Pride drawing Rank 6.3 )
• April 24, 1998/ Dallas: War of the Ewings /CBS/7.8/14 (lead-in Candid Camera drawing rank 6.8)
• November 7, 2004/ Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork /CBS/8.5/14/12.7/9: 30-11: 30pm

Broadcast history

CBS

• April 2-30, 1978: Sunday, 10:00 pm (ET/PT)/9:00 PM (CT/MT)
• September 23 - October 14, 1978: Saturday, 10:00 AM/9PM
• October 15, 1978 - January 14, 1979: Sunday, 10:00 AM/9PM
• January 26, 1979 - November 27, 1981: Friday, 10:00 AM/9:00 PM
• December 4, 1981 - March 16, 1990: Friday, 9:00 AM/8:00 PM
• March 30 - December 21, 1990: Friday, 10:00/9:00 PM
• January 4 - May 3, 1991: Friday, 9:00/8:00 PM

Syndication

Beginning in fall 1984, Dallas is packaged for off-network syndication by Lorimar to local stations; among the stations to purchase the program initially was the Dallas-Fort Worth ABC affiliate, WFAA-TV. Only the first 222 episodes (seasons 1 through 9) are part of the syndication package. However, Dallas did not achieve the same rating success in the local market as it did when running CBS.

During the 1990s, the show premiered briefly on TNT (from September 1992 to August 1993, again the first nine seasons only), followed by an escape on TNN beginning in the fall of 1997 (the first network to broadcast all 357 original episodes series, but the episodes were heavily edited for time), and from 2003 to 2008 all aired on SoapNet. On January 1, 2011, CMT broadcasted the event for one day, and prior to its premiere sequel in 2012, selected episodes are shown on the CMT and its website.

Cliffhangers

Dallas is famous for its cliffhangers. Throughout the running series, almost every season ends with a kind of end of cliffhanging designed to raise the rankings for the inaugural season at the end of the year.

Pilot Season/Season One cliffhanger: While this is really not a cliffhanger, the end of the fifth episode of the original miniseries Dallas saw JR climb into the attic barn to talk to Pam, who went to there to find Jimmy's cousin, after Digger falls off the train at Ewing's barbecue. J.R., drunk, trying to convince him to tell Bobby not to leave the farm. However, he did not want to be disturbed, and, in trying to escape J.R., he fell from the attic, landing on his stomach. Pam, who was pregnant, miscarried her unborn child. Later, Sue Ellen asked J.R. whether it was really an accident or Pam intentionally fell down. J.R. said, "I'm not." When Sue Ellen asked J.R. if he cares that Pam lost her baby, J.R. do not answer it, leave it to the viewer to decide.

Season Two cliffhanger: The drinking problem Sue Ellen has put her in a sanitarium, where she is pregnant with a child she believes is Cliff Barnes. He escaped from a sanitarium, drunk, and then suffered a severe car accident, put his life and his baby life in jeopardy. The doctors gave birth to the baby, named John Ross Ewing III, but he was very small in childbirth and had not been out of the woods; nor is Sue Ellen, who, when the episode ends, is still alive. J.R. who is very confused watching his wife at the end of the episode while crying, saying that she "just has to live."

Season Three cliffhanger: JR has made so many people in Texas hate him passionately, from the people he disturbed in business, to the women he avoided in relationships, with family members who angered him, a business woman Her husband committed suicide. After all this, somebody waited outside the Ewing J.R Oil office late at night, and when J.R heard a voice, asked who it was and walked to the door, someone shot him twice in the stomach. Cliffhanger for this episode leads to the now famous "Who shot J. R.?" debate and speculation, as well as speculation about whether J.R. will actually survive the shootings or be killed.

Season Four cliffhanger: As he heads for a late-night business meeting with Bobby, Cliff finds a woman's body floating in a Southfork pool. She jumps into the pond to see who it is, and when she looks back, J.R. standing on the balcony above the pool. Believe J.R. responsible, Cliff said to his rival, "He's dead, you bastard."

Season Five cliffhanger: Earlier in the season, Cliff had JR facing financial turmoil, when JR plans to extort Farlows to hand John Ross, by hoarding 5 million barrels of Farlows crude, backfire on JR, when the price the crude oil market began to fall and fall. To stock Farlows crude oil, J.R. has taken a $ 200 million loan and used Ewing Oil's $ 50 million asset as collateral. Cliff, along with Jordan Lee, Andy Bradley and Wade Luce, then worked with Vaughn Leland to buy into the records owned by J.R., and they plan to close. With Cliff apparently placing one in J.R., Miss Ellie redeemed Ewing Oil out of this mess by agreeing to a deal with Clayton that Clayton would pay the price he would pay when the oil was dumped. At the end of the season, the situation J.R. and Cliff has turned sharply in the opposite direction, as Sue Ellen, with whom Cliff has an off-and-on relationship, decides to return to J.R., planning to marry him again. In addition, J.R. has set a trap for Cliff by ensuring that a false geological report will convince Cliff to invest millions of dollars in buying property in a supposedly dry, oil-rich soil. Cliff was then fired by his mother from running Wentworth Tool & amp; Dead, because of the embezzlement of Cliff's company fund. Cliff attempted suicide with an overdose of pills, and a guilty Sue Ellen rushed to her bedside when Cliff lay in a coma. J.R. trying to convince Sue Ellen that it was not anyone's fault but Cliff for what happened, but Sue Ellen disagrees and says she does not know if she can remarry J.R. if Cliff dies. Cliff's life depends on balance as the season ends.

Season Six cliffhanger: Earlier this season, Sue Ellen got drunk after seeing J.R. in bed with Holly Harwood. He got into the car and Ray Krebbs's cousin, Mickey Trotter, tried to stop him and they were involved in an accident, inside J.R.'s car, just outside Southfork. Sue Ellen appeared with nothing worse than a bruise, but Mickey was paralyzed from the neck down and in a coma. In the final episode of this season, Ray discovers that the other driver of the car is Walt Driscoll, a J.R rival. He also learned that Driscoll accidentally caused the accident, thinking that J.R. driving, as a means of revenge for being imprisoned by J.R. at the beginning of the year. An angry Ray who came to Southfork late at night demanded an answer from J.R., who did not expect to see him. J.R. ask him what is going on and Ray says he will kill J.R. for what happened. J.R. threw a candle in Ray, who missed him and dropped another candle holder with a candle burning inside. As the two fights, the candle lit the fire and the smoke began seeping into John Ross and Sue Ellen's bedroom as they slept. Sue Ellen had been given sedatives by doctors the previous day so she did not wake up. J.R. saw the fire and tried to free Ray, finally dropped it with the phone, and ran upstairs to try to save his wife and son. Ray recovers and runs after J.R. but is consumed by the smoke and falls. J.R. beaten with falling rays as he climbed upstairs and the two men were unaware when Southfork was on fire.

Season Seven cliffhanger: Memorizing the three cliffhanger season, a mysterious figure enters the Ewing Oil building one night. Continuing to J.R.'s office, the figure produces a gun and fires three shots behind J.R. where someone is sitting. When the victim falls from the chair and onto the ground, we see it is Bobby Ewing who has been shot.

Season Eight cliffhanger: Bobby, who has divorced from Pam for over a year and is now engaged to Jenna Wade, decides that she wants to marry his ex-wife again, and Pam agrees. The next morning, when Bobby left Pam's house, someone drove the car at high speed to Pam. Bobby pushed him out of the way just before he was hit but could not get out of the driveway in time to save himself. We saw that Katherine was driving, and that she was also killed when her car crashed after running on Bobby. Bobby was rushed to the hospital, where he later died. Pam, Jenna, J.R., Miss Ellie, Clayton, Ray, and Donna were the ones present at the time of Bobby's death.

Season Nine cliffhanger: Wicked businesswoman Angelica Nero intends to kill J.R. and his cousin, Jack, for doubling it, but J.R. arrested him by the police. Unfortunately, Angelica already has a bomb attached to Jack's car, which explodes with Jamie inside. After hearing this on the phone, J.R. get out of his office to go to Jack's apartment. When he leaves the office, Sue Ellen arrives at another elevator to look for her. Upon entering J.R.'s office, another bomber left by Angelica exploded, and the entire floor where Ewing Oil burst, showered the debris down the street below. The scene then shifts to Pam in bed, the day after her marriage to Mark Graison. Pam wakes up to hear the sound of the shower. Assuming it was Mark, he opened the bathroom door, only to find Bobby Ewing, alive and well. (In the first season of Ten, Bobby's death and all Nine Season will be revealed as Pam's dream).

The Cliffhanger Ten Seasons: The Ewings suffered a devastating loss as Ewing Oil was closed by the US Department of Justice as a punishment for a J.R. black transaction that led to an international incident. Pam, on her way back to Bobby from the doctor's office after learning that she could finally get pregnant, hit a fuel tanker, which exploded.

Season Eleven cliffhanger: J.R., and Sue Ellen's new boyfriend, Nicholas Pearce, fought in the penthouse hotel suite J.R. When the fight turned so bad and ended up with both on the balcony, Pearce fell to the balcony and headed for her death. Surprised by what he had just seen, Sue Ellen then took the gun from the floor and shot J.R. three times. He then picked up the phone and told the police that he wanted to report a double murder.

Season Twelve cliffhanger: Sue Ellen prepares to leave Dallas forever, but before she does, she has one last surprise for her ex-husband JR Sue Ellen has made a biopic about her marriage to him (with actors describing them and Ewings others) and a movie preview for JR who was shocked by what he had just seen. Sue Ellen told JR that she would leave Dallas, but if she ever sees him again in the future - or even if she wakes up on the wrong side of the bed one morning - she will release the movie and JR will be made "a laughing stock" from Texas "and destroyed forever.He then left Dallas, finally winning.

Thirteen cliffhanger Season: After deliberately establishing himself as a sanitarium to persuade the patient (Clayton's sister Jessica) to sign the majority vote in WestStar Oil, JR's plan backfired when Cally Harper, the last scorned woman, and his illegitimate son James Beaumont forced him to sign a letter of withdrawal before they allowed him to be released. Once he did, James tore up J.R. still letting her get stuck in the sanitarium without running away.

Season Fourteen cliffhanger: After finally losing Ewing Oil to Cliff Barnes, Southfork's control to Bobby, and being abandoned by his wife and children, a drunken and desperate JR starts walking around the farm alone with a loaded gun wishing he had never been born. A shot was fired in J.R's bedroom. When Bobby returned to Southfork, and he rushed to J.R.'s room. and gasping, saying "Oh, my God!" when the series ends. Spinoff, sequels and adaptions

Knots Landing

Prior to Dallas' premier, series creator David Jacobs embarked on an idea for a drama series on four married couples at different stages of marriage, inspired by Ingmar Bergman The Scene from Marriage . However, CBS wanted a "saga-like" show, which resulted in the Jacobs creating Dallas . When the series proved to be a hit, CBS reconsidered Jacobs' original idea, which evolved into a Knots Landing spinoff Dallas/i>, premiered in late 1979.

Knots Landing follows the lives of Lucy's parents, Gary (Ted Shackelford) and Valene (Joan Van Ark), when they moved to California to start a new life after the start of their second marriage in 1979. During the beginning of the season < Knots Landing, some Dallas actors (Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Charlene Tilton, and Mary Crosby) made guest appearances in the new series, describing them Dallas > characters, and Shackelford and Van Ark continue to make occasional appearances at Dallas . In addition to this, multiple storylines are crossed, such as reading Jock Ewing's will, with events impacting the characters in both shows.

The ongoing bond between the two series finally broke off in 1986, when the fourth season premiere of Dallas stated that Bobby's death the previous year was a dream. Bobby's death had an effect on the Knots Landing story too, with Gary grieving for his dead brother while Gary's wife, Abby, who had lost his brother Sid a few years earlier, comforted him. Abby and Greg Sumner then took advantage of Gary's grief and Gary's trip to Dallas for Bobby's funeral to gain political gain in the Empire Valley. Val also named him and Gary's son "Bobby" to remember his late uncle. Unlike the Dallas manufacturers, Knot Landing manufacturers are not ready to reset their series, so the producer Knot Landing cuts their event bundle with > Dallas . As a result, there are no further episodes or storylines. Bobby's return was never addressed at Knot Landing , or he was mentioned again. However, Shackelford and Van Ark reprise their roles for the Dallas final series "Conundrum" in 1991, which shows what will happen to their characters if J.R. there never was.

Between Seasons 1 and 4 of Knots Landing, there are nine episodes where Dallas characters appear, played by their respective actors.

Season 1 (season 1979-80)

• Episode 1: "Pilot". Guest starring Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing.
• Episode 2: "Community Spirit". Guest starring Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing.
• Episode 6: "House To Heal" Guests starred Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing.

Season 2 (season 1980-81)

• Episode 5: "Kristin". The guest starring Mary Crosby as Kristin Shepard.
• Episode 9: "A Family Matter". Guest starring Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing.
• Episode 13: "The Loudest Word". Guest starring Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing.
• Episode 17: "Design". Guest starring Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing.

Season 4 (season 1982-83)

• Episode 2: "Daniel". Guest starring Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing.
• Episode 6: "New Beginning". Guest starring Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing, Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing and Eric Farlow as Christopher Ewing. This Knots Landing episode is a direct sequel to the Jock's Will episode of Dallas, which airs on the same night.

In addition to the above characters, Gary Ewing and Valene Ewing characters appear in the following Dallas episodes, as listed below.

Season 2 (season 1978-79)

• Episode 1: "Reunion, Part I". Featuring David Ackroyd as Gary Ewing and Joan Van Ark as Valene Clements
• Episode 2: "Reunion, Part II". Featuring David Ackroyd as Gary Ewing and Joan Van Ark as Valene Clements

Season 3 (season 1979-80)

• Episode 4: "Secret". Featuring Joan Van Ark as Valene Clements
• Episode 14: "Return Engagement". Featuring Ted Shackelford as Gary Ewing and Joan Van Ark as Valene Ewing

Season 4 (season 1980-81)

• Episode 1: "No More Mister Nice Guy, Part I". Featuring Ted Shackelford as Gary Ewing and Joan Van Ark as Valene Ewing
• Episode 2: "No More Mister Nice Guy, Part II". Showing Ted Shackelford as Gary Ewing
• Episode 12: "End of the Road, Part II". Featuring Ted Shackelford as Gary Ewing and Joan Van Ark as Valene Ewing

Season 5 (season 1981-82)

• Episode 8: "The Split". Featuring Ted Shackelford as Gary Ewing and Joan Van Ark as Valene Ewing
• Episode 9: "Five Dollars a Barrel". Showing Ted Shackelford as Gary Ewing

Season 6 (season 1982-83)

• Episode 5: "The Will of Jock". Featuring Ted Shackelford as Gary Ewing. This Dallas episode was immediately followed by an episode of Knots Landing on the same night titled "New Beginning"

Season 9 (season 1985-86)

• Episode 1: "The Family Ewing". Showing Ted Shackelford as Gary Ewing

Season 14 (season 1990-91)

• Episode 22: "Conundrum". Featuring Ted Shackelford as Gary Ewing and Joan Van Ark as Valene Wallace.

Movies and reunions

A prequel story, Dallas: The Early Years , is a film made for TV that first aired on March 23, 1986 on CBS during the ninth season of the TV series. The film stars David Grant as Digger Barnes, Dale Midkiff as Jock Ewing, Molly Hagan as Miss Ellie Southworth Ewing, David Wilson as Jason Ewing, and Hoyt Axton as Aaron Southworth, and introduced by Larry Hagman, in the role of J.R. Ewing. Detailing the origins of the Barnes-Ewing feud and the creation of Ewing Oil, and covering the time span from 1933 to 1951, the film was written by the creator of the David Jacobs series.

There are also two made-for-TV reunion movies that aired on CBS a few years after the end of the series: Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996), which completed the final cliffhanger series; and the 20th anniversary of Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998). Together with the returning star series (Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, George Kennedy, Ken Kercheval and Steve Kanaly), and repeated cast (Omri Katz, Audrey Landers, Deborah Rennard and George O. Petrie), both telefilms also introduced new characters - The most famous lawyer, Anita Smithfield, played by Tracy Scoggins. The younger character Christopher Ewing, and daughter Cliff and Afton Pamela Rebecca overhauled with Chris Demetral and Deborah Kellner took over the role.

On November 7, 2004, CBS aired a prime-time special event titled Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork , in which the stars recalled their work in the series (by chance, actor Howard Keel, who played Clayton Farlow, had died earlier on the same day).

On November 8, 2008, Dallas to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the event was held at Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, reuniting original players Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Ken Kercheval, Steve Kanaly and Charlene Tilton; Other cast members in attendance were Susan Howard, Audrey Landers, Mary Crosby and Sheree J. Wilson. The front and back pages of grass from the fictional Ewing house play host to a massive barbecue filled with people from the Dallas area, across the US and around the world (who pay as much as $ 1,000) to reminisce and celebrate the series, and meet with the cast. During the festivities, Kercheval said he was surprised to see continued support for the 17-year-old show after the last airing: "I do not understand, the enduring power. Who knows?" Linda Gray also remembers her time on the show: "I think it's a special time, and there are not a hundred million channels and the Internet and everything else that comes up."

Retrospective Dallas: JR Ewing Bourbon Presents Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy a one-night event held on March 23, 2017 at AT & amp; T Performing Arts Center Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas for both Duffy and Gray reminisce about their career and their time at Dallas. It's sponsored by J.R. The Ewing Bourbon is nationally distributed and moderated by The Robert Morning News columnist Robert Wilonsky.

On March 30 and 31, 2018, a 40th birthday reunion Dallas was held at Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, and the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas with members Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Charlene Tilton and Steve Kanaly attended the celebration. The celebrations included a tour of Southfork, a meeting with the cast, various memorabilia at the "Legend of Dallas" exhibition and concluded with a party at the historic Longhorn Ballroom.

Revival series

In 2010, the cable network TNT announced that it had ordered a pilot to continue the Dallas series. After viewing the completed trial episodes, TNT went on to book the full season of 10 episodes.

The new series, which aired on June 13, 2012, focuses primarily on John Ross and Christopher Ewing, sons of J.R and Bobby who are now adults. Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, and Linda Gray back in full-time capacity, repeating their original role. The series is produced by Warner Horizon Television, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., which holds the rights to the Dallas franchise through its acquisition of Lorimar Television and is a sister company for TNT, both under the ownership of Time Warner.

The new series is a continuation of the old series, with the story continuing after a 20-year break. It did not take the events of 1990s TV movies Dallas: J.R. Returns or Dallas: War of the Ewings as a canon. Instead we find the character 20 years after the cliffhanger 14 season event. In an interview with UltimateDallas.com, writer/producer Cynthia Cidre was asked to describe the new Dallas . He replied, "I try to really respect the original Dallas because it's very clear to me that the people who love Dallas are [like] Trekkies, really committed to the show and I really did not understand that before, so I never wanting to break anything that has happened in the past.On the other hand it is the past, twenty years have passed, so at the same time I think we are properly balanced between the characters Bobby Ewing, JR and Sue Ellen. new players and it's John Ross and Christopher, the children of Bobby and JR, and his love interest.Reason and new respect and balance. "

In the second season of the event, J.R. Ewing was killed (after the death of actor Larry Hagman in November 2012), triggering the storyline "who did it" throughout the rest of the season. Various cast of the original series attended his funeral on display.

Despite initially strong numbers, the ratings for new Dallas declined over the past three seasons that the event was running before TNT canceled it in 2014.

Books and other media

During the triumph of the series, several magazines, books and merchandise were produced.

In 1980 a novel titled Dallas , based on the original five episode miniseries, written by Lee Raintree, published by Dell Publishing. Then followed by three other novels, adapting the following season: "The Ewings of Dallas", "The Men of Dallas" and "The Women of Dallas", all written by Burt Hirschfeld.

In 1980, SPI released Dallas role-play game .

In 1985, Dallas: The Complete Ewing Saga was published by Laura Van Wormer.

In 1986/1987, further book Dallas was published. There are 14 titles in Soap & amp; Serials series and Suzy Kalter wrote The Complete Book of Dallas: Behind the Scenes at the World's Favorite TV Show. "

In 2004, <25th Anniversary of Dallas: The Complete Story of Favorite Favorite Hours written by Barbara A. Curran was published by Cumberland House Publishing. It contains synopsis for every season, extensive research into production and interviews with most of the original players, along with the preface by Victoria Principal and introduction by David Jacobs.

In 1984 Datasoft released the video game The Dallas Quest , and during the 1980s, LA Times Syndicate made Dallas comics for newspapers, written by Jim Lawrence. Describing the strip is Ron Harris, Thomas Warkentin, Padraic Shigetani, Deryl Skelton, and others.

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Legacy

Dallas and Cold War

Dallas allegedly helped accelerate the destruction of the Eastern Romania country during the last years of the Cold War.

Romanian President Nicolae Ceau? Escu allowed the broadcast of Dallas , one of several Western performances allowed to be aired in Communist countries during the 1980s. The belief that the show will be seen as anti-capitalist backfires against the regime as the Romanians want and looks for the lavish lifestyle seen in the show, compared to the despotic situation in Romania at the time. Shortly after Ceau's execution? Escu and his wife on Christmas Day 1989, the Dallas pilot episode, which had been edited for the sex scene, was one of the first Western shows to be aired on the newly released Romanian TV.

The popularity of Dallas in Romania is the subject of the experimental documentary 2016 Dallas Hotel , directed by duo artists Ungur & amp; Huang and starring Patrick Duffy, who plays two bleak characters from Bobby Ewing's character.

More

In 2007, British comedian Justin Lee Collins went looking for all the stars from Dallas to take them together for a special reunion party. The show is broadcast at 9pm. Sunday, May 27, 2007, on British channel Channel 4 as part of the Bring Back series... . After hunting most of the leading actors in whatever way it takes (for example, climbing a security fence and ambushing the hotel), Collins interviews them and gains more knowledge about some decisions made throughout the season. Participants among the players were Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, Patrick Duffy, Ken Kercheval, Charlene Tilton, Susan Howard and Mary Crosby. He holds his Baron Oil Ball, where no major player appears. However, the actor who plays Christopher's baby (Eric Farlow) is present. Charlene Tilton spoke in an interview in 2011 about the program, which she said was one of her worst experiences and her players.

In March 2011, the Texas Theater in Dallas began displaying two episodes of Dallas on the big screen every Sunday; over 100 subscribers, some in their favorite character costumes, appear in free screenings every week. However, the screening ended in May 2011 after Warner Bros. released a ceasefire and quit against the Texas Theater for unauthorized performances, citing the fact that those involved in the show's production were not paid or benefited from this screening.

J.R. Hat Ewing, the main symbol of the "Americanness" attached to the show that contributed to his global audience on his detention, is currently held at the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

In the popular parody of Forbidden Broadway, an actress who plays Mary Martin sings the song "Never Never Panned" to the song "Never Never Land" from the music of Peter Pan . One of the phrases sung is "You can also be a star, like my son who plays J.R. in Dallas ! We never ever highlight it!"

The series is mentioned in the lyrics of Swedish pop band ABBA 1982's "The Day Before You Came": "No, I think, one Dallas episode I did not see."

Country singer Hank Williams, Jr. was hit with a song titled "This Is not Dallas" that compares his life and his wife along with J.R. and Sue Ellen.

The show "Who shot J.R.?" the storyline has been used to great effect in other drama series, especially BBC EastEnders with "Who Shot Phil?" Mitchell storyline, and more recently with "Who Killed Lucy Beale?" storyline. In 1995, the animated series The Simpsons also had "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" storyline.

In 2013, TV Guide rated Dallas in # 47 in the 60 Best Series list of all time.

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Dallas on IMDb
• Dallas on TV.com

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