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  2. Mar 29, 2024 · Dallas, American television soap opera that revolutionized prime-time drama and was one of the most popular programs of the 1980s. Dallas started as a five-part miniseries on CBS in April 1978 and continued to air for 13 full seasons (1978–91), becoming one of the era’s signature shows and a global phenomenon.

  3. Dallas. (1978 TV series) Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The series revolved around an affluent and feuding Texas family, the Ewings, who owned the independent oil company Ewing Oil and the cattle-ranching land of Southfork. The series originally focused on the ...

    • April 2, 1978 –, May 3, 1991
    • CBS
  4. Dallas: Created by David Jacobs. With Larry Hagman, Ken Kercheval, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray. J.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal.

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    • 1978-04-02
    • Drama, Romance
    • 60
  5. But to criticize a nighttime soap opera for absurdity is to miss the point. Dallas leaned into its own absurdity, and in the process, it defined an era and transformed its namesake hometown.Two ...

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    • CREATOR DAVID JACOBS DIDN’T KNOW THE SHOW WOULD BE SET IN DALLAS. How Dallas came to be set in the city was by chance: Creator David Jacobs had a development deal with Lorimar Television and wrote a story about Ewing Oil in 1977.
    • DALLAS WAS THE LESS CLASSY VERSION OF DYNASTY. “Dallas was fairly modestly mounted: Southfork was big but no mansion, and now and then the characters wore jeans to breakfast,” Jacobs wrote in The New York Times.
    • LARRY HAGMAN AND PATRICK DUFFY DRANK A LOT ON SET. In 1995, Larry Hagman—who died of cancer in 2012—had a liver transplant due to alcoholism. Patrick Duffy, who played J.R.’
    • SUE ELLEN WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED AS A MINOR ROLE. In the pilot, Linda Gray—who played J.R.’ s wife Sue Ellen for several seasons—isn’t even given a name in her limited screen time.
  7. Dallas: Created by Cynthia Cidre, David Jacobs. With Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster, Julie Gonzalo. The next generation of the Ewing family, cousins John Ross Ewing and Christopher Ewing, clash over the family's oil business and vast fortune.

  8. Dallas. 1978 -2011. 14 Seasons. CBS. Drama, Family, Soap. TV14. Watchlist. Power, passion and duplicity drive this landmark saga set at the Southfork ranch, home of the oil-rich Ewing clan and ...