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Leonard Katzman (September 2, 1927 – September 5, 1996) was an American film and television producer, writer and director. He was most notable for being the showrunner of the CBS oil soap opera Dallas.
Sep 9, 1996 · Leonard Katzman, a television producer, director and writer who produced more than 350 episodes of ''Dallas,'' one of the most popular series in television history, died on Thursday at his...
Sep 8, 1996 · Leonard Katzman, longtime executive producer of the landmark CBS series “Dallas” and a prolific television director whose credits date to the medium’s golden age in the 1950s, died Thursday....
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After months of bargaining with Hagman’s lawyers—who wore white cowboy hats to the negotiations—CBS caved. They agreed to pay Hagman $100,000 per episode, an astonishing sum at the time. Hagman took a flight from the Caribbean and helicoptered straight to the Southfork pool. Then, on November 21, 1980, “Who Done It?” aired, wrapping up the “Who Sho...
As the show entered its later seasons, the TV landscape got crowded with Dallassemi-impostors. Robert Foxworth, who had turned down the J. R. role years earlier, got to star in one of them, Falcon Crest. The most successful of them, Dynasty,turned the Southfork formula up to eleven. It had more jewels, bigger mansions, four-minute catfights, and a ...
On March 30, 2018, the show marked its fortieth anniversary with a reunion at Southfork. Dallasfans came to North Texas to pay tribute and to shake hands with many of the show’s remaining stars. Four decades later, the Dallas skyline is still filled with cranes, and even our highest-brow conversations are filled with references to serial TV dramas....
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leonard Katzman (born September 2, 1927-died September 5, 1996) wore multiple hats in the production of the original CBS-TV series Dallas; firstly, in addition to serving as a line producer for the first five seasons, then as executive producer for the final nine, Leonard also wrote 55, and...
Leonard Katzman played a significant role in the production of the TV series Dallas, serving as producer and later becoming the de facto show runner. Katzman’s creative conflicts led to his temporary departure from Dallas, but he eventually returned due to increased production costs and decreasing ratings.
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Sep 9, 1996 · September 8, 1996 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. LOS ANGELES -- Leonard Katzman, 69, executive producer of "Dallas," the saga of a Texas oil family, and director of other shows that spanned from the...
