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For the original series, see Dallas (1978 TV series).
Dallas
GenreFamily drama
Created byDavid Jacobs
(original series)
Developed byCynthia Cidre
StarringJosh Henderson
Jesse Metcalfe
Jordana Brewster
Julie Gonzalo
Brenda Strong
Mitch Pileggi
Emma Bell
Kuno Becker
Patrick Duffy
Linda Gray
Larry Hagman
ComposersRob Cairns
Jerrold Immel
(original theme)
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersCynthia Cidre
Bruce Rasmussen
Michael M. Robin
Ken Topolsky
Bryan J. Raber
Running timeApprox. 45 minutes
Production companyWarner Horizon Television
Original release
NetworkTNT
ReleaseJune 13, 2012 (2012-06-13) –
present
Related
Knots Landing (1979–93)

Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera. The series is a continuation[1] of the original series of the same name that aired on CBS from 1978 to 1991 (though it does not follow the events of the TV movies Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) and Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998)). It includes several actors/characters from the original series and focuses mainly on John Ross Ewing III and Christopher Ewing, the adult sons of Ewing brothers J. R. and Bobby, respectively and their relationships with their fathers.

The series is made for TNT, sister company to Warner Bros. Television, which has owned the original series since its purchase of Lorimar Productions (the original show's production company) in 1989. On July 8, 2011, after viewing the completed pilot episode, TNT gave a green light for the series with a 10-episode order,[2][3] which premiered on June 13, 2012.[4] In the UK, Dallas is screened on Channel 5 from September 5, 2012.[5] In Canada, the series airs on Bravo. In Australia, the series aired on the Nine Network; however, after a few episodes, it was rested due to poor ratings.

Advance screening reviews of the series were generally positive from critics on Metacritic.[6]

On June 29, 2012, TNT renewed Dallas for a second season consisting of 15 episodes, slated to première on January 28, 2013.[7][8][9]

On November 23, 2012, Larry Hagman (who played J.R. Ewing) died of throat cancer.[10] On December 11, the producers announced that J. R. Ewing's funeral will take place in the second season.[11]

Plot

The series revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Dallas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. It focuses mainly on John Ross Ewing III (Josh Henderson), the son of J. R. (Larry Hagman) and Sue Ellen Ewing (Linda Gray) and Christopher Ewing (Jesse Metcalfe), the adopted son of Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and Pam Ewing.[12] Both John Ross and Christopher were born during the original series' run and were featured in it as children (played by different actors). Now grown up, John Ross has become almost a carbon copy of his father, bent on oil, money, and greed. Christopher, meanwhile, has become a lot like Bobby, in that he is more interested in the upkeep of Southfork Ranch, much like his father and late grandmother, Miss Ellie. As an additional point of contention, Christopher is also becoming a player in alternative energy (methane clathrate recovery), thereby eschewing the oil business. However John Ross is determined to resurrect the Ewings' former position in the oil industry.

Alongside John Ross and Christopher, original series characters Bobby, J. R., and Sue Ellen return in full capacity for the new series. Additional familiar characters, including J. R.'s and Bobby's niece Lucy Ewing Cooper (Charlene Tilton), their half brother Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly), and Ewing family rival Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) appear as guest stars.[13][14]

New main characters include Bobby's third wife, Ann (Brenda Strong); Christopher's wife Rebecca (Julie Gonzalo); and Elena Ramos (Jordana Brewster), the daughter of the Ewing family cook, who is caught in a love triangle with Christopher and John Ross.

Cast and characters

See also: Ewing family and Barnes family
Promotional teaser of the new Dallas cast

Regular cast

  • Josh Henderson as John Ross Ewing III,[15] the son of J.R. and Sue Ellen. Ambitious and anxious to prove himself by following in his father's footsteps, he is determined to start drilling for oil at Southfork.
  • Jesse Metcalfe as Christopher Ewing,[16] the adopted son of Bobby and his ex-wife Pamela Barnes Ewing. The biological son of Sue Ellen's younger sister Kristin Shepard. In the pilot, after spending years in Asia researching alternative energies, Christopher returns to Southfork, to get married.
  • Jordana Brewster as Elena Ramos,[15] the daughter of the Ewing family cook, and childhood friend of Christopher and John Ross, both of whom are in love with her. She has a masters degree in energy resources.
  • Julie Gonzalo as Rebecca Barnes,[17] Under the alias of Rebecca Sutter she marries Christopher in the pilot and is now pregnant with twins. It is revealed in the season one finale that she is Pamela Rebecca Barnes, Cliff Barnes' daughter with Afton Cooper.[18]
  • Brenda Strong as Ann Ewing,[19] Bobby's third wife and an old friend of Sue Ellen. She has stepped into the role of matriarch of Southfork with grace and dignity while, at the same time, proving that she can more than hold her own with her crooked brother-in-law, J.R, as well as her equally ruthless ex-husband Harris.
  • Emma Bell as Emma Brown (Season 2)[20]
  • Mitch Pileggi as Harris Ryland, owner of Ryland Trucking and Shipping and Ann's ex-husband. Ruthless and always eager for more power, he has been shown enjoying tormenting his former wife, as well as trying to blackmail Sue Ellen and suing Bobby. (Season 1 recurring, Season 2 regular)[20]
  • Kuno Becker as Andres Ramos (Season 2)[21], Elena's troubled brother. He witnessed his father's death, which turned him into an angry juvenile delinquent. He ended up enlisting in the military and after a tour in Iraq straightened him up, he found work on oil rigs all over the globe.
  • Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing,[22] the youngest son of Jock and Miss Ellie and the adoptive father of Christopher. A family man at heart and owner of the Southfork Ranch, Bobby is determined to keep the promise he made to his now-deceased mother: never to allow oil drilling on Southfork.
  • Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing,[23] the mother of John Ross and J.R.'s ex-wife. Since leaving J.R., Sue Ellen has grown confident and influential with a budding career in politics and is currently running for governor. She still harbours feelings of guilt for using John Ross in revenge against J.R. during his childhood.
  • Larry Hagman as J. R. Ewing,[24] (Seasons 1-2) The eldest son of Jock and Miss Ellie and John Ross's father. The cunning and ruthless former president and co-owner of the Ewing family company Ewing Oil, J.R. has spent his recent years in a nursing home, being treated for clinical depression. Now back in business, he will stop at nothing to get back into power. Hagman died during production of Season 2, signalling the on-screen death of J.R Ewing.[25]

Recurring cast

  • Carlos Bernard as Vicente Cano, a Venezuelan businessman who finances J.R.'s and John Ross' deal with Veronica. When the Ewings fail to hold up their end of the deal, he turns violent until he eventually is sentenced to prison, after his house is raided by Federal agents. (Season 1, 5 episodes)
  • Brett Brock as Clyde Marshall, a private investigator hired by John Ross. (Season 1, 2 episodes)
  • Richard Dillard as Mitch Lobell, the Ewing family attorney. He double crosses Bobby in an agreement with J.R. and John Ross. He then skips town after his crooked dealings are revealed and J.R. turns on him. (Season 1, 4 episodes)
  • Akai Draco as Sheriff Derrick, the Braddock County sheriff. (Season 1, 2 episodes)
  • Marlene Forte as Carmen Ramos,[26] the faithful Southfork cook and Elena's mother. (Season 1, 6 episodes)
  • Callard Harris as Tommy Sutter,[27] Rebecca's supposed older brother, involved in her plot to extort money from Christopher. It is eventually revealed they are not actually brother and sister, but lovers. As Rebecca's feelings for Christopher grows stronger, their relationship begins to crack, until Rebecca accidentally kills Tommy in a fight. (Season 1, 9 episodes)
  • Steve Kanaly as Ray Krebbs,[28] half-brother of J.R., Bobby and Gary. A main character in the original series until he left for Europe during season 12. (Season 1, 2 episodes)
  • Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes,[17] the long time rival of J.R., as well as the half-brother of Christopher's adoptive mother and Bobby's first wife, Pamela. At the end of the original series, Cliff managed to gain control of Ewing Oil and now - wealthier than ever - his ongoing feud with the Ewings in general and J.R. in particular, continues. As shown in the first season finale, Cliff is behind Rebecca's scheming, as Rebecca's identity as Cliff's daughter is revealed. He was a main character in the original series, appearing throughout its run. (Season 1, 3 episodes)
  • John McIntosh as Dr. Bennett, Bobby's doctor. (Season 1, 3 episodes)
  • Glenn Morshower as Lou Rosen, Bobby's new attorney who takes over after Mitch Lobell skips town. (Season 1, 5 episodes)
  • Kevin Page as Bum, a private detective hired by J.R. to do his dirty work. (Season 1, 7 episodes)
  • Faran Tahir as Frank Ashkani, Cliff's menacing right hand man. Born Rahid Durani in Islamabad, he was taken off the streets by Cliff some 30 years ago. Cliff gave him a proper education and eventually hired him as his private driver. (Season 1, 4 episodes)
  • Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing Cooper,[28] niece of J.R. and Bobby and the older cousin of John Ross and Christopher. She is the daughter of Gary and Valene Ewing and was a main character in the original series. (Season 1, 3 episodes)
  • Leonor Varela as Marta Del Sol,[29] a mentally unstable con artist who pretends to be a Mexican heiress. She is involved with J.R. and John Ross's plans to take over Southfork, until they turn on her and she is murdered by Vicente's gang. (Season 1, 7 episodes)
  • Judith Light as Judith Ryland, Harris Ryland's mother, "an authoritative and controlling battleaxe who will fight to the death to protect the people she loves".[30]
  • Joan Van Ark as Valene Ewing [31], wife of Gary Ewing, mother of Lucy. The character originated on Dallas before moving to Knots Landing.
  • Ted Shackelford as Gary Ewing [31], Lucy Ewing's father and J.R. and Bobby Ewing's brother, the "black sheep" of the family. Gary and Valene were recurring characters in the original series, and later became main characters in the spin-off series Knots Landing.

Development and production

In 2010, TNT announced it would order a pilot for the continuation of the Dallas series.[32] The pilot was filmed in and around the city of Dallas in early 2011. Production began in late August 2011 in Dallas on the remaining nine episodes in the first season order, based in studios constructed for the FOX television series The Good Guys.[33] During the 2012 SAG Awards on January 29, Patrick Duffy told TV Guide that the cast was returning to the set the following Monday to film the season finale.[34]

Executive producer Cynthia Cidre wrote the pilot script, while Michael M. Robin served as the director and executive-producer for the pilot. The pilot script is based on characters created by David Jacobs.[35] A sneak preview of the series, including clips from the pilot episode, aired on July 11, 2011, during an episode of TNT's Rizzoli & Isles.[3] Duffy stated that the new show is "exactly the same [as the old show], but it's 2012. We consider this year 14 of the show. It's exactly as if [viewers] forgot which channel we were on."[36]

Jacobs reviewed the original pilot script and gave his blessing to the new series; he otherwise has chosen not to participate in its production. A dispute erupted when the opening credits were originally planned to read "Developed by Cynthia Cidre, based on Dallas created by David Jacobs". But upon the determination of the Writers Guild of America's screenwriting credit system, there are currently two separate credits: one listing Jacobs as the show's sole creator and another listing Cidre as the new show's developer.[37]

Unlike the original series which did limited location shooting in Texas but was filmed primarily in Los Angeles, principal photography for the new series takes place in and around Dallas. The new series is also doing location shooting at the actual Southfork Ranch in the northern Dallas suburb of Parker, Texas.[38][39]

Continuity

The new series is a continuation of the old series following a 20-year break, during which the characters and their relationships continued unseen until today.[40] It does not take the events of the TV movies Dallas: J.R. Returns or Dallas: War of the Ewings into context. Instead, we find the characters having evolved over the last 20 years.[40] Cynthia Cidre, show developer, has confirmed that the new series does not pick up from where the TV movies left off, because the movies had tried to resolve lingering plot lines in two hours. It continues from the events of the 14th season, their development and consequences extrapolated to 2012.[41]

Episodes

Main article: List of Dallas (2012 TV series) episodes

Ratings

In USA:

Season # Ep. Premiered Ended Average
Viewers
(in millions)
Date Viewers
(in millions) 		Date Viewers
(in millions)
1 10 June 13, 2012 (2012-06-13) 6.86[42] August 8, 2012 (2012-08-08) 4.29[43] 4.5[44]
2 15 January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28)

International broadcast

Country Network Premiere / air dates
 Argentina Warner Channel June 18, 2012 – present
 Brazil
 Paraguay
 Chile
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Mexico
 Peru
 Venezuela
 Australia Nine Network August 22, 2012 – present
 Austria ORF TBD, 2013
 Belgium RTBF (French) November 15, 2012
Vijf (Dutch) September, 2012[45]
 Canada Bravo June 13, 2012 – present
 Czech Republic Nova January 3, 2013
 Denmark Kanal 4 August 7, 2012 – present
 Finland MTV3, AVA November 2, 2012
 France TF1 September, 2012
 Germany RTL Television January 29, 2013
 Hungary RTL Klub August 29, 2012 – present
 Iceland Stöð 2 June 15, 2012 – present
 Indonesia WarnerTV November 29, 2012 – present
 Ireland TV3 September 3, 2012 – present
 Israel Yes Drama August 5, 2012 – present
 Italy La5 October 16, 2012 – present
 Malta Melita More October 7, 2012 – present
 Netherlands NET 5 September 4, 2012 – present
 New Zealand TV One Premieres December 28, 2012
 Norway TV 2 July 2, 2012 – present
 Poland Polsat TBD, 2013
 Philippines Jack City TBD, 2013
 Romania Antena 1 January 12, 2013
 Russia CTC TBD, 2013
 Slovakia Markíza January 2, 2013
 Slovenia POP BRIO September 14, 2012
 South Africa M-Net August 28, 2012 – present
 Spain TNT June 18, 2012 – present
 Sweden TV4 August 20, 2012 – Present[46]
 Turkey Star TV August 18, 2012 – present
 United Kingdom Channel 5 September 5, 2012 – present[47]

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