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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rove" data-source="post: 357845" data-attributes="member: 100">I'm curious why the producers of Dallas couldn't see what the audience was seeing. I'm sure the international success of Dallas surprised everyone from CBS to Lorimar. Once they realised they had an international hit on their hands someone should have studied why is this working and kept their foot on the throttle. Instead as the seasons of Dallas progressed the plots became child-like and the character of JR was becoming more of a buffoon rather than someone to be feared...and that was the beauty of watching JR in the early years...his constant wheeling and dealing. So if the ratings for Dallas began to subside someone higher up the food chain should have pulled the Executive Producer in and asked, "What the hell is happening over there?" Instead the series which once had the world sitting on their edge of their lounges was allowed to slip into weak stories, with even weaker actors.</blockquote>