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Dallas - The Original Series
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<blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 439243" data-attributes="member: 46"><p>What happened in February-March 1985 was basically a feud between Michael Grade (then at the BBC) and Bryan Cowgill (at Thames), and the BBC throwing a fit when Thames outbid them for the rights. The BBC pulled Season 8 DVD from TV screens for 7 weeks (from 6 February to 27 March 1985) during this controversy. The episode that aired on 6 February 1985 was the one that ended on a cliffhanger with Renaldo dead and Jenna arrested.</p><p></p><p>All the legalities of Thames eventually being compelled to sell the rights to Season 9 DVD to the BBC, at a financial loss, took many months.</p><p></p><p>Dallas in the UK basically broadcast Seasons 9 and 10 (DVD) back to back to get everything back on track. Dallas stayed prime time in the UK until the end of Season 13 DVD, with J.R. in the sanatarium with Jessica, which aired at the time of the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The last season of the original series of Dallas, i.e. Season 14 DVD, was broadcast on Sunday afternoons in the UK and was badly beaten in the ratings by the snooker amongst other things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustard, post: 439243, member: 46"] What happened in February-March 1985 was basically a feud between Michael Grade (then at the BBC) and Bryan Cowgill (at Thames), and the BBC throwing a fit when Thames outbid them for the rights. The BBC pulled Season 8 DVD from TV screens for 7 weeks (from 6 February to 27 March 1985) during this controversy. The episode that aired on 6 February 1985 was the one that ended on a cliffhanger with Renaldo dead and Jenna arrested. All the legalities of Thames eventually being compelled to sell the rights to Season 9 DVD to the BBC, at a financial loss, took many months. Dallas in the UK basically broadcast Seasons 9 and 10 (DVD) back to back to get everything back on track. Dallas stayed prime time in the UK until the end of Season 13 DVD, with J.R. in the sanatarium with Jessica, which aired at the time of the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The last season of the original series of Dallas, i.e. Season 14 DVD, was broadcast on Sunday afternoons in the UK and was badly beaten in the ratings by the snooker amongst other things. [/QUOTE]
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