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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piggyrella Sanderson" data-source="post: 439278" data-attributes="member: 82">I think that didn´t happen because lots of money were coming in from the whole world (minus Japan, who said "fukuoka to you!). The commercialization of the show was done slowly but steadily. Funnily enough, Spain showed the first season one year after "Dallas" was born, and other European countries quickly added to their schedule too, but many other countries got it at mid, late-80s or early 90s.Therefore it kept making money for Lorimar and CBS. I´d say that it was Telepictures who "killed the TV star" (paraphrasing the song). They saved money with the trashy editing system and by axing some of the most valuable stars from their best supersoaps, and joined the sitcom trend very quickly, especially in the 90s. Maybe it was Larry who was tired of the show at that time? I wish someone could shed some light into this because I find it fascinating...[ATTACH=full]58905[/ATTACH] Here´s Larry on the cover of our TV Guide, when the show was reprised in 1981 after a brief hiatus, and aired up til the shooting.</blockquote>