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<blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 347741" data-attributes="member: 46">Dallas was doing fine without Bobby Ewing, at #6 in the 1985-86 ratings, down from #2 in 1984-85. Dynasty went from #1 in 1984-85 to #7 in 1985-86. In hindsight, all the big US soaps declined in the ratings after 1985, some more than others. Knots Landing did the best in slowing their decline down, and by 1988 Knots Landing was the most popular US soap, with Dynasty having had a big decline out of the top 40, and Dallas going into a big decline of their own out of the top 20 and would soon crash much further. Bobby&#039;s return did not stop an accelerated ratings decline for Dallas after 1986.Dallas was #6 in 1979-80, the season that ended with Who Shot J.R.? Nobody was calling that a ratings failure.Dallas lost their #1 spot to Dynasty in the season long ratings by a small fraction in 1984-85, and Dallas still won on the cliffhanger episodes, as Bobby&#039;s death did better in the ratings than the Moldavian Massacre. The latter was Dynasty&#039;s biggest season ending cliffhanger.I don&#039;t agree with the opinions of others in this thread that the Angelica Nero and Matt Cantrell storylines were bad. They were perfectly fine, but could have been done even better still.I agree 100% with your last sentence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustard, post: 347741, member: 46"] Dallas was doing fine without Bobby Ewing, at #6 in the 1985-86 ratings, down from #2 in 1984-85. Dynasty went from #1 in 1984-85 to #7 in 1985-86. In hindsight, all the big US soaps declined in the ratings after 1985, some more than others. Knots Landing did the best in slowing their decline down, and by 1988 Knots Landing was the most popular US soap, with Dynasty having had a big decline out of the top 40, and Dallas going into a big decline of their own out of the top 20 and would soon crash much further. Bobby's return did not stop an accelerated ratings decline for Dallas after 1986. Dallas was #6 in 1979-80, the season that ended with Who Shot J.R.? Nobody was calling that a ratings failure. Dallas lost their #1 spot to Dynasty in the season long ratings by a small fraction in 1984-85, and Dallas still won on the cliffhanger episodes, as Bobby's death did better in the ratings than the Moldavian Massacre. The latter was Dynasty's biggest season ending cliffhanger. I don't agree with the opinions of others in this thread that the Angelica Nero and Matt Cantrell storylines were bad. They were perfectly fine, but could have been done even better still. I agree 100% with your last sentence. [/QUOTE]

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