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<blockquote data-quote="Chris2" data-source="post: 284014" data-attributes="member: 495">Dallas was always meant to be a regular series and was developed that way. Barbara Curran’s book confirms this. “[David] Jacobs hoped that the show would become a serial if it were picked up for a full season.” Jacobs comments on how CBS was having trouble developing drama series because cop shows weren’t working for them, and that they wanted an upscale, bigger-than life drama series. And there are multiple quotes from cast members and crew talking about the chances of it being picked up for another season. They also mention that they contemplated a plan&nbsp; to kill Bobby off at the end of episode five, and the show would go on with Pam vs the family.What was unusual is that it didn’t have a traditional hour long pilot, with a follow up order for more episodes. Instead, it got a five-episode pilot, which was intended to sell CBS on more episodes.&nbsp; The five-episode pilot was not a traditional serialized miniseries that was broadcast on consecutive nights and was close-ended.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris2, post: 284014, member: 495"] Dallas was always meant to be a regular series and was developed that way. Barbara Curran’s book confirms this. “[David] Jacobs hoped that the show would become a serial if it were picked up for a full season.” Jacobs comments on how CBS was having trouble developing drama series because cop shows weren’t working for them, and that they wanted an upscale, bigger-than life drama series. And there are multiple quotes from cast members and crew talking about the chances of it being picked up for another season. They also mention that they contemplated a plan to kill Bobby off at the end of episode five, and the show would go on with Pam vs the family. What was unusual is that it didn’t have a traditional hour long pilot, with a follow up order for more episodes. Instead, it got a five-episode pilot, which was intended to sell CBS on more episodes. The five-episode pilot was not a traditional serialized miniseries that was broadcast on consecutive nights and was close-ended. [/QUOTE]

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