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<blockquote data-quote="Rove" data-source="post: 331970" data-attributes="member: 100">I think these are the words we should be focusing on rather than asking if Dallas was the greatest ever. In my view Dallas became this cultural phenomenon which is still felt today. Without Dallas there would have been no Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing. TV Executives suddenly became aware or were forced to sit up and take note there was a hunger for adult drama on Prime Time television. The character of JR changed the television landscape in that men wanted to be like him and women wanted to be with him. Here was a television series - with some soapy elements - where both men and women could watch a series together...and that&#039;s not an easy task. Dallas paved the way for shows like St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues. L.A. LAW, The Sopranos and others. It&#039;s true legacy though is the almighty cliff-hanger. It began with this...[ATTACH=full]39199[/ATTACH]

...and to this day writers are still trying to emulate it.

So rather than argue if Dallas was &#039;the greatest ever&#039; I&#039;d rather focus on the fact Dallas had &#039;the broadest impact&#039;. I can live with that. 
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[QUOTE="Rove, post: 331970, member: 100"] I think these are the words we should be focusing on rather than asking if [I]Dallas[/I] was the greatest ever. In my view [I]Dallas[/I] became this cultural phenomenon which is still felt today. Without Dallas there would have been no Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing. TV Executives suddenly became aware or were forced to sit up and take note there was a hunger for adult drama on Prime Time television. The character of JR changed the television landscape in that men wanted to be like him and women wanted to be with him. Here was a television series - with some soapy elements - where both men and women could watch a series together...and that's not an easy task. [I]Dallas [/I]paved[I] [/I]the way for shows like St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues. L.A. LAW, The Sopranos and others. It's true legacy though is the almighty cliff-hanger. It began with this... [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="328px"]39199[/ATTACH] ...and to this day writers are still trying to emulate it. [/CENTER] [JUSTIFY]So rather than argue if [I]Dallas [/I]was 'the greatest ever' I'd rather focus on the fact [I]Dallas[/I] had 'the broadest impact'. I can live with that. [/JUSTIFY] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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