Dallas News Is there 'an announcement' imminent..?

Kenny Coyote

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pete lashmar said:
Dallas worked because all the characters were all portrayed as good people that nasty things happened to
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Yes! Although each character was a mix of good and bad. Every single one of the main cast was still very likable because they had enough positive things going for them (except Cliff who had little if any redeeming value, but was great for conflict).

pete lashmar said:
TNT didn't see that, it wanted Dallas to be a show about beautiful looking people who were completely unlikable and nasty to each other and missed the point completely.
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Nobody wants to see a show that doesn't have some likable characters in it and sometimes shows have found that out the hard way. Dallas made all the Ewings likable since they are the main family of the show, and still made them all capable of doing bad things, which obviously worked for the audience!

BTW: If anyone says they hope there is no new show, it shouldn't be an issue because nobody will make you watch it against your will.
 
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Kenny Coyote

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One big thing TNT got wrong that I would hope a new one wouldn't is that they forgot that in the most difficult times, the Ewing unite and work together to help each other. For example,John Ross in TNT would stab his own father in the back,while JR would never even have considered doing that to Jock. The respect for the elders of the family was not there in TNT.
 
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Billy Wall

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To start it off, I’d go The Godfather route and start it with a wedding reception at Southfork where you meet a lot of the characters, enemies and friends.

If they were to reboot Dallas, they have to have a few legacy characters, BUT they shouldn’t have a big role. I would like to see Bobby as the new patriarch of the Ewings. Sue Ellen makes a cameo here and there and somehow bring in JR’s child he had with Cally. Maybe Lucy had a child. Bring him or her in the mix.
 
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Kenny Coyote said:
. I'd like to see a start over with a great new cast.
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Oh, Jesus, no.

Linda and Patrick are exactly the right age to play a geriatric Sue Ellen and Bobby. Because they would be.
 
Swami

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Barbara Fan said:
All i can say is i hope not! TNT ruined the Dallas brand and i dont care for further dumbing down of the show. Also Im not a schoolgirl anymore and my viewing habits have changed in 40 years.

It was a (late 70s) mainly 80s show that worked in the 1980s - and had perfect casting and storylines from 1978 to 83, 85- 87 then it went a little downhill - It was the cast that made Dallas a success, the perfect ensemble casting, it wasnt down to 1 person it was all the Ewings, The Kreb's, the Barnes family. They got it so right back then.

Also dont let anyone called Cidre be in charge of ruining it even further and changing original Dallas history. TNT casting left me cold and even Pat D - the love of my life since i was 11 annoyed me intesnsely, dreams shattered!
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That's how I feel too, I'd rather Dallas be remembered for its brilliance rather than possibly be tarnished by below-par productions.

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Justine

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I saw some hype about this on Twitter (I think) the other day and... :eek: as much as I would love to see Linda back as Sue Ellen and Josh as John Ross, I honestly don't believe any broadcaster will pick Dallas up for a third time. Dallas was a multiple-person effort and true fans understand that but it's often passed off as "J.R.'s show" - I'd assume that the attitude would be; if it didn't work after Larry died, it won't work years down the line.
 
Toni

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Bobby ships the Ramoses to Paris and hires Hillary Taylor´s surviving ex henchmen... (Bye-bye Elena...fast and furiously happy!).

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I think that the best would be putting together all the deleted scenes and call it: "The Last Goodbye" (or something as final as that...).

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I´d call Linda Gray to do voiceover and put the last words to the show, a la Angela Channing,
reminiscing about J.R.

And, of course, The Unnamed should remain like that:

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Toni said:
Bobby ships the Ramoses to Paris and hires Hillary Taylor´s surviving ex henchmen... (Bye-bye Elena...fast and furiously happy!).

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I think that the best would be putting together all the deleted scenes and call it: "The Last Goodbye" (or something as final as that...).

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I´d call Linda Gray to do voiceover and put the last words to the show, a la Angela Channing,
reminiscing about J.R.

And, of course, The Unnamed should remain like that:

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You find that deleted scene with Larry and Linda and get Linda on board for your voiceover - I WILL MARRY YOU and create baby piglets.
 
Toni

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Swami said:
That's how I feel too, I'd rather Dallas be remembered for its brilliance rather than possibly be tarnished by below-par productions.

Swami
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OR Dallas wasn´t tarnished by 2 awful TVM´s and TNT Dallas. One more couldn´t harm it... It´s unbeatable, like the Ewings.
 
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tommie

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Justine said:
I saw some hype about this on Twitter (I think) the other day and... :eek: as much as I would love to see Linda back as Sue Ellen and Josh as John Ross, I honestly don't believe any broadcaster will pick Dallas up for a third time. Dallas was a multiple-person effort and true fans understand that but it's often passed off as "J.R.'s show" - I'd assume that the attitude would be; if it didn't work after Larry died, it won't work years down the line.
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Huhm, I could see some streamer being interested to be honest. The issue after TNT cancelled Dallas was that they had international deals blocking them from properly trying to sell the show to streaming before the cast options ran out. A lot of the time though those kind of deals tend to have a time limit, usually maybe 5-10 years. It could be that the international deals blocking them from selling the show to streaming ran out in the fall 2019 and they started looking at their options about what to do with the show, especially considering that nuDynasty is basically being profitable for CBS Studios due to their streaming deals.
 
Kenny Coyote

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tommie said:
Huhm, I could see some streamer being interested to be honest. The issue after TNT cancelled Dallas was that they had international deals blocking them from properly trying to sell the show to streaming before the cast options ran out. A lot of the time though those kind of deals tend to have a time limit, usually maybe 5-10 years. It could be that the international deals blocking them from selling the show to streaming ran out in the fall 2019 and they started looking at their options about what to do with the show, especially considering that nuDynasty is basically being profitable for CBS Studios due to their streaming deals.
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It's a possibility because I'm sure they would be interested. What' the closest thing a streamer has ever had to a show the stature of Dallas?

They've never had anything even close to that stature and never will. They serve up shows the equivalent of junk food - people swill it down in one sitting until it's all gone, likely feel sick afterwards, and won't remember it in a month.

I'd love to see Dallas back on the air, but if it can't cut the mustard at either the network level, un upper-level cable channel such as AMC or Paramount, or the HBO or Showtime level, then it's not going of the quality of the Dallas you remember. The Dallas you remember was at the absolute top of its field and any major network would have killed to have it as their flagship show.
 
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