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<blockquote data-quote="WarriorsFan" data-source="post: 313713" data-attributes="member: 36930">At the height of its popularity, Dallas was a global pop culture phenomenon that spawned the other primetime soaps (some more successful than others) and even influenced the daytime soaps. Primetime soaps reached their peak in the spring of 1985 and then fell hard from the fall of 1985 onward. Fall 1985 also saw the resurgence of sitcoms thanks to The Cosby Show. Also historical events during 1985/1986 (AIDS crisis, Challenger, Chernobyl) were a sign that the world was changing and the superpowers were no longer invincible.CBS was a mess in primetime once Dallas was no longer in the top 10. I think CBS&#039;s primetime soaps lasted longer than they should have because CBS was having a difficult time launching successful new primetime dramas after the peak of primetime soaps. It&#039;s funny that Murder She Wrote premiered in the 1984/1985 season which was the peak of primetime soaps and in their first season finished 8th, ahead of Knots Landing (9th, it&#039;s only Top 10 finish) and Falcon Crest (10th, it&#039;s third and final Top 10 finish), and in its second season 1985/1986 finished 3rd (it&#039;s highest ever) ahead of Dallas (6th) and Dynasty (7th).&nbsp; By it&#039;s third season 1986/1987 Murder She Wrote was CBS&#039;s only scripted program to finish in the Top 10; Dallas finished at 11th that season. CBS&#039;s primetime soaps ended in the early 1990s, Murder She Wrote was dumped in the mid-1990s, Touched by an Angel had a brief Top 10 run in the late 1990s. 2000 was the start of CSI and that show became CBS&#039;s biggest hit drama since Dallas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WarriorsFan, post: 313713, member: 36930"] At the height of its popularity, Dallas was a global pop culture phenomenon that spawned the other primetime soaps (some more successful than others) and even influenced the daytime soaps. Primetime soaps reached their peak in the spring of 1985 and then fell hard from the fall of 1985 onward. Fall 1985 also saw the resurgence of sitcoms thanks to The Cosby Show. Also historical events during 1985/1986 (AIDS crisis, Challenger, Chernobyl) were a sign that the world was changing and the superpowers were no longer invincible. CBS was a mess in primetime once Dallas was no longer in the top 10. I think CBS's primetime soaps lasted longer than they should have because CBS was having a difficult time launching successful new primetime dramas after the peak of primetime soaps. It's funny that Murder She Wrote premiered in the 1984/1985 season which was the peak of primetime soaps and in their first season finished 8th, ahead of Knots Landing (9th, it's only Top 10 finish) and Falcon Crest (10th, it's third and final Top 10 finish), and in its second season 1985/1986 finished 3rd (it's highest ever) ahead of Dallas (6th) and Dynasty (7th). By it's third season 1986/1987 Murder She Wrote was CBS's only scripted program to finish in the Top 10; Dallas finished at 11th that season. CBS's primetime soaps ended in the early 1990s, Murder She Wrote was dumped in the mid-1990s, Touched by an Angel had a brief Top 10 run in the late 1990s. 2000 was the start of CSI and that show became CBS's biggest hit drama since Dallas. [/QUOTE]

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