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<blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 319835" data-attributes="member: 672">I couldn&#039;t agree more. Dallas was not only a hit in the US and the UK - it was a global success. One has to wonder why they didn&#039;t pull the plug after season 11(DVD 12) due to its very bad US ratings. They not only renewed it for the next season, but for the next 2(!) combined. Selling the series to other countries must have been a big factor moneywise. In order to sell, the (superficial) changes can&#039;t be too drastic.So JR has to stay the key character - although during the early 90s he was in his late 50s. In the series at one point he was a daddy to teenage JohnRoss, to adult James,&nbsp; to a new born. He was in eternal love with a youngster or someone else - it was a complete mess. In a perfect world JR would have taken Jock&#039;s role in the background. But with longterm series there is a high risk of writing yourself in a corner. Trying to please part of the fanbase wanting more of the old and winning new audience with new characters...without alienating one of them.But people &quot;wanted&quot; JR fighting with Bob at Southfork, they wanted more of the old - which got stale at one point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the-lost-son, post: 319835, member: 672"] I couldn't agree more. Dallas was not only a hit in the US and the UK - it was a global success. One has to wonder why they didn't pull the plug after season 11(DVD 12) due to its very bad US ratings. They not only renewed it for the next season, but for the next 2(!) combined. Selling the series to other countries must have been a big factor moneywise. In order to sell, the (superficial) changes can't be too drastic. So JR has to stay the key character - although during the early 90s he was in his late 50s. In the series at one point he was a daddy to teenage JohnRoss, to adult James, to a new born. He was in eternal love with a youngster or someone else - it was a complete mess. In a perfect world JR would have taken Jock's role in the background. But with longterm series there is a high risk of writing yourself in a corner. Trying to please part of the fanbase wanting more of the old and winning new audience with new characters...without alienating one of them. But people "wanted" JR fighting with Bob at Southfork, they wanted more of the old - which got stale at one point. [/QUOTE]

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