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Showing posts with label Dallas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dallas. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

For Your Batty Consideration: Dallas (Season 11, Episode 14)

Note that we announced during out 13th episode of the season, the look at the disastrous 1983 NBC fall schedule, that those shows would not be eligible for Battys! So we go forward to our season finale, in which we talked about a series beginner--the pilot of Dallas. Not only was the series suggested by you, but you also voted on which episode we discussed!

What an episode it was, too, and we remarked how well everything worked. We talked about Who Shot J.R., but we focused on the classic megahit's origins.




Our podcast episode

Show notes and YT playlist

Anonymous Batty insider says: "Let's talk one last time about episode selection because Vicki Principal may have won the jackpot when the listeners selected the pilot, which is all about Pam. There are so many possible candidates here that you have to think the series could do well on Batty night. Can't help but wonder how some of those 1983 NBC shows might have done, but maybe someday we will find out."

Saturday, October 7, 2023

YouTube Spotlight: J.R. on "Eyewitness News?"

 I love it when the real world and the TV world intersect in the form of "in-character" appearances by fictional people--especially on the local news!


In this clip posted by the anchor himself, Jon Crane, J.R. Ewing makes an appearance of sorts to help promote the newscast on KIEM, a Northern California station then affiliated with CBS. This may look kind of goofy--and by goofy I mean awesome--but what small-market station is gonna turn down a chance to get on the Dallas train in that era?

I would love to see the segment end with, "And now, here's Cliff Barnes with the weather!"

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Show Notes and Video Playlist: Episode 11-14: Dallas!

*Thanks for following us through our epic 11th season! Special thanks to our friend John Holm for suggesting we take a look at Dallas!

*Click below for our super-sized video playlist, which is stuffed with original promos, interviews, PSAs, talk show spots, and more!



*And remember, you can always check out our official YouTube page for all of our past podcasts and episode-specific playlists for each one!

*Dallas aired a Texas-sized 14 seasons and 357 episodes on CBS (1978-1991), airing Friday nights for all of its "main" run after the first set of 6 episodes.

*Ratings were strong for almost the entire run. It was a top-10 show in seasons 3 through 9 and #11 in season 10. It was pretty much the most popular entertainment show on TV from 1980 to 1985.

*Dallas was not a huge critical favorite. It won 20 Emmy nominations and 4 wins, the most major being Barbara Bel Geddes' 1980 award for Outstanding Lead Actress, Drama.

*This episode premiered April 2, 1978, the same night as the Alice we talked about in this episode.

*Knots Landing spun off from Dallas in 1979 and lasted 14 seasons, ending in 1993 after 344 episodes!

*Props to Barbara A. Curran's excellent book Dallas: The Complete Story of the World's Favorite Soap. Curran talked to many of the cast and production members and had cooperation from series creator David Jacobs.

Episode 11-14: Dallas

In our Season 11 finale, all roads lead to Dallas and Southfork Ranch! That's right. We finally tackle the grandpappy of the nighttime soaps, and we go all the way back to the very first episode. This one has everything you'd expect: oil, scheming, bakstabbing, family feuds, and cowboy hats! It also have a few things you might not expect like grounded sincerity. Join us for all the fun and a few Larry Hagman chuckles.

#podcast #tv #retrotv #seventies #eighties #dallas #soaps #larryhagman #patrickduffy #victoriaprincipal #oil #jrewing

 



Check out this episode!

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Reminder: Vote on our Dallas episode!

We rarely reveal our podcast topics ahead of time, but this season we have announced the S11 finale will be Dallas! As a reminder, visit our post earlier this week to see the options and help cap off our most interactive season by choosing which episode we will spotlight!

Voting closes tomorrow night!

While we are here, we'll have a new Top Ten tomorrow, and the power rankings will return early next week. Have a great weekend!

Monday, July 10, 2023

Vote for our Dallas episode!

Our most interactive season yet is building up to an epic season finale as we do something unprecedented: We pick the show, you pick the episode! We are tackling the iconic original Dallas to conclude our Season 11 later this year, and you can determine where we point the spotlight! 

Should we focus on:

A) The series premiere
B) A House Divided/Who Done It (Who Shot JR cliffhanger and resolution)
C) Bobby steps out of the shower! (or maybe the episode after the shock ending)
D) Some other episode as long as it has JR in it

This series has a few very, very famous episodes, and we don't usually pick those to cover on the podcast, but should we do so for a serialized smash hit like Dallas? Let us know!

You can email our mailbag@battleofhenetworkshows.com address, leave a comment here, or head over to our Facebook Group page and click an option there!

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

This Day in TV History: Dallas premieres

On this day in 1978, Dallas premiered on CBS. It began as a miniseries but was quickly turned into a regular series for the fall season after folks got a look at the ratings.




The series became a cultural touchstone, lasting the entire decade of the Eighties before concluding a long run in May 1991.

It's available on DVD and in streaming on IMDB Freeview. Would anyone like to see us devote an episode of the podcast to this iconic nighttime soap?