Two men were responsible for DALLAS' decline: Leonard Katzman and Larry Hagman. As soon as they managed to oust Philip Capice (who, granted, had allowed much of the nonsense from the "Dream Year" to go on under his watch) and they assumed complete and full control over the show, DALLAS became a shocking parody of itself.

Arthur Bernard Lewis, a prolific TV writer and producer who scripted more than 60 episodes of CBS ratings smash hit Dallas, died Oct. 30 in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia following a long illness. He was 84.

Lewis began his career in 1962 as a producer on TV's The Doctors and the Nurses, then moved into high gear by writing episodes of such popular programs as The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Baretta, Hawaii Five-Oand In the Heat of the Night.

In 1978, the native New Yorker joined the Dallasbproducing team and served as executive story editor for 69 episodes of the drama. From 1981-85, Lewis was supervising producer of 113 segments and the sole writer of a prodigious 63 one-hour episodes, most of which he produced as well.

Lewis worked on the "Who Shot J.R.?" episode that aired on Nov. 21, 1980, and revealed J.R. Ewing's shooter. It was the highest-rated TV episode in history at the time, seen by an estimated 83 million viewers.

Lewis also penned the 1990s telefilms Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) and Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998).

Lewis is survived by his wife, Marjorie Estelle; son Larry and daughter-in-law Pam; brother Robert; granddaughter Desirae; great-granddaughter Ava; and stepson Chet. Private services were held Tuesday.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-writer-arthur-bernard-lewis-36277

Sad to hear. I enjoyed the first Dallas TV-movie. I remember people were surprised at how successful it was but I thought it captured some of the fun that Dallas had lost in its last years.

Episodes from the mini-series and first season will air on CMT on New Year's Day. I hope this does well and they consider airing it regularly!

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=276657

Episodes from the mini-series and first season will air on CMT on New Year's Day. I hope this does well and they consider airing it regularly!

http://www.sitcomson...ad.php?t=276657

I'll be sure to watch!

Another marathon on CMT tomorrow, this time focusing on Who Shot JR?

http://www.cmt.com/shows/schedule/?day=02%2F28%2F11

They better be getting close to picking it up for the regular schedule, damn it. The Dukes has to be doing very well for them, they show it alllll the time now. Dallas is the perfect complement.

Edited February 27, 201114 yr by All My Shadows

Another marathon on CMT tomorrow, this time focusing on Who Shot JR?

http://www.cmt.com/s...ay=02%2F28%2F11

They better be getting close to picking it up for the regular schedule, damn it. The Dukes has to be doing very well for them, they show it alllll the time now. Dallas is the perfect complement.

I'll be watching!

That's cool that they've been doing these mini-marathons, kind of a full circle moment since TNN's where Dallas got its first big shot in syndication (TNT first aired it on their Lunchbox TV with Knots, but they dropped it fairly quickly and ran Knots for no less than three or four rotations).

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I love the ending to this episode. One of the last great episodes of Dallas.

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Edited February 28, 201114 yr by Soapsuds

I'm very excited that dallas's movies are comming out. I have several of the dallas seasons on DVD and the movies are like cake for the collection. Of course my collection ends when Sue Ellen left because i really wasn't interested in the final couple of seasons. i liked Cally but the old Dallas was gone. No Sue Ellen, No Donna, No Pam... It just wasn't the same. At least in the movies Sue Ellen came back. I'm also very iterested in that movie about how it all began with Dale Mikiff, i saw it a long time ago (probably on TNT)so i've gotten much more into Dallas since then and will understand it more.

I know many people hated the way the characters looked as the 1980's got rolling, but i loved it. I thought expecially Donna's character was more logical when she started wearing the big permed hair and more stylish clothes because she was more into politics by that time. and it showed why she and Ray started to grow apart. Sue Ellen i always thought had style. Who else would cut her hair short (off camera) in the bathroom while visting Cliff Barns who was in a coma! She really knew how to own those shoulder-pads when she walked into a room, or ran out of one. I admit the ladies clothes did sometimes get a little over the top but that was sign of the times. I'm sure people in "real life" coppied what the ladies of soaps were wearing or doing. That's why Donna mills put out her make-up video. She said that she would hear from people who used to put the VCR on pause to copy her make-up from an episode of the show for when they went out for the evening or whatever.

The one I would like to see again is Dallas: The Early Years with Jock, Ellie and Digger. That never seems to be repeated anywhere.

Edited March 22, 201114 yr by quartermainefan

The one I would like to see again is Dallas: The Early Years with Jock, Ellie and Digger. That never seems to be repeated anywhere.

It's out on dvd in April. I am picking it up.

I love this initial promo, which makes it all sound so serious and such a far cry from the fluff nighttime soaps would become.

"Oh, and look, there's Lucy...kissing her uncle?"

;-P