Knots Landing

[Efulton]

Who is the lady on the far right in the group photo?  She is the only one I don’t recognize.

[FrenchBug82]

If you mean her, it is "Laurie" (actress: Dawn Cody), Michael's pregnant wife

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[Efulton]

Thank you!

[SoapDope]

I think the first one " J.R. Returns" had huge ratings, but the second " War Of The Ewings" tanked.

[Chris 2]

JR Returns ranked in the low teens - better than CBS was doing with regular series on Fridays, but a far cry from the high ratings the series got at its peak. CBS was happy enough with it to order a sequel. Which tanked as SoapDope pointed out.

[amybrickwallace]

Thank you both for clarifying. I know I watched the first one. I don't remember watching the sequel.

[Paul Raven]

Fri Nov 15 1996

CBS Dallas Jr Returns # 14 13.4/23

ABC Sabrina #40 10.2/17 / Clueless #52  9.0/15 / 20/20 #29 10.9/19

NBC Dateline # 48 9.3/15 Homicide #61 8.0/14

 

Fri April 24 1998

CBS Dallas War of the Ewings #42 7.8/14

NBC Law and Order #32 9.2/15 Homicide #32 9.2/15

ABC Sabrina #35 8.1/15  Boy Meets World  #45 7.4/13 World 20/20 #11 11.4/20

[Soapsuds]

I watched both and I thought the second one was better "War of the Ewings".  I think I have both on dvd.

[amybrickwallace]

Thanks. If I'm not mistaken, there was talk of CBS rebooting Dallas even then.

[Soapsuds]

The ratings weren't great for either one. The show ended with 22.0 for the finale. Only 13.4 returned five years later. I didn't think the script was that great for the return episode.

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[amybrickwallace]

Thanks for sharing the ratings. It's like I thought, ratings were decent but not huge.

[SFK]

Was KK ill during the filming of the first reunion movie? I remember his voice sounding strained/shaky.

It took me out seeing J.R. rolling around with Monica Colby. I mean, God bless Tracy Scoggins, but for a reunion movie of an iconic ‘80s primetime soap, I didn’t like them mixing brands.

[amybrickwallace]

I don't even remember that.

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[SoapDope]

In the Knots reunion, the Laurie character was a strange addition. At the anniversary party at Val's house when Karen said Hi to her, she made a face and then Diana walked up and it cut to their conversation. At the end Laurie is pregnant. Her character really was a nothing burger. 

[Chris 2]

You could tell just by the title, “JR Returns,” that the producers were making the same mistake that they did in the last few years of the series: making JR the exclusive focus as opposed to the ensemble. They only had four returning original cast members: Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, and Ken Kercheval. And it was essentially “The JR Show” by that time.

Edited September 19, 2021 by Chris 2