On 9/15/2021 at 6:54 AM, amybrickwallace said:

The 1997 reunion:

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

20 minutes ago, Efulton said:

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

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

2 hours ago, FrenchBug82 said:

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

Thank you!

18 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

Did the Dallas reunion movies even do that well in the 1990s? I don't remember but I don't think they were huge.

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

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.

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

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

3 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

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

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

Just now, Soapsuds said:

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

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

23 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

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

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.

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

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.

6 hours ago, SFK said:

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.

I don't even remember that. 😂😂😂😂😂

On 9/16/2021 at 7:15 PM, FrenchBug82 said:

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

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. 

On 9/17/2021 at 8:54 PM, Soapsuds said:

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.

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.

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