I heard that in The original concept Bobby was supposed to die and that the show was supposed to be about JR vs Pam. The idea was re-tooled because Pam would have had a harder time fitting in without Bobby around.

When Bobby died in 1985, the next season briefly teased JR vs. Pam when she inherited Bobby's shares of Ewing Oil before he set her off on an adventure in South American looking for Emeralds.

It is rumoured that had Patrick Duffy not come back in 1986, that the cliffhanger would have been Pam finding Mark Grayson dead in the shower due to a shady deal that JR was tied in.. and that she would have waged war on JR.

When Bobby died in 1985, the next season briefly teased JR vs. Pam when she inherited Bobby's shares of Ewing Oil before he set her off on an adventure in South American looking for Emeralds.

It is rumoured that had Patrick Duffy not come back in 1986, that the cliffhanger would have been Pam finding Mark Grayson dead in the shower due to a shady deal that JR was tied in.. and that she would have waged war on JR.

That would have been SOOO good!

DJ has said in interviews that his Ewings were inspired in part by the Pollitts of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He had originally envisioned Bobby as a Brick-like golden boy f_ck-up adored by his parents, while Gooper-like older brother J.R. had business acumen and got sh_t done without any praise from his father, which he so craved. Like Maggie, Pam marries into the dysfunction.

Bare Essence had Tyger marrying into her husband's family of wealth and dysfunction, only to have him die soon after their marriage leaving her to fend for herself (with some allies).

Does anyone know how much of a Daytime person David was? He would have EXCELLED! If I had a show I would SO put him on board! HE should be in charge of AMC/OLTL 2.0. He understands WHAT soaps are about and WHY people write for them. Not to sell products but to tell stories about the HUMAN CONDITION!

He was light years ahead of his time as well.

I wonder what he would do with a show like Y&R?

I think it's a shame David Jacobs and Mike Filerman have retired. I, too, would love to see what they might do with a show like Y&R.

Bare Essence had Tyger marrying into her husband's family of wealth and dysfunction, only to have him die soon after their marriage leaving her to fend for herself (with some allies).

I felt that was a great way to set up conflicts to keep the series going for a long time. However, too many roles had to be recast for the series (Donna Mills, for one, was not available, so they had to re-cast her role w/ Jaime Lyn Bauer) and I think that worked against it.

I think it's a shame David Jacobs and Mike Filerman have retired. I, too, would love to see what they might do with a show like Y&R.

I am sure he would bring back the Foster family. I do wish Y&R would do that.

Interesting how even then people were complaining that shows were constantly being replaced and are never given a chance. Ironically Dynasty and Knots Landing wouldn't have aired as long as they did if the BTS politics were the same then as they are now.

Forgot to mention that the original conception of Dallas actually seems a bit more like Falcon Crest.