Dallas TV Show is Back – Money, Power & JR Ewing
The all new Dallas TV show has been announced by US network TNT, airing in 2012.
They must be hoping that the new version will have the same intrigue, scandal and water cooler moments as the original 1980′s version.
To help bring some of the magic of the original Dallas TV show back the network have cast some of the original stars of the show.
Larry Hagman, who played JR Ewing in the original series will most definitely be back. At one point in the 80′s it seemed everyone in the Western world was talking about ‘who shot JR?’. Can JR get people talking again?
Also joining Larry are original members Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray. The new dallas tv show however, will centre around the new generation of the Ewing family.
Josh Henderson (90210) will play JR Ewing’s son and Jesse Metcalfe (John Tucker Must Die) will play the son of Bobby Ewing. Expect family tensions and fireworks.
The Original Dallas TV Show
The original show ran from 1978 to 1991 in the US and broadcast to large audiences around the world. It quickly became one of the most successful TV dramas of all time.
Set in the oil rich state of Texas the show centred around the Ewing family of oil barons and cattle ranchers.
The rivalry of Bobby and JR Ewing for control of the Ewing business was always the centre of attention in the show and is what had people tuning in every week.
JR Ewing eventually lost control of most of the business and the new series will extend this rivalry to the next generation of Ewings.
Time will tell if the new dallas tv show can have the same impact on audiences as the old one; but we look forward to the fireworks, big hats and sinking oil wells.
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