Larry Hagman, the North Texas native who played the conniving and mischievous J.R. Ewing on the TV show Dallas, died Friday at a Dallas hospital. He was 81. Read more.
Linda Gray wants more Dallas airtime — to which we say “You go, girl!”
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@Dallas_TNT on the big screen #dallas (Taken with Instagram at Angelika Film Center & Cafe)
You didn’t watch the Dallas premiere? Well, 7 million other people did, making it the most popular show on TV last night: TNT’s crowing over the big numbers: 6,863,000 viewers dialed in last night, making Dallas the No. 1 scripted cable-series premiere in 2012.
In related news, yesterday the Dallas City Council voted to pay Warner Horizon $1.2 million over the next six seasons should TNT renew the Dallas reboot. But given last night’s ratings, we’d expect a re-up … well, any second.
Read our take on last night’s premiere here. (Photo credit: TNT)
News, games, reviews, red carpet, behind-the-scenes … we’ll be doing this Dallas reboot big and all over the place.
The premiere is Wednesday night. Keep up with our coverage and conversation at dallasnews.com/entertainment, or find our ultimate fan guide in the interactive section of our iPad app.
Our mobile editor Will Pry got his funny on and came up with what the most famous Dallas story-arc would go like if J.R., Bobby, Sue Ellen and the rest of the cast had Twitters.
