Critique: TNT’s Dallas Episode 10 – ‘Revelations’
Resolved No one gets shot, run over or blown up at the end of “Revelations” – and for this, we should be thankful. As much fun as the original “Dallas’s” season finales were, they feel a little...
View ArticleDrill Bits: TNT’s Dallas Finale Draws a Crowd
Still a crowd pleaser (Photo credit: Bill Matlock/TNT) TNT’s “Dallas” went out with a bang: “Revelations,” the first-season finale, scored 4.3 million viewers on August 8, becoming the evening’s...
View ArticleThe Dallas Decoder Interview: Ken Kercheval
Ken Kercheval TNT’s “Dallas” just finished its first season with three big revelations: Cliff Barnes is Rebecca’s father (!), the mastermind behind her scheme (!!), and the owner of a really cool jet...
View ArticleThe Best & Worst of TNT’s Dallas: Season 1
The first season of TNT’s “Dallas” brought the Ewings back to series television after a two-decade absence. I loved it – mostly. Performances The Great One The new “Dallas” cast divides into two...
View ArticleDrill Bits: TNT’s Dallas Saddles Up for Season 2
“Dallas’s” second season begins January 28. (Photo credit: Skip Bolen/TNT) TNT’s “Dallas” won’t return with new episodes until January 28 – that’s 113 days from today, not that I’m obsessive enough to...
View ArticleDrill Bits: Dallas is on DVD. Go Ahead and Get Carried Away.
Arrested development The first season of TNT’s “Dallas” was released on DVD last week. It has all 10 episodes and 2 hours of bonus material, including some Larry Hagman goodness you’ve never seen...
View ArticleThe Dallas Decoder Interview: Aaron Allen
Aaron Allen Aaron Allen wrote “Collateral Damage,” one of the standout episodes from the new “Dallas’s” first season, as well as “Venomous Creatures,” the second half of the two-hour season premiere,...
View ArticleDallas Burning Questions: Season 2, Week 1
Flame on! Here are the questions we’re pondering as we await tonight’s telecast of “Battle Lines” and “Venomous Creatures,” the first two episodes of “Dallas’s” second season: • What’s Pamela’s plan?...
View ArticleCritique: Dallas Episode 11 – ‘Battle Lines’
The last hurrah “Battle Lines” is the first hour of the new “Dallas’s” second season and the beginning of Larry Hagman’s last hurrah as J.R. Ewing. The actor filmed this episode about two months before...
View ArticleCritique: Dallas Episode 18 – ‘J.R.’s Masterpiece’
Still here It isn’t quite accurate to call “J.R.’s Masterpiece” the first “Dallas” episode without J.R. Ewing. Our hero is present, even if he isn’t physically there. We see Larry Hagman in the special...
View ArticleWho Killed J.R.? Here’s My Final Theory in the Dallas Mystery
Throughout the “Who Killed J.R.?” mystery, one thing has nagged at me: Is anyone “big” enough to take down the “Dallas” legend? This is why I never considered characters like Carlos del Sol or Carmen...
View ArticleCritique: Dallas Episode 25 – ‘Legacies’
Brother’s keeper Will it surprise you to learn that I like “Legacies”? Probably not, judging by some of the comments I’ve received on this website and others lately. Some of you seem to think I’m too...
View ArticleThe Best & Worst of Dallas: Season 2
The second season of TNT’s “Dallas” was even better than the first. Here are my laurels, along with a few darts. Performance of the Season Wonder woman She spent Season 1 on the sidelines, but Linda...
View ArticleDrill Bits: TNT Renews Dallas for Season 3
Back for more Giddy up! “Dallas” will return early next year with 15 new episodes, TNT announced yesterday. Fans have been anxious about the show’s future since last fall, when Larry Hagman died while...
View ArticleThe Dallas Decoder Interview: Mitch Pileggi
Mitch Pileggi as Harris Ryland Mitch Pileggi has become the man to watch on TNT’s “Dallas,” where his venomous character, Harris Ryland, loves to torment the Ewings. I spoke to Pileggi recently about...
View ArticleThe Dallas Decoder Interview: Linda Gray
Linda Gray I interviewed Linda Gray! It was an amazing experience — Gray was fun, insightful and extremely generous with her time. I’m so excited to share our conversation as part of Dallas Decoder’s...
View ArticleThe Dallas Decoder Interview: Brenda Strong
Brenda Strong Brenda Strong delivered one amazing performance after another as Ann Ewing during “Dallas’s” second season. I spoke to her recently about what the future might hold for her character and...
View ArticleDrill Bits: Dallas Season 3 — Spoilers, Speculation and More
Back to work, people Production on “Dallas’s” third season begins today. There isn’t a lot of news to report, although insiders have dropped a few tidbits about what fans can expect when TNT begins...
View ArticleSteve Kanaly Will Return to Dallas Next Season
Welcome back, pardner! Steve Kanaly will guest star on “Dallas” next season, a TNT spokeswoman confirmed today. Earlier, Kanaly tweeted a picture of himself and wrote, “[Shining] my spurs for a new...
View ArticleOne Year Later, Larry Hagman’s Legacy Lives
Remember the titan The first anniversary of Larry Hagman’s death is November 23, although to me, he never really went away. Hagman’s old “Dallas” episodes run on a seemingly endless loop in my house. I...
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