As well as in the public eye at large. There was of course, the 1985 TV reunion movie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dream_of_Jeannie..._Fifteen_Years_Later) (albeit, sans Larry Hagman) and another one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Still_Dream_of_Jeannie) in 1991 (again, without Larry Hagman). I wonder if Larry's role on Dallas helped a lot in the apparent resurgence (https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/i-dream-of-jeannie-star-barbara-eden-a-look-back-at-her-life/) in I Dream of Jeannie. He was rumored to guest-host Saturday Night Live (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-266606.html) in the 1980-81 season, but instead, his Dallas co-star Charlene Tilton hosted (https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/February_21,_1981). That was the infamous episode where Charles Rocket uttered the f-word live on the air.

But had Larry Hagman actually hosted, one would have to imagine that they wouldn't have been able to resist doing an IDOJ sketch. Nick at Nite (https://books.google.com/books?id=uQ01EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=i+dream+of+jeannie+fifteen+nick+at+nite&source=bl&ots=m-CqdXaSWX&sig=ACfU3U3Lx0YWIpYUcx-v4LAHt1hEdyAVxw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirua_olIXyAhVPmGoFHaTYALsQ6AEwEnoECAoQAw#v=onepage&q=i%20dream%20of%20jeannie%20fifteen%20nick%20at%20nite&f=false) definitely boosted (https://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/2293/nick-at-nite-i-dream-of-jeannie) not only IDOJ (https://books.google.com/books?id=xtPdNsGjGw8C&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=i+dream+of+jeannie+fifteen+nick+at+nite&source=bl&ots=g_YTwxWvS-&sig=ACfU3U09WAux4l9MLcxeGWBh9z3vVILJYA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirua_olIXyAhVPmGoFHaTYALsQ6AEwE3oECA8QAw#v=onepage&q=i%20dream%20of%20jeannie%20fifteen%20nick%20at%20nite&f=false) but Bewitched as, it was two of their most replayed shows back in the day.

I was a kid in the 80s and I just know I was obsessed with Jeannie! It was apparantly ok TV a lot then