TNT Cancels "Dallas"

[JamesG]

TNT's "Dallas" Cancelled after 3 Seasons
by Matt Webb Mitovich
October 3, 2014


Put another fork in Southfork.

Not two weeks after "Dallas" aired its season finale, TNT has decided against renewing the primetime sudser for Season 4.



A statement from TNT reads as follows:

“We are extremely proud of Dallas, which defied expectations by standing as a worthy continuation of the Ewing saga. We want to thank everyone involved with the show, from the extraordinary cast to the impeccable production team, led by the show’s creative forces, Cynthia Cidre and Mike Robin. We especially want to thank the people of Dallas for their warm and generous hospitality during the production of the series.”

http://tvline.com/2014/10/03/dallas-...-season-4-tnt/

[Mr. Television]

Good. Season 3 has been bad. Killing Christopher was the worse. As far as I'm concerned this show was a dream.

[gidgetgrape]

I thought they were going to get one more chance.

[TMC]

The Ramos Family Ruined This Show

Let the attacks on Cidre begin!

TNT didn't exactly do the show any favors

Would have been best to end it after season 2

Dallas ended when JR died...

CANCELLED!

http://forums.previously.tv/topic/38...a/#entry436212

There was too much emphasis on Elena and her problems and it killed the show.

After she dumped John Ross and then Christopher dumped her, that should've been the end of Elena unless she were to turn up pregnant with Christopher's baby. The writers created the following characters to justify keeping the Elena character around:

Drew
Nicolas
Lucia
Drug Kingpin Guy
Drug Henchman Guy who raped Emma
Various drug henchman extras

They misused/destroyed the following characters to justify Elena staying around:

Cliff Barnes
Hunter McKay
Heather
Christopher
Ewing Oil
JR
Pamela
Southfork

Other characters that had potential had to be in this Ramos/Mexico storyline or get no airtime:

The entire Ryland family. Harris in particular was wasted with CIA and drug trucks.

I understand the writers wanted diversity. Nicolas could've been written in as an ambitious young exec at Ewing Oil, Ryland could've been a formidable business rival. Hunter McKay could've been brought in as a friend of Christopher.

Heather could've been brought in as a sassy secretary who caught Christopher's eye. But she and Bo had to go so Christopher could go running after Elena again.

http://www.avclub.com/article/tnt-ha...-dallas-210095

TNT presumably decided to kill the series due to its dwindling ratings, with THR citing the network’s baffling decision to move Dallas from the summer to the winter and then back to the summer as a reason for those dwindling ratings. Also, one of the hooks of the new version of Dallas was its ties to the original series, so the death of Larry Hagman in 2012 was, as THR puts it, “a blow.”

[Steve_uk]

The show was of its time,namely 1978 and the short following years thereafter. People eventually got tired of the imbroglios of the rich and famous with its concomitant chicanery entwining the working classes,with whom they had more in common than they ever imagined. This is not the failure of "Dallas" but could extend to many other shows of its genre such as Dynasty,Flamingo Road,Falcon Crest and others which mimicked the same formula and which served up an apathetic if still poisonous cocktail whose shelf-life had ultimately expired.

[spunkygirl]

I thought this might happen. It was clear Cynthia Cidre had major disdain for the original series

[ponytail]

Bummer. I liked the show.

[Steve_uk]

Of course one does feel a sense of nostalgia now the show is at an end,with the waxwork dummies of Sue-Ellen and Son in this scene and Bobby,who looks like he's slept in his face. The new characters never did bed down: Christopher and John Ross looked like lost little boys, the girls' roles were undefined and rootless,and marrying off Bobby to Brenda Strong was a continuity mistake. Maybe one is guilty of reminiscing on the better times,which have been superseded by a nagging uncertainty as the Western world reels from pan-Pacific competition and its unrelenting capitalism,giving shows such as this a gritty realism as we contemplate an undefinable malaise which now surrounds us, which the elites have managed to escape. The scenes could have been shot anywhere as there was never any primary focus,but ultimately it all ceased to matter as viewers turned to The Big Bang Theory for solace and those few moments in which one could defer the all-too consuming reality of our daily lives.http://youtu.be/-m1QhFpqqdo

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by spunkygirl

I thought this might happen. It was clear Cynthia Cidre had major disdain for the original series

That was the major problem I had with it. There were some things I liked such as how they handled JR's death and writing Pam out but by and large it just did not gel with the original series. I just don't understand how Cliff turned so evil. No explanation at all and all those Ewing heirs that weren't even mentioned. Then you had the whole Mexican Cartel and Ramos family. Too little Ewings..

[TMC]

The first half of season 2 killed nuDALLAS

Glad it's been cancelled

The John Ross/Pamela Marriage - Wasted Opportunity

[James28]

Based on the series' low numbers during its season 3, I guess many fans must have refused to watch the 2012 Dallas series since Larry Hagman's death. Plus, there must have been some bad (I meant awful/terrible) storylines during season 3.

[ILuvCarolBurnett]

From day one I said "What is the point?"

[spunkygirl]

Originally Posted by TMC

The first half of season 2 killed nuDALLAS

Glad it's been cancelled

The John Ross/Pamela Marriage - Wasted Opportunity

Why are you posting stuff from that toxic dump they call imdb? Seriously

[80sTrivia]

I didn't watch the show post JR/Larry Hagman's passing. He was too much of a presence for the show to maintain momentum without him...

[simmytbone]

That doesn't surprise me

Dallas wasn't the same w/o JR and it doesn't have the same feel like in the CBS Years back in the Early 80's