![]() ![]() ![]() With its 357 episodes, Dallas remains one of the longest lasting full-hour prime time dramas in American TV history, behind Gunsmoke (635 episodes), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (525 episodes as of December 2022), Law & Order (475 episodes as of December 2022), Bonanza (430 episodes), and Grey's Anatomy (406 episodes as of November 2022). The series won four Emmy Awards, including a 1980 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series win for Bel Geddes. Ewing, stage/screen actress Barbara Bel Geddes as family matriarch Miss Ellie and Western movie actor Jim Davis as Ewing patriarch Jock, his last role before his death in 1981. The show is mostly an ensemble cast, with Larry Hagman as greedy, scheming oil tycoon J.R. After 14 seasons, the series finale " Conundrum" aired in 1991. The show also featured a "Dream Season", in which the entirety of season 9 was revealed to have been a dream of Pamela Ewing. The 1980 episode " Who Done It" remains the second-highest-rated prime-time telecast ever. The show was prominent for its cliffhangers, including the " Who shot J.R.?" mystery. was the only character to have appeared in every episode. Ewing, became the show's breakout character, whose schemes and dirty business became the show's trademark. As the series progressed, Bobby's elder brother, oil tycoon J.R. The series originally focused on the marriage of Bobby Ewing and Pamela Barnes, whose families were sworn enemies. The series revolves around an affluent and feuding Texas family, the Ewings, who own the independent oil company Ewing Oil and the cattle-ranching land of Southfork. Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991. ![]()
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