TNT’s Dallas Styles: Tommy’s Hat
The outsider In “The Enemy of My Enemy,” Tommy comes charging into Rebecca’s apartment, grumbling about the crowd at the coffee shop he’s just returned from. “People in Texas are way too friendly. It...
View ArticleDrill Bits: This Week, Ratings Rose for TNT’s Dallas
Bobby’s blood pressure rose this week – and so did ‘Dallas’s’ ratings. (Photo credit: Zade Rosenthal/TNT) Ratings for TNT’s “Dallas” rebounded this week after dipping on Independence Day. Approximately...
View ArticleTNT’s Dallas Styles: Marta’s Dress
Unraveled All season long, TNT’s “Dallas” has used Marta’s hair and wardrobe to telegraph her shifting moods and evolving identity. This practice continues in “Collateral Damage,”when the bipolar vixen...
View ArticleDrill Bits: Ratings Rise Again for TNT’s Dallas
Charlene Tilton helped lead TNT’s ‘Dallas’ to another ratings victory this week. TNT’s “Dallas” isn’t pulling the kind of numbers it did on opening night, but the show continues to perform well. The...
View ArticleThings Ewings Say (J.R. Edition)
If the first season of TNT’s “Dallas” taught us anything, it’s this: J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) still has a way with words. With “Revelations,” the eagerly awaited season finale two days away, here’s a...
View ArticleThings Ewings Say
J.R. isn’t the only sharp-tongued Ewing on TNT’s “Dallas.” To help you prepare for tomorrow’s telecast of “Revelations,” the first-season finale, we offer this review of memorable lines from other...
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 ArticleDallas Parallels: The Good Husband
The original “Dallas’s” pilot, “Digger’s Daughter,” opens with Bobby and Pam racing home to Southfork after their spur-of-the-moment elopement in New Orleans. Later, J.R. hints his younger brother...
View ArticleCritique: Dallas Episode 16 – ‘Blame Game’
Once and again I cringed when I saw J.R. and Bobby’s instant-messaging exchange in “Blame Game.” This episode was filmed after Larry Hagman’s death last fall, so I’m guessing the producers created the...
View Article3 Days, 33 Episodes: Here’s How to Catch Up on TNT’s Dallas
Look back Did you promise yourself you’d spend the summer getting acquainted — or reacquainted — with TNT’s “Dallas”? Did you fail to keep this promise? Relax: You still have time. Grab your DVDs and...
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