Some of the production team from det orginal series involved in the new series?

[SoapyGuy]

I look forward to see the new series on TV. I am glad Larry Hagmann, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray is in the new series.

But do you think some of the production team from the orginal series vil get involved in the new series?

Unfortunately some of the producers, writers and directors is dead. And some has retired. I know both Hagman and Duffy directed many episodes. Linda Gray also directed some episodes. Hagman was also executive producer on the last seasons and both Hagman and Duffy was executive producer the 2 following movies.
So i hope they will produce and directing some episodes of the new series.

[Fortune]

I'm liking the idea of having fresh blood in the mix. And I'm sure if asked or if they wish to Hagman, Duffy, & Gray could step behind the camera. But I think it'll be nice to have new people with a possibly different take on things to take command of Dallas.

[SoapyGuy]

Maybe you are right. But it should at least be writers, producers and directors who have good experience with long running drama series.

[Mel O'Drama]

My hope is that at least some of the new writers/directors/producers will have grown up watching the original show, and so will have an experiential understanding of the characters.

Personally, I really don't want Hagman or Duffy as producers on the show again. That ship didn't just sail - it sank.

[Sid Fairgate]

It was members of the original production team that screwed up Dallas to begin with. Once David Paulsen left to take over Dynasty's 9th (and final) season, Katzman sank the show faster than the Titanic. Arthur Bernard Lewis, one of Katzman's deputies, was responsible for WOTE, and it was a major crapfest. Hopefully bringing in new writers with a fresh perspective will inject new life into the franchise. I certainly hope so, anyway.

[SnarkyOracle!]

It was members of the original production team that screwed up Dallas to begin with. Once David Paulsen left to take over Dynasty's 9th (and final) season, Katzman sank the show faster than the Titanic. Arthur Bernard Lewis, one of Katzman's deputies, was responsible for WOTE, and it was a major crapfest. Hopefully bringing in new writers with a fresh perspective will inject new life into the franchise. I certainly hope so, anyway.

Exactly right. Art Lewis and Howard Lakin were hacks. And Katzman chose to eventually become a hack -- apparently for "laughs".

What people don't seem to know is that every season of DALLAS (except for the one which ended with Who Shot JR?) which was not mediocre was heavily influenced by Paulsen... The only other exception being the 87/88 year (Season 11 per DVD count) when there was no usual spring hiatus to plan the plotlines, and Paulsen wanted to exit anyway.

[garry]

The only other exception being the 87/88 year (Season 11 per DVD count) when there was no usual spring hiatus to plan the plotlines, and Paulsen wanted to exit anyway.

Alarmingly Paulsen did say that did not affect any of the storylines or writing that year.

For the new Dallas Cynthia Cidre is expected to write the remaining nine episodes herself.

[SnarkyOracle!]

Alarmingly Paulsen did say that did not affect any of the storylines or writing that year.

Oh, Paulsen says a lot of stuff. Like "the dream was great" blahblahblah.

[Seaviewer]

For the new Dallas Cynthia Cidre is expected to write the remaining nine episodes herself. I'm sure she has the season mapped out. She's brought us this far. I'm happy to see what she has planned.

[Sid Fairgate]

Exactly right. Art Lewis and Howard Lakin were hacks. And Katzman chose to eventually become a hack -- apparently for "laughs".
Yes, which is interesting because all three of them wrote some pretty good episodes early on. But when they actually presided over the production of the show, they turned it into a dumbed down farce.


What people don't seem to know is that every season of DALLAS (except for the one which ended with Who Shot JR?) which was not mediocre was heavily influenced by Paulsen... The only other exception being the 87/88 year (Season 11 per DVD count) when there was no usual spring hiatus to plan the plotlines, and Paulsen wanted to exit anyway.
Yes.


Oh, Paulsen says a lot of stuff. Like "the dream was great" blahblahblah.
I think Paulsen is too much of a company man for his own good.

[SnarkyOracle!]

I think Paulsen is too much of a company man for his own good.Well, you know the first rule of success in show business or any business: Never say anything about anybody, ever. And never tell the truth.

But Paulsen is as brilliant a constructionist as this particular genre has seen.

[JR_fan]

I wouldn't mind Hagman, Duffy or Gray directing episodes but don't give ANY of them any kind of editorial control PLEASE! The only person from the old days who might be good to have around more as a consultant than anything else would be Paulsen. How old is he anyways?

I'd hire him to do some consulting and continuity editing. Cidre could definitely bounce off some ideas to him but at the same time he wouldn't have very much control over the show's content.

[Sid Fairgate]

Well, you know the first rule of success in show business or any business: Never say anything about anybody, ever. And never tell the truth.

But Paulsen is as brilliant a constructionist as this particular genre has seen.
That makes sense. And yes, Paulsen had a real knack for guiding the various prime time soaps. He brought both Dallas and Dynasty out of a lull (although the "lull" was far worse on Dynasty), and continued the quality of Knots Landing.