Dallas
It's from 1978, before you were born.
- Network
- CBS
- Genre
- Primetime soap
- Premiered
- 1978
- Villain
- J.R. Ewing
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About
As of 2026, it's 48 years old.
Dallas turned a feuding Texas oil family into must-see television and, in 1980, perfected the cliffhanger so completely that 'Who Shot J.R.?' became a genuine global obsession — a fictional shooting that made real headlines and had the whole planet guessing all summer.
Its scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing was the villain everyone loved to hate, and the show's glossy, backstabbing excess defined the primetime soap.
Glitzy, ruthless, and built on the perfect cliffhanger, Dallas is the show that proved a single unanswered question could hold an entire world hostage for months.
Dallas season by season
Dallas ran for 14 seasons (1978–1990) across 357 episodes. You're older than the seasons in green.
