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131-569: The building was featured in the opening credits of the TV series Dallas for the entirety of the show's 13-year run (1978–1991). This article about a hotel or resort in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a building or structure in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Dallas , Texas -related article

262-594: A 1980 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Bel Geddes. 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 (551 episodes as of May 2024), Law & Order (501 episodes as of May 2024), Bonanza (430 episodes), and Grey's Anatomy (428 episodes as of May 2024). Dallas also spawned spin-off series Knots Landing in 1979, which also lasted 14 seasons and

393-453: A new, updated continuation of Dallas , ignoring the events of the two reunion films. The revival series, continuing the story of the Ewing family, premiered on TNT on June 13, 2012, and ran for three seasons, ending its run on September 22, 2014. Dallas debuted on April 2, 1978, as a five-part miniseries on CBS . Although the miniseries was created as the series' pilot , by the time it

524-710: A 25% stake in the company, with the prospect of using NBC's financial and programming expertise to get TNT off the ground; however, such discussions terminated by January 1988 without a resolution. By February 1988, Turner had disclosed that TNT's programming would focus around movies from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film library – which Turner acquired as a result of his 1986 sale of the MGM film studio to Kirk Kerkorian – and major television events, including made-for-cable movies, high-profile specials, sports events, documentaries and miniseries. Cable systems were given

655-676: A Half Men , Falling Skies and Sherlock ). In 2019, TNT España aired the first series they commissioned locally in Spain, Vota Juan . The channel was rebranded as Warner TV on April 14, 2023, discontinuing the TNT brand as an entertainment channel in Europe in the process. A local version of TNT in Turkey launched on March 3, 2008, by Doğan Media Group as a channel focusing on feature films. Foreign television series and movies were eventually added to

786-527: A broadcasting agreement to offer a weekly prime-time wrestling program on TNT—later named AEW Dynamite , which premiered on October 2, 2019, as AEW's flagship program—marking the network's re-entry into the professional wrestling scene following the aforementioned closure of World Championship Wrestling eighteen years prior. On August 13, 2021, AEW premiered a second weekly program on TNT— Rampage —which airs on Friday nights. In January 2022, Dynamite moved to TBS, with Rampage remaining on TNT. AEW would add

917-412: A dream of Victoria Principal 's character Pam , effectively sweeping away the events occurring during the period in which Katzman's involvement with the show had been minimized. Even the cast were affected by the production and political struggles. While Larry Hagman ( J.R. ) reportedly supported Katzman, and had played a great part in bringing Duffy back, Susan Howard ( Donna ), who also had written

1048-413: A few times in a row on certain days every year too. Now in favor of more recent films released from the 1980s onward, with an emphasis on films released after 1995. Presently, most of the films broadcast on TNT are of the drama and action genres, however some comedy films continue to air on the channel periodically. Films generally air on the channel during the overnight hours on most nights and for much of

1179-583: A film in primetime with limited commercial interruption, branded in on-air promos under the title "More Movies, Less Commercials." In July 1989, the Turner Broadcasting System announced that TNT would obtain partial pay television rights to the National Basketball Association (NBA) beginning with the 1989–90 season , as part of a transference of TBS SuperStation's existing NBA telecast rights . As

1310-445: A final time for two episodes towards the end of the season. While there has been no official reason as to why actor Dack Rambo was written out of Dallas , Rambo himself later stated that he believed the reasons to be his bisexuality or his conflicts with Larry Hagman, which Rambo said had particularly intensified during his last season on the show (season 10). Before Dallas , Rambo and Hagman had worked together on Sword of Justice in

1441-610: A fling are, as Kanaly told Dinah Shore in an appearance on her show, "prayerfully forgotten, I hope". Ray had previously engaged in a short fling with Pamela, but she fell deeply in love with Bobby, and the pilot episode begins with the two of them arriving at Southfork Ranch as newlyweds, shocking the entire family. J.R., who loathed the Barnes family, was not happy with Pam's living at Southfork, and constantly tried to undermine her marriage to Bobby. Meanwhile, Pam's brother Cliff ( Ken Kercheval ), who had inherited Digger's hatred towards

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1572-519: A given season had on-location sequences filmed in Dallas. MGM built a full-size replica of the Southfork Ranch backyard and pool on one of its soundstages, allowing for filming of "location" shots during the latter part of the season. TNT (American TV network) TNT (originally an abbreviation for Turner Network Television ) is an American basic cable television channel owned by

1703-683: A limited schedule of other classic television series in select other time periods. In its early years, TNT caused controversy among film critics and fans for its airings of colorized versions of many classics that were originally filmed in black-and-white . The channel launched with an estimated 17 million subscribers, its initial coverage totaling 6.8 times that of the largest previous cable network launch ( VH1 , which launched on January 1, 1985, with 2.5 million homes estimated to have initially received that channel). The channel's operations were based inside office space at Turner Broadcasting's Techwood Drive complex in midtown Atlanta that formerly served as

1834-531: A long line of ranchers with great love for the land and the cattle. Following their marriage, the Southworth family ranch, Southfork , became the Ewings' home, where Jock and Miss Ellie raised three sons: J.R. ( Larry Hagman ), Gary ( David Ackroyd / Ted Shackelford ) and Bobby ( Patrick Duffy ). J.R., unscrupulous and unhappily married to former Miss Texas beauty queen Sue Ellen Shepard ( Linda Gray ),

1965-469: A mainstay of TNT since its inception. TNT maintains film licensing agreements with sister company Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (primarily releases from Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema ), Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (primarily releases from Walt Disney Pictures (live-action only), Touchstone Pictures , Marvel Studios , Lucasfilm and 20th Century Studios ), Columbia Pictures , Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures . Since

2096-461: A message about the channel's launch and programming, followed by a pre-recorded performance of " The Star-Spangled Banner ," which traditionally played during the launch of a new Turner-owned network. Its inaugural telecast (which followed at 8:00 p.m. Eastern) was the first half of the 1939 classic film Gone with the Wind , a film to which Ted Turner had acquired the rights; the second half aired

2227-418: A miniseries, are now referred to as season 1 , making fourteen seasons in total. The show is known for its portrayal of wealth, sex, intrigue, conflict and power struggles. Throughout the series, the main premise is the longtime rivalry between the Ewing and Barnes families, which came to head when the Barnes daughter Pamela ( Victoria Principal ) eloped with youngest Ewing son Bobby ( Patrick Duffy ), in

2358-509: A monthly rate of 10¢ per subscriber at launch (increasing to 20¢ per subscriber per month by March 1989), with 10 minutes of advertising being carried each hour (three to four minutes of which would be given to prospective cable systems for local advertising). Turner Broadcasting struggled to obtain carriage commitments from various cable providers to commence with the proposed service's launch plans, making TNT's fate uncertain. Turner also entered into preliminary discussions with NBC to purchase

2489-570: A new slogan: "Drama, Period." (visually displayed as "Drama.," with the TNT logo serving as the period symbol ), with the logo being recolored to match the themes of its shows. On May 14, 2014, TNT altered its on-air branding to "TNT Drama" and introduced a new slogan, "Boom." The branding campaign reflects the channel's refocusing towards action-adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, suspense series alongside its slate of crime dramas. The channel purchased subscription-television rights in September for

2620-444: A permanent host in cult personality and drive-in movie aficionado Joe Bob Briggs , who hosted a pair of more contemporary horror films each week, such as Friday the 13th Part 2 and Wes Craven's New Nightmare . During the wraparound segments within each film, Briggs provided a running commentary, trivia, off-color jokes, and a drive-in total, as well as jokes at the expense of TNT's Standards & Practices department regarding

2751-417: A physically disfigured fashion. While Victoria Principal never returned to Dallas again after the season 10 finale, Margaret Michaels , a Principal look-alike, played Pam in the opening episode of season 12 . Having undergone plastic surgery which explained the difference in her appearance, it was revealed that Pam was dying of a disease, though only she and her doctor knew about this. After this episode, Pam

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2882-597: A programming schedule in such a contracted timespan, and the unfavorability of promoting a service during the summer (when television networks typically programmed reruns). On March 7, Turner Broadcasting System's board of directors unanimously approved Ted Turner's plan for Turner Network Television, with October 3 as the channel's proposed launch date. Plans called for TNT to offer 250 nights of original and live sports programming per year within five years of its debut. The channel launched at 7:55 p.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 1988, with TNT founder Ted Turner delivering

3013-710: A result of the league's contract renewal with Turner Sports . In addition to carrying NBA regular season games, which typically air as a doubleheader on most weeks, TNT also airs opening night games, the NBA All-Star Game , and the vast majority of games within the conference playoffs and one of the Conference finals (the Eastern Conference finals in odd-number years and the Western Conference finals in even-numbered years). Since 2015,

3144-631: A result, TNT's NBA coverage would consist of games involving other teams within the league, with TBS's rights being scaled back to only encompass game telecasts involving the franchise serving its parent television station WTBS's home market, the Atlanta Hawks (which Ted Turner had purchased from Atlanta-based real estate developer Tom Cousins in 1977). Under the initial agreement and a subsequent five-year contract signed in December 1989, TNT carried about 50 regular season and 25 playoff games during

3275-1663: A season 2 episode). Among the most frequently appearing business associates of the Ewing family are oil cartel members Jordan Lee ( Don Starr , seasons 2–14), Marilee Stone ( Fern Fitzgerald , seasons 2–13) and Andy Bradley ( Paul Sorensen , seasons 2–10); Jock's good friend Marvin "Punk" Anderson ( Morgan Woodward , seasons 4–11) and his wife Mavis ( Alice Hirson , seasons 6–7 and 10–11); and shady investment banker Vaughn Leland ( Dennis Patrick , seasons 3, 5, and 7–8). Other longtime Ewing acquaintances include Dallas PD detective Harry McSween, serving as J.R.'s source within police force ( James Brown , seasons 2–12); family attorney Harv Smithfield ( George O. Petrie , seasons 3–14); and Donna's stepson, U.S. Senator Dave Culver ( Tom Fuccello , seasons 3–6, 8, 10–11, and 13–14). Also appearing in many episodes are several background characters, including Bobby's secretaries Connie Brasher (portrayed by Donna Bullock in season 1, Ann Ford and Nancy Bleier in season 2, and Jeanna Michaels in seasons 2–4) and Phyllis Wapner ( Deborah Tranelli , seasons 4–14); J.R.'s secretaries Louella Caraway Lee ( Meg Gallagher , seasons 2–4) and Sly Lovegren ( Deborah Rennard , seasons 5–14); Cliff's secretary Jackie Dugan ( Sherril Lynn Rettino , seasons 2–5 and 7–14); Ewing Oil receptionist Kendall Chapman (Danone Simpson, seasons 6–14); Southfork maid Teresa (Roseanna Christiansen, seasons 6–14); and Oil Baron's Club staff Dora Mae (Pat Colbert, seasons 7–14), Cassie (Anne C. Lucas, seasons 5–10), and Debbie (Deborah Marie Taylor, seasons 11–14). Widely known supporting actor Tina Louise played J.R.'s secretary, Julie Grey, during

3406-556: A smaller package of six mid-season Nextel Cup Series races per-season, beginning with Daytona's July race (by then known as the Coke Zero 400 )—which became exclusive to TNT under the new contract; previously, NBC and TNT held rights to the race in odd-numbered years, alternating with Fox (which carried the race in even numbered years; contrarily, the network not carrying the 400 would carry the Daytona 500 ). The contract lasted through

3537-623: A third weekly program, that being Collision , on June 17, 2023; Collision airs mostly on Saturday nights on TNT. On April 8, 2022, WarnerMedia was divested by AT&T and merged with Discovery Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). On April 26, it was reported that WBD had suspended original scripted series development at TBS and TNT in order to evaluate the channels' strategies moving forward. At this point, TNT only had two original scripted series still airing first-run episodes, Animal Kingdom and Snowpiercer , both of which are preparing for their final seasons. On May 11, Brett Weitz

3668-471: A total of 344 episodes. In 2007, Dallas was included in Time magazine's list of "100 Best TV Shows of All-Time". The series finale had a cliffhanger that was resolved in the first of two subsequent reunion films : Dallas: J.R. Returns . There was a second film Dallas: War of the Ewings , and a retrospective special Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork . In 2010, TNT announced it had ordered

3799-458: A version of TNT launched in Germany as TNT Serie . The channel shows a wide variety of older and recent American drama and comedy programs (such as 30 Rock , Murder, She Wrote , Monk , Six Feet Under , Seinfeld , ER , The King of Queens , Everybody Loves Raymond , Boardwalk Empire , Game of Thrones and Falling Skies ). TNT Serie maintains two audio channels: one with

3930-462: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dallas (1978 TV series) Dallas was an American prime time soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The series revolved around an affluent and feuding Texas family, the Ewings , who owned the independent oil company Ewing Oil and the cattle-ranching land of Southfork . The series originally focused on

4061-545: Is never seen again. Unable to reach a salary agreement and having a desire to start her own business, it was Principal's own decision not to return to the show after the season 10 finale. Budget cuts also meant other long term cast members were let go. In addition to Pamela's departure, Ray and Donna divorced at the end of season 10 . Donna moving to Washington, D.C. , where she later married Senator Andrew Dowling (guest star Jim McMullan ), with whom she raised Ray's daughter Margaret. Actress Susan Howard stated in 1987 that

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4192-461: Is no evidence that Turner had actually pulled its sports programming from the "original" TNT. On December 7, 2008, TNT unveiled an update to its logo, displaying it mainly in a silver or sometimes gold beveling . The "We know drama" tagline remained, but the channel added more of a focus on its original series and announced plans to carry three nights of original programming a week during primetime, starting in 2009. In 2012, TNT rebranded itself with

4323-728: The DePatie-Freleng Pink Panther cartoons were also featured. The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show , which ran from 1995 to 1997, was an original children's program on the channel featuring Warner Bros. , MGM , and Popeye shorts, hosted by a titular pair of a marionette and a nanny goat. In January 1996, the channel began scaling back its children's programming amid competition in that market from Nickelodeon and Turner-owned sister channel Cartoon Network ; at that time, TNT discontinued its late-afternoon block of animated series in favor of airing acquired drama series such as Starsky & Hutch and In

4454-519: The European Commission and Mexican, Chilean and Brazilian regulatory authorities—was affirmed by court ruling on June 12, 2018, after District of Columbia U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon ruled in favor of AT&T, dismissing the DOJ's antitrust claims in the lawsuit. The merger closed two days later on June 14, with the company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T under

4585-581: The Final Four -onward; until 2022, TNT and TruTV aired alternate broadcasts of the games tailored towards the participating teams, but this was quietly discontinued in 2022, with all three channels simulcasting the TBS broadcast. TNT televised the PGA Championship , carrying full coverage of the first two rounds and early coverage of the weekend rounds. The rights were held from 1999 to 2019, when

4716-493: The Minnesota Timberwolves . TNT has been criticized for its practice of airing a significant amount of 4:3 standard-definition content stretched to 16:9 on its HD feed, utilizing a nonlinear process similar to the "panorama" setting on many HDTVs that some viewers have nicknamed Stretch-o-Vision . Though other cable channels have also fallen into this practice for their HD simulcast feeds, TNT has been

4847-481: The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and professional wrestling shows AEW Rampage and AEW Collision ), as TBS shifted its focus to comedic programming. As of September 2018 , TNT was received by approximately 89.573 million households that subscribe to a subscription television service throughout the United States. By June 2023, this number has dropped to 71.2 million households. Prior to

4978-585: The Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas , and other sections of Dallas. For season 13 , rising production costs led to all filming being relocated to California . Typically the cast and crew would spend six to eight weeks filming on-location sequences in the Dallas area during the summer prior to the season, then film the remainder of the season in the Los Angeles area; fewer than half of the episodes in

5109-668: The Stanley Cup Playoffs with fellow rightsholder ESPN , and will hold exclusive rights to the Stanley Cup Finals in odd-numbered years. In 2011, TNT obtained a share in the television rights to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship as part of a comprehensive broadcast rights deal known as NCAA March Madness . The deal also involves CBS and fellow Turner properties TBS and TruTV . During even-numbered years, Turner holds exclusive rights to

5240-503: The Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery that launched on October 3, 1988. TNT's original purpose was to air classic films and television series to which Turner Broadcasting maintained spillover rights through its sister station TBS . Since June 2001, the network has shifted its focus to dramatic television series and feature films , along with some sporting events (including NBA , NHL , U.S. Soccer ,

5371-630: The Women's British Open and Senior British Open . ESPN assumed the Open Championship rights in 2009 . From 2000 to 2007 , TNT also carried the biennial PGA Tour-managed Presidents Cup . The television rights were assumed by Golf Channel beginning with the 2009 event until the 2019 event as part of its overall cable television deal with the PGA Tour, from the 2020 event and on those rights were transferred back to ESPN. Beginning in

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5502-553: The season 8 finale, alongside his subsequent absence during the following season, was explained away at the beginning of season 10 as having been dreamed by Pamela, thus erasing everything that had happened during season 9 . Patrick Duffy had left the series to pursue other opportunities, but due to declining ratings, he was convinced to return to the series by production company Lorimar as well as by series star Larry Hagman. Jack Ewing left Dallas to continue his travels and get away from J.R., midway through season 10 , and returned

5633-652: The " Who shot J.R.? " mystery. The 1980 episode " Who Done It " remains the second-highest-rated primetime telecast ever . The show also featured a "Dream Season", in which the entirety of season 9 was revealed to have been a dream of Pamela Ewing. After 14 seasons, the series finale " Conundrum " aired in 1991. The show was mostly an ensemble cast , with Larry Hagman as greedy, scheming oil tycoon J.R. 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 series won four Emmy Awards , including

5764-507: The 14th and final season of the series commenced, ten actors received regular cast status. Although half of them left the show prior to the series finale , all of them remained billed in the series' opening sequence throughout the year. Clayton Farlow made four appearances, clearing up business that included deeding Southfork to Bobby; April Stevens Ewing died early on in the season, kidnapped on her honeymoon by Hillary Taylor (guest star Susan Lucci ); Cally Harper Ewing left midway through

5895-662: The 2014 season, after which NASCAR returned to splitting its media rights between Fox and NBC. NASCAR will return to TNT in 2025 for five mid-season NASCAR Cup Series races, with NASCAR holding an in-season tournament during these 5 races not too dissimilar to the NBA Cup . In 1990 , TNT obtained partial television rights to the NFL 's Sunday Night Football package in a comprehensive agreement in which games were split with ESPN . The NFL on TNT consisted of three or four preseason game broadcasts and telecasts of regular season games during

6026-662: The 2018–19 season, Turner Sports held the rights to the UEFA Champions League and Europa League , the two highest levels of European club competition, under a three-year deal. 46 Champions League matches and the finals of both competitions (as well as the UEFA Super Cup ) are aired per-season on TNT, with the remainder streaming on B/R Live —a newly created streaming service run by its sister sports news website Bleacher Report . In June 2020, Turner Sports announced they would be ending their deal to broadcast

6157-697: The All-Star Game has been simulcast on TBS to prevent it from counterprogramming TNT, although in 2022 TBS experimented with an alternate broadcast of the game featuring the panel of TNT's studio show Inside the NBA . Beginning in the 2021–22 NHL season , Turner Sports holds rights to the National Hockey League (NHL); the contract includes rights to up to 72 exclusive regular season games per-season on TNT, predominantly consisting of Wednesday night doubleheaders. TNT also splits coverage of

6288-455: The Ewings, shared J.R.'s objections to the marriage and continued his father's quest to get revenge. Most of the seasons ended with ratings-grabbing cliffhangers, the most notable being the season 3 finale " A House Divided ", which launched the landmark " Who shot J.R.? " storyline and was ranked No. 69 on TV Guide 's list of "TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time". Other season finale cliffhangers include an unidentified female corpse in

6419-752: The Heat of the Night . In 1998, TNT dropped all of its remaining cartoons, relegating those shows to Cartoon Network. Most of the animated series and shorts that were dropped would also serve as the core of Boomerang , a subscription channel devoted to classic cartoons that launched on April 1, 2000. During the 1990s, TNT scheduled a weekday afternoon block that included Due South , Kung Fu: The Legend Continues , Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Babylon 5 . In 1998, TNT made efforts to increase its original programming, bumping its production budget by 146%, with programming production costs running in

6550-652: The Latin American version shared space with CNN International . The Europe , Middle East and Africa , Asia-Pacific TNT channels were eventually relaunched as Turner Classic Movies, while the Latin American version retained the TNT branding. The most well-known TNT channel in Canada, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific was (and still is) the French version, which used similar graphics to what

6681-470: The MGM and Warner Bros. archives (however, the UK, Scandinavian, and Australian versions of TNT all broadcast WCW Monday Nitro (the UK and Scandinavian versions broadcast the show on Friday nights on a four-day delay from its U.S. broadcast), and the Latin American version aired a children's block called "Magic Box"). The European, Australian and Asian versions of TNT shared channel space with Cartoon Network, while

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6812-483: The Southfork swimming pool ( season 4 ); a blazing house fire ( season 6 ); Bobby's death ( season 8 ) and subsequent resurrection ( season 9 ); and J.R.'s apparent suicide ( season 14 ). For the original five-episodes miniseries ( season 1 ) six actors received star billing: Barbara Bel Geddes as matriarch Miss Ellie Ewing , whose family were the original owners of Southfork; Jim Davis as her husband Jock Ewing ,

6943-652: The Time-Warner Communications merger six years prior. (Time Warner and predecessor Warner Communications had owned an 18% interest in Turner Broadcasting since 1987, as part of a cable television industry-backed bailout of the company amid severe financial issues.) Under the terms, Turner would acquire an approximate 10% interest in Time Warner Entertainment as well as oversee its subscription network group—comprising

7074-649: The Turner and Home Box Office units and its minority interests in Comedy Central and E! —and hold a position on the company's board of directors (which he retained until he stepped down from the company in February 2006) upon the merger's closure. The merger received regulatory approval on September 12, 1996; the Turner–Time Warner deal was finalized one month later on October 10, forming what at

7205-498: The UEFA Champions League a year early with those rights headed to future rights partner CBS Sports. TNT carries limited playoff coverage from MLB on TBS , but only in rare exceptions where a long-running or extra innings game forces a bump over in coverage of the newer game temporarily from TBS to TNT until the earlier game's conclusion, when the coverage on TNT ends at the conclusion of the current half-inning and

7336-561: The United States. The Turner Network Television syndication service launched in 1982 to produce two exhibition games organized by the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) during the NFL strike , which were broadcast on WTBS and its national superstation feed. (The agreement with the NFLPA originally called for 18 games to be broadcast by WTBS on Sunday afternoons and Monday nights during the originally proposed strike season, but

7467-542: The WarnerMedia umbrella, with TNT, along with TBS, truTV and HBO being reassigned to WarnerMedia Entertainment, chaired by Bob Greenblatt . AT&T did not specify any timetable for the changes to take effect, although WarnerMedia had begun to remove all Turner references in corporate communications and press releases, referring to that unit's networks as "divisions of WarnerMedia." On May 15, 2019, upstart promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and WarnerMedia announced

7598-411: The association itself, rather than brokered directly by each track owner). The broadcasts were a successor to TBS's past NASCAR broadcasts and originally intended to be carried by TBS, but ultimately assigned to TNT in support of its new brand positioning. TNT's coverage was initially a co-production with NBC Sports , serving as the cable partner for NBC's broadcast television coverage of NASCAR . Under

7729-616: The channel reverted it and made available the dubs; however, the channel also offers closed captions (which can be removed or placed by the user) on digital operators. TNT Latin America and TNT Brazil began operating high definition simulcast feeds in 2009. In Latin America, TNT broadcasts all of the high-profile award shows including the Academy Awards , the Emmy Awards , and the Grammy Awards . Feeds In January 2009,

7860-484: The channel was relaunched as TNT7, following the Turner Broadcasting System's purchase of NonStop Television owner Millennium Media Group . On March 21, 2012, the channel was renamed TNT, dropping the "7" from the name. On April 10, 2012, TNT HD Benelux launched in Belgium , carried exclusively on Telenet . The first month of the service was offered to consumers for free , with a subscription required thereafter to view

7991-549: The channel's brand identity. In 2001, TNT debuted what became its most successful original series at the time, Witchblade , which ran for two seasons, ending in 2002. On June 12, 2001, TNT underwent an extensive rebrand , with the introduction of a new logo designed by Trollbäck + Company as well as a new slogan, "We Know Drama," a repositioning of the network that Bradley Siegel, then-president of Turner Entertainment Networks, explained had emerged through extensive focus group research with frequent TNT viewers. The slogan emphasized

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8122-522: The channel's new focus on dramatic programming, including sports and off-network syndicated dramas such as Law & Order , NYPD Blue , ER and Judging Amy . On January 1, 2003, TNT launched a substitute feed called TNT Plus , although it does not appear this was ever reflected in the channel's on-air identity. The apparent sole purpose of its establishment was to force renegotiations with subscription providers to increase carriage fees—with some multiple system operators suggesting that Turner

8253-449: The channel's schedule. On January 24, 2011, it was relaunched as a general entertainment channel with the addition of new television series to its lineup. In 2012, TNT was rebranded as tv2 . The Scandinavian TNT channel was originally launched by tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet as "Aftonbladet TV7" on October 9, 2006. Aftonbladet sold the channel in late 2007. In August 2008, it was sold once again to NonStop Television . On March 2, 2011,

8384-581: The channel. TNT HD Benelux offers a mix of comedies, movies and current television series (such as Falling Skies , Shameless and Memphis Beat ), as well as reruns of older series (such as ER , The West Wing and Smallville ). The channel launched in the Netherlands on January 24, 2013. It was later launched on SNOW and Belgacom TV in Belgium; however it stopped broadcasting in both countries on January 1, 2014. The Polish version of TNT

8515-425: The claim of decreased ratings (though the accuracy of this has been disputed) caused production company Lorimar to persuade both Patrick Duffy and Leonard Katzman to return. As season 9 came to a close, Katzman was on board to return as showrunner for the following season and the season finale saw Patrick Duffy inexplicably resurface on screen. As of the season 10 premiere, there was another major overhaul of

8646-518: The contract with the PGA of America ended—after which ESPN assumed the rights. TNT's golf coverage has since been limited to The Match —a series of charity match play events organized by Turner Sports that are simulcast across the Turner channels. In 2003 , TNT took over the rights to broadcast the Thursday and Friday rounds of The Open Championship , as well as the rights to weekday rounds of

8777-528: The contract, TNT held the cable rights for the second half of the Winston Cup Series and Busch Series seasons, carrying races not aired by NBC; the broadcasts shared their on-air production and talent with NBC's broadcasts. When the contract expired in 2006, NBC declined to bid on the next package. TNT would join Fox and new rightsholder ESPN as part of the next round of broadcast rights, retaining

8908-404: The crew, with Leonard Katzman not only returning to the production side of the show but also getting promoted to executive producer, reportedly on the condition that he would get "total authority" of the show, while Philip Capice and most of the season 9 staff left the production. Alongside Katzman, David Paulsen was brought back as the show's new producer, while the position as supervising producer

9039-566: The day on weekends. Beginning in 1997, TNT broadcast a 24-hour marathon of the 1983 comedy film A Christmas Story from the evening of Christmas Eve to the evening of Christmas Day . The marathon also runs on its sister channel TBS beginning in 2004, when the annual event became exclusive to that channel and it still does now along with TNT airing it again at the same time starting in 2014 together on both networks. Beginning one hour early on TBS, one hour later on TNT and ending one hour early on TBS and one hour later on TNT. Each weekend, TNT airs

9170-604: The distinction as the flagship program of the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from WCW Saturday Night , ran on TBS until 2000. At one point, Monday Nitro was regularly the highest- rated weekly program on cable television. The program beat Monday Night Raw , the flagship show of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now the WWE or World Wrestling Entertainment), in the ratings for 83 consecutive weeks from 1996 to 1998. However, by early 1999,

9301-631: The end of season 2, in order to focus on the production of spin-off Knots Landing . The executive producers of Dallas in the first 3 seasons were Philip Capice and Lee Rich . During the first 8 seasons of the show, Dallas ' s production team remained basically intact (the main exception being Rich's leaving after season 3 ). After Lee Rich's departure, Philip Capice served as the sole executive producer, Leonard Katzman as producer and showrunner, Cliff Fenneman as associate producer, and Arthur Bernard Lewis as executive story editor /supervising producer. And, although 25 writers contributed with scripts,

9432-633: The facilities for CNN Headline News from its launch as CNN2 in January 1982 until it and parent network CNN moved their operations into the CNN Center downtown in 1987. Turner Entertainment Networks president Gerald Hogan stated around the time of its launch that TNT would eventually become "the first cable network to directly challenge the three broadcast networks," through the production of original programming that would be of "a quality level equal to and [..] significantly better" than programs carried on

9563-737: The film was set and had its premiere held in Atlanta , Turner's hometown and the headquarters of the channel's corporate parent, Turner Broadcasting System. TNT was initially a vehicle for older movies and television shows to which Turner either already held rights or acquired specifically for the channel; these films made up the majority of TNT's programming during its first six years of operation. The initial schedule also consisted of animated and live-action children's programs (airing Sunday through Fridays from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time and Monday through Saturdays from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time), with western series on Saturday mornings and

9694-445: The final episodes of season 11 , only to leave again two years later for Europe. On both occasions, Charlene Tilton 's axing was a decision made by the creative team, who had difficulties creating storylines for her. Sue Ellen left in the season 12 finale , moving to London with her new husband, film director Don Lockwood (guest star Ian McShane ). While Linda Gray was let go by the same budget cuts that ended Steve Kanaly's run on

9825-449: The final two years. Lakin spent seasons 13 and 14 as supervising producer. Mitchell Wayne Katzman was promoted to co-producer as of season 12, while Frank Katzman (the other son of Leonard Katzman) and John Rettino (Leonard Katzman's son-in-law), served as associate producers during seasons 13 and 14. Additionally, Katzman's PA Louella Lee Caraway was credited as executive coordinator for the final three seasons. The final major addition to

9956-403: The first 11 episodes of season 7 , as she had a period of rest and recuperation following the surgery. After the season 7 finale, Bel Geddes left Dallas entirely after disagreements over her workload and salary in the period following her heart surgery. The role of Miss Ellie was then recast with Donna Reed for season 8 , with Reed signing a 3-year contract. Bel Geddes was asked to return for

10087-583: The first and the final episode of the original five-part miniseries ( season 1 ), with the other three episodes being written by Arthur Bernard Lewis , Camille Marchetta and Virginia Aldrige. While Aldrige did not return to the series again and Marchetta left during season 4 , Lewis grew to be one of Dallas's most influential writers. Leonard Katzman had been a part of season 1 as producer, and during season 2 his influence increased, as he began writing and directing episodes. Series creator David Jacobs left his day-to-day duties as executive story consultant at

10218-487: The first episode of season 3 . David Wayne received guest star billing as Willard "Digger" Barnes . Further on in the series, several new characters were added as the original actors departed the series: For season 5 , after guest starring since season 2 , Susan Howard joined the main cast as Donna Culver Krebbs , politician and widow of a former Texas governor, who becomes Ray's first wife and mother to his daughter Margaret. Season 8 saw Howard Keel promoted to

10349-570: The first episode. The series is largely set in Dallas, Texas , and fictional Braddock County, where the Southfork Ranch is located. The backstory was that, in the 1930s, wildcatter John Ross "Jock" Ewing ( Jim Davis ) had allegedly cheated his one-time partner, Willard "Digger" Barnes ( David Wayne / Keenan Wynn ), out of his share of their company Ewing Oil , and married Digger's only love, Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Southworth ( Barbara Bel Geddes / Donna Reed ). In contrast to Jock, Miss Ellie came from

10480-455: The first half of each season until 1997 . Abiding by NFL broadcasting rules, TNT distributed its game telecasts to broadcast television stations in the local markets of the teams playing in that week's game. European, Middle Eastern, African, Australian, Latin American and Asian versions of TNT were launched in the middle of 1990s, which were exclusively dedicated to movies, mainly from

10611-571: The first two seasons before her character was killed off. By the end of the series, only three of the series' original characters (J.R., Bobby, and Cliff) were left in Dallas, the others having either died or left town. Jock Ewing was the first main character to depart the series, as Jock died offscreen in a mysterious helicopter crash in South America, during season 5 . Actor Jim Davis , who played Jock, had died just after production had completed on season 4 in 1981. Bobby Ewing's death in

10742-583: The flagship U.S. channel was using at the time. No version or feed for TNT exists in Canada though some of its programming is aired on Bell Media channels such as CTV Drama Channel and TSN . Regional versions of TNT were launched in Latin America in 1991; the channel mostly shows films, along with a few series. All programs used to be presented subbed in Spanish and Portuguese , until 2015, when

10873-511: The following night at the same time (both halves were repeated at 11:00 p.m. Eastern on their respective nights), with the film then being shown in its entirety that Sunday. It was said that Gone with the Wind was chosen as the channel's inaugural program because it was Turner's favorite movie. ( Gone with the Wind would also serve as the first program aired on sister channel Turner Classic Movies , when it debuted in April 1994.) Incidentally,

11004-598: The founder of Ewing Oil and head of the Ewing family; Patrick Duffy as their youngest son, Bobby ; Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing , the daughter of the rival Barnes family whom Bobby brings home as his wife in the pilot episode; Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing , the oldest son, who strongly objects to his new sister-in-law; and Charlene Tilton as Lucy , Bobby's. J.R's. and Ray's teenage niece, who adores Bobby, Ray but resents J.R. for disposing of her parents in order for her to be raised by "true Ewings". Not receiving top billing during season 1, although appearing in

11135-517: The game moves fully to TBS (due to this, TNT's schedule in early-to-mid October is usually made up of little original content). In the 2011 and 2012 playoffs , it carried seven pre-scheduled Division Series games in full before Major League Baseball decided to use MLB Network in future years in a shift of scheduling to allow more night game carriage. In 2001, TNT began presenting NASCAR coverage , as part of NASCAR 's first unified television rights deal (where television rights were centralized with

11266-427: The heavy censorship of the featured movies. This running joke culminated in a Friday the 13th all-night Halloween marathon in 1998, where it was implied that Ted Turner was out to kill him. Into the 1990s, TNT continued to air cartoons from the Turner library, such as The Flintstones , Scooby-Doo , Dexter's Laboratory , and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as part of a daily block called TNT Toons ;

11397-464: The inaugural season of its contractual rights. (TBS SuperStation/WTBS, in acquiring exclusivity for the Hawks, expanded its schedule to include 25 away games through the acquisition of Atlanta rival WGNX [now CBS affiliate WANF ]'s partial Hawks telecast rights.) In the early 1990s, some Hawks game telecasts shown on TNT and TBS were blacked out within 35 miles of the home team's arena. This restriction

11528-490: The intention of settling down. Although Jock warmed to Valene and supported Gary's fledgling family, J.R. pressured Gary into alcoholism by landing him with bad business deals that caused him to flee Southfork. With Gary gone, J.R. persecuted Valene until she left the ranch and the state, leaving Lucy to be raised by her grandparents. During the first episodes of the series, teenage Lucy is seen sleeping with ranch foreman Ray Krebbs ( Steve Kanaly ). Later, in season 4 , Ray

11659-479: The late 1970s. Hagman later denied any involvement in Rambo's dismissal from Dallas . Pamela was severely burned after driving a car into an oil tanker, which then exploded into flames, in the season 10 finale in 1987. During season 11 , Pam disappeared after her half-sister Katherine was seen around the hospital, with Pam seemingly leaving Bobby and Christopher due to her unwillingness to let them see her in such

11790-479: The launch of Turner Classic Movies, TNT's film lineup has shifted away from classic films outside of special airings of films such as The Wizard of Oz (which has been aired recently since 2014) in December many times in a row on certain days every year either before or close to Christmas time. The Wizard of Oz had also used to be aired on TNT in the past for several years in November close to Thanksgiving time

11921-561: The launch of Turner Network Television (TNT)—his fifth basic cable network venture, following SuperStation TBS, CNN, Headline News (now HLN ) and the short-lived Cable Music Channel —in a keynote address at the opening day of the Atlantic Cable Show in Atlantic City, New Jersey , stating that the channel would center around major television events. Turner originally estimated that TNT would be offered to cable systems at

12052-644: The launch of the channel in 1988, the Turner Network Television name had been utilized by the Turner Broadcasting System for an ad hoc syndication service which produced and distributed various sporting events for carriage on Turner's Atlanta, Georgia superstation WTBS (channel 17, now WPCH-TV , which was separated from its national cable feed, TBS , in October 2007) as well as broadcast television stations throughout

12183-655: The main cast: Academy Award winner George Kennedy as Carter McKay , who buys Ray's ranch and eventually becomes the head of Ewing Oil rival WestStar; Cathy Podewell as the young and naïve Cally Harper Ewing , J.R.'s second wife, whom he married to escape false rape charges; Sasha Mitchell as J.R.'s illegitimate firstborn son, James Beaumont ; Kimberly Foster as April's devious sister Michelle Stevens , who marries both James and Cliff Barnes; and finally Lesley-Anne Down as PR woman Stephanie Rogers . While Kennedy and Podewell had appeared regularly throughout season 12 , Mitchell, Foster and Down's characters were all new to

12314-497: The major American broadcast television networks; as such, the channel slowly began to add original programming and newer reruns within two years of its launch. The channel debuted its first original made-for-TV film on March 8, 1989, when TNT premiered Nightbreaker , an Arms Race -era drama starring Martin Sheen (who also co-produced the film) and Emilio Estevez . In September 1995, TNT debuted WCW Monday Nitro , which assumed

12445-460: The major broadcast networks. Original programs currently seen on TNT as of 2022 include Animal Kingdom and Snowpiercer . The channel's daytime, overnight and Saturday morning schedule is heavily dominated by reruns of current and former network police procedural series such as Castle , Bones and TNT mainstay Law & Order , while its weekday morning schedule focuses on sci-fi, supernatural and fantasy series. Feature films have been

12576-411: The majority of the episodes, were Linda Gray as Sue Ellen , J.R.'s long-suffering, alcoholic wife; Steve Kanaly as Pam's ex-boyfriend Ray Krebbs , a Southfork ranch hand who would later turn out to be Jock's illegitimate son; and Ken Kercheval as Pam's brother Cliff Barnes , J.R.'s archrival. Gray and Kanaly were promoted to the regular cast as of the first episode of season 2 and Kercheval as of

12707-418: The marriage of Bobby Ewing and Pam Ewing , whose families were sworn enemies. As the series progressed, Bobby's elder brother, oil tycoon J. R. Ewing , became the show's breakout character , whose schemes and dirty business became the show's trademark. When the show ended on May 3, 1991, J. R. was the only character to have appeared in every episode. The show was prominent for its cliffhangers , including

12838-493: The merger of Time Inc. and Warner Bros. corporate parent Warner Communications —reached an agreement to acquire the Turner Broadcasting System and its associated properties (including TNT, TBS, CNN, Headline News and Cartoon Network as well as Turner Entertainment ) for $ 7.5 billion; the deal would also expand Time Warner Entertainment's pay television holdings, as it had owned HBO and sister premium service Cinemax as well as cable television provider Time Warner Cable since

12969-502: The merger on February 15, 2017; however, on February 28, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that his agency will not review the deal, leaving the review to the U.S. Department of Justice . On November 20, 2017, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against AT&T and Time Warner in an attempt to block the merger, citing antitrust concerns surrounding the transaction. The proposed merger—which had already been approved by

13100-504: The next five Marvel Studios movies starting with Avengers: Age of Ultron . In 2016, TNT changed its logo after 15 years. On October 22, 2016, AT&T announced an offer to acquire Time Warner for $ 108.7 billion, including debt it would assume from the latter; the merger would bring Time Warner's various media properties, including TBS, under the same corporate umbrella as AT&T's telecommunications holdings, including satellite provider DirecTV . Time Warner shareholders approved

13231-438: The one most commonly cited since it was one of the first channels to offer such a simulcast. The nonlinear stretching process leaves objects in the center of the screen with approximately their original aspect ratio ; objects at the left and right edges are distorted. All HD programs are broadcast in 5.1 surround sound . TNT currently airs a mix of original drama and reality series , and reruns of dramas that originally aired on

13362-435: The option of substituting a superstation (other than SuperStation TBS) or other out-of-market television station for TNT upon launch without incurring any copyright liabilities for carriage of the distant signal for the second half of 1988. However, the proposed launch date, originally slated for July 1 of that year, was delayed because it would have presented several issues, including obtaining channel clearances and assembling

13493-487: The original English language audio track and one with a German-dubbed soundtrack. In June 2009, the German version of TCM was relaunched as TNT Film. TNT also has a comedy channel which shows 2 Broke Girls , Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory . TNT Comedy also maintains two audio channels: TNT Serie, TNT Comedy and TNT Film both launched high definition simulcast feeds in the fall of 2010. On June 14, 2021, it

13624-412: The producers had told her that her character had run its course. As season 11 ended, Ray sold his ranch to Carter McKay and left Dallas for Switzerland with Jenna and Lucas, Charlie having already moved there to attend a finishing school . Ray returned for five episodes in the early period of season 12 . Lucy Ewing , who had left with husband Mitch at the end of season 8 , returned to Southfork in

13755-480: The program began to lose viewers to Raw , which became the highest-rated wrestling program on television due to its use of more adult-like storylines . On March 23, 2001, the WWF acquired most of the assets of WCW, which had been up for sale since late 2000; Monday Nitro aired its last episode three days later. On September 22, 1995, Time Warner Entertainment —a New York City -based media company formed in 1989 through

13886-545: The range of $ 175 million to $ 200 million by 2000. That year, TNT took over production of the fifth and final season of Babylon 5 from the Prime Time Entertainment Network after the ad hoc syndication block ceased operations. The following year, TNT produced the Babylon 5 spinoff series Crusade , which was canceled after 13 episodes, as TNT management decided that science fiction did not fit

14017-475: The renamed parent company WarnerMedia . The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington unanimously upheld the lower court's ruling in favor of AT&T on February 26, 2019. On March 4, 2019, WarnerMedia underwent a major reorganization of its broadcasting assets, in which Turner Broadcasting would effectively be dissolved, and WarnerMedia's television properties would be divided among three divisions within

14148-466: The role was permanently taken over by Presley in season 7 . Donna Reed also joined the main cast during season 8 , temporarily portraying Miss Ellie until Barbara Bel Geddes returned in the following year. Dack Rambo , portraying wandering cousin Jack Ewing , was promoted to regular status for season 10 , after having appeared regularly since the end of season 8 . However, he was written out of

14279-632: The script for one of the season 9 episodes, had sided with Philip Capice, and was opposed to the idea of annulling the events of season 9. While she returned to write another episode for season 10, she left the show, both as a writer and as a cast member, at the end of the season. During the final four years of the show, Leonard Katzman remained showrunner, with series star Larry Hagman joining him as executive producer (beginning with season 12 ) and Ken Horton as co-executive producer (as of season 13 ). Supervising producer Calvin Clements Jr. left

14410-489: The season to build a new life, with a new boyfriend and her and J.R.'s newborn son; Liz Adams broke her engagement to Cliff and left near the end of the season, and James Beaumont left the show a couple of episodes prior to the series finale, to start a new life on the east coast with his newly discovered toddler son Jimmy, and Jimmy's mother Debra Lynn (guest star Deborah Tucker ). As the series concluded, Carter McKay stayed put at WestStar, as powerful as ever; Michelle Stevens

14541-735: The series when they joined the regular cast. Finally, for the 14th and final season , after guest starring in the last episodes of season 13 , Barbara Stock joined the cast as Cliff's fiancée Liz Adams . During its 14-year run, Dallas saw several actors appearing in supporting roles. The most notable include: Longtime child characters include J.R. and Sue Ellen's son John Ross Ewing III (portrayed for seasons 4–6 by Tyler Banks, and for seasons 7–14 by Omri Katz ); Bobby and Pam's adopted son Christopher Ewing (portrayed by Eric Farlow for seasons 6–8, and by Joshua Harris for seasons 9–14), and Jenna's daughter Charlotte "Charlie" Wade ( Shalane McCall , seasons 7–11, also played by Laurie Lynn Myers for

14672-453: The show after season 10 , and was replaced for seasons 11 and 12 by the returning Arthur Bernard Lewis, who remained a writer on the show until its end. Lewis was thus reuniting with Leonard Katzman and David Paulsen. However, Paulsen left Dallas at the end of the 11th season (to join rival soap Dynasty ), and was replaced as the show's producer first by Howard Lakin for season 12, and then by longtime associate producer Cliff Fenneman for

14803-571: The show at the end of season 8 . Although Katzman was to continue writing for the show during season 9 and also acted during this season as "creative consultant" (which meant he was sent copies of all scripts and asked to give his input), Capice decided to bring in a new production team: joining him and associate producer Cliff Fenneman were James H. Brown as producer and Peter Dunne as supervising producer/showrunner, executive story consultant Joel J. Feigenbaum, and story editors Hollace White and Stephanie Garman. However, increased production costs and

14934-424: The show midway through the tenth season. Jack's sister Jamie Ewing Jenilee Harrison appeared in season 8. Jack's ex-wife April Stevens Ewing , played by Sheree J. Wilson , first appeared during seasons 10 and 11 , before being promoted to a main character for season 12 . Originally a scheming character, April eventually became Bobby's second wife after his divorce from Pam. Season 13 saw several additions to

15065-582: The show, Sue Ellen's exit has since been described by Gray as a mutual decision by her and Leonard Katzman , agreeing that the character "had come more than full circle". Stephanie Rogers was let go as Cliff's PR representative at the end of season 13 , making actress Lesley-Anne Down the most short-lived member of the regular cast, appearing in 8 episodes and being on the opening title sequence in 13 episodes. Barbara Bel Geddes had quadruple heart bypass surgery on March 15, 1983, just days after finishing her last scenes on season 6 . Bel Geddes then missed

15196-648: The staff was Lisa Seidman , who joined the show as executive story consultant for the final two seasons. The pilot season was shot entirely on location in Dallas, Texas , and at the Cloyce Box Ranch in Frisco, Texas . Later, most interiors for the show were shot at the MGM Studios in Culver City, California (which was purchased outright by Lorimar in 1986), with some exteriors being shot at

15327-475: The star cast after appearing since season 4 as wealthy, occasionally hot-tempered rancher Clayton Farlow , Miss Ellie's husband following Jock's death, and of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley as Bobby's teenage sweetheart Jenna Wade , who gives birth to Bobby's only biological child, Lucas, and eventually becomes Ray's second wife. Jenna had previously been played by Morgan Fairchild for a season 2 episode, and Francine Tacker for two episodes in season 3 before

15458-610: The start of season 9 , a request to which Bel Geddes agreed, resulting in a high-profile public relations debacle that left Reed infuriated and in litigation with the series producers, who eventually made Reed a $ 1 million out-of-court settlement. Reed died unexpectedly of pancreatic cancer a few months later, in January 1986. Miss Ellie remained on the show until near the end of season 13 , when she and Clayton left Dallas, deciding to travel around Far East Asia before eventually settling in Europe near Ray and Jenna. Following her exit from Dallas in 1990, Bel Geddes retired from acting. When

15589-517: The time was the largest media company in the world. The channel was also known for its late night programming. One such program was MonsterVision , a Saturday night B movie showcase that aired from 1991 to 2000. Often the series had special themes, such as "Godzilla Bash '94," an all-day marathon of movies from the Godzilla franchise. Penn & Teller served as occasional guest hosts during its early years; and in 1996, MonsterVision found

15720-418: The trio of Katzman, Lewis and David Paulsen wrote nearly two-thirds of the episodes during these first eight seasons. Paulsen had joined the show during the season 4 and was promoted to story editor for season 6 . Notably, the three of them wrote every episode but two during seasons 7 and 8 . Creative conflicts between executive producer Philip Capice and producer Leonard Katzman led to Katzman leaving

15851-595: The unanswered question whether or not he killed himself. Series creator David Jacobs 's partner Michael Filerman suggested Dallas as the name for the show. Jacobs knew nothing about the city other than the Kennedy assassination and the Dallas Cowboys ; only after visiting the state to prepare for filming did he realize that the show should be called Houston as the petroleum industry is much more important there, while Dallas has banking and insurance. He wrote

15982-416: Was aired, neither the producers nor the network were hopeful that it would continue beyond these five episodes and had no plans for expansion. It was shown in a late Sunday night time-slot, known for low ratings. However, the miniseries proved popular enough to be turned into a regular series and broadcast for 13 full seasons from September 23, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The five pilot episodes, originally considered

16113-560: Was announced that TNT would be rebranding their channels into Warner TV from September 25, 2021. The TNT brand returned to the Spanish market in the summer of 2007, when it launched exclusively on the pay television platform Digital+ . As of 2012 , TNT is available on several subscription providers in Spain. TNT España is divided into two blocks: one exclusively carrying movies and another exclusively carrying television series (such as The Vampire Diaries , The Big Bang Theory , Two and

16244-411: Was dropped in 2000, allowing TNT the right to be the exclusive broadcaster of any game it chose to carry. TNT had regularly broadcast NBA games on multiple Tuesday nights until the 2002–03 season and again since 2021. The weekly telecasts were then moved to Thursday nights in 2003–04 season until 2021 in which it moved back to Tuesday nights, when TBS was opted out of rights to NBA coverage as

16375-485: Was frequently at odds with Bobby, who had the morals and integrity that J.R. lacked. Middle son Gary was Miss Ellie's favorite as he displayed Southworth traits; however, Gary had been in conflict with both Jock and J.R. since childhood and was dismissed as a weak link. At 17, Gary secretly met and married 15-year-old waitress Valene Clements ( Joan Van Ark ), producing the first Ewing grandchild - petite and saucy Lucy ( Charlene Tilton ) - before returning to Southfork with

16506-419: Was left heartbroken and humiliated, alone in the ranch she had bought from McKay hoping to live there with James; Cliff Barnes was once and for all the sole owner of Ewing Oil, and Bobby Ewing, now owner of Southfork, was finally able to find closure after April's death. J.R., however, having lost both Ewing Oil and Southfork, as well as being abandoned by his sons, was at the end of his rope; the series ended with

16637-422: Was offered to newcomer Calvin Clements Jr. and Cliff Fenneman remained associate producer. A new writing staff was hired to work alongside the producers, including Katzman's son Mitchell Wayne Katzman as story editor and Leah Markus as story consultant. Markus left after two years, while the others remained until the show's end. Scriptwise, Patrick Duffy 's return was explained by having the entire season 9 being

16768-635: Was reduced to the exhibition games amid lawsuits filed by the National Football League against Turner Broadcasting and the NFLPA union.) The TNT syndication service also produced and distributed the first Goodwill Games —organized by Ted Turner himself, in response to the Olympic boycotts involving the United States and the Soviet Union of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics —in 1986 . On October 6, 1987, Ted Turner announced

16899-531: Was removed as general manager for TBS, TNT, and TruTV; the channels are now overseen by Kathleen Finch as head of U.S. Networks. TNT HD is a high definition simulcast feed of TNT, which broadcasts at a picture resolution of 1080i ; the HD feed launched on May 21, 2004, inaugurated with the network's coverage of Game 1 of the 2004 NBA Western Conference finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and

17030-469: Was revealed as Lucy's uncle, an illegitimate son of Jock's through an extramarital affair during World War II . Unhappy with his small, one-dimensional role, Kanaly had considered leaving the show; to add depth to the Ray character, Hagman suggested that the writers create a plot wherein Ray becomes half-brother to J.R., Gary, and Bobby, noting his resemblance to Davis. The episodes where Ray and his niece Lucy had

17161-526: Was seeking a 10% increase in subscriber fees for the channel—to help pay for TNT's new NBA and NASCAR contracts well before the channel's distribution agreements with providers were scheduled to come up for renewal. In theory, TNT Plus was to have been the sole carrier of Turner's NBA and NASCAR coverage from that point forward, while any providers still carrying the original TNT would have seen replacement programming instead. Although it appears that Comcast did not immediately sign on to carry TNT Plus, there

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