TNT, current owners of the former prime time soap opera Dallas, have optioned a new series of the show featuring the children of the original characters (essentially Dallas: The Next Generation). Originally starting as a mini-series in 1978, it ran for 13 seasons until its final episode in 1991. The show was about greedy oil baron JR Ewing (played by Larry Hagman of I Dream of Jeannie) and followed all the scandal and intrigue of his schemes and the people in his life closest to him. As a result, we received such memorable moments as the year-long mystery of who shot JR (which also led to the concept of ending seasons on a cliffhanger) and the infamous "dream season" (Bobby Ewing, played by Patrick Duffy, was killed in season 7 and brought back at the end of season 8 by saying the entire season was his wife's dream).
Now, the series is back 13 years later (the show is slated to premier in 2012) and is just the latest in a long line of resurrected franchises over the last few years. It does pose an interesting question: does this trend signify that nothing new is good so they need to bring back all the old stuff, or that they are literally finally out of new and original ideas in Hollywood? Share your thoughts on this!
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