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Series creator David Jacobs had initially envisioned a drama show revolving around the lives of four couples. However, CBS wanted something more glitzy and saga-like, leading Jacobs to create Dallas instead. Knots Landing premiered during Dallas’ third season in late 1979 but eventually drifted apart and never intervened with each other again.
Feb 12, 2017 · However, CBS wanted a "saga-like" show, resulting in Jacobs creating Dallas. When the series proved to be a hit, CBS reconsidered Jacobs's original idea, which evolved into Dallas spin-off series Knots Landing, premiering in late 1979.
Mar 28, 2021 · David Jacobs, creator of “Dallas” and “Knots Landing,” tells Tim Teeman about making J.R. mean, inventing the modern primetime soap, and why Dallas’ 2012 reboot “just didn’t work.”
Aug 22, 2023 · He went on to create Dallas and its spinoff Knots Landing, with the former bowing in 1978 on CBS. By its second season, Dallas was a certified smash, finishing the 1979-80 frame at No. 6...
Aug 22, 2023 · During one meeting, the CBS executive to whom Jacobs had pitched the show set in a cul-de-sac brought the treatment out of a desk drawer. He proposed that Jacobs turn it into a Dallas spinoff.
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Aug 23, 2023 · In the 1980s, Jacobs changed the face of US television with his work on Dallas as well as on its spin-off Knots Landing. Dallas started as a five-part miniseries in 1978, but went on to run...
Jacobs then created Dallas, which the network accepted and premiered in 1978. After Dallas became a hit, Jacobs was then able to adapt Knots Landing as a spin-off series by way of incorporating the characters of Gary and Valene Ewing who were first introduced in Dallas.
