Next week, TNT’s Dallas will complete its third season — the first full one without JR Ewing. How’s the TV show done in the ratings? Will it be renewed for a fourth season or will it be cancelled instead?
Airing on Monday nights, Dallas continues to follow the machinations of the dysfunctional and powerful Ewing clan. The cast includes Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster, Julie Gonzalo, Brenda Strong, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Mitch Pileggi, Emma Bell, Kuno Becker, and Juan Pablo Di Pace.
The third season began airing in late February and the first episode was down by 11% when compared to the second season opener. That was a reasonable decline but then the second installment dropped by 27%. The numbers dropped even lower as the season progressed.
Year-to-year, Dallas is down by 26% in viewership and down by 38% in the 18-49 demographic. It’s one of TNT’s lowest-rated scripted series and that’s not a good sign for the show’s future prospects. It also has a large cast so that means it’s not a cheap series either.
On the positive side, there’s some financial incentive to keep the show going. Dallas is produced by Warner Horizon Television which, like TNT, is part of the Time Warner corporation. Also, at the end of season three, there will only be 40 episodes. That’s not enough for a syndication package so if the execs are on the fence about whether to renew or cancel, that could work in the show’s favor.
I suspect that TNT will renew Dallas for a fourth season but, with ratings like these, the show could certainly be cancelled.
But, what do you think? Have you grown tired of the new Dallas TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a fourth season?
Update: TNT has cancelled Dallas after three seasons. Details here.
Please renew. Or at least have a special to tie up loose ends.
Blood & Oil give me a break this is your substitute for DALLAS. This is a JOKE!! NO DALLAS FAN A TRULY DIE HARD DALLAS FAN WILL NOT WATCH THIS “GARBAGE” blood and oil. This GARBAGE is NO way similar to OUR DALLAS at all. WASH your mouth out with SOAP. There is NO show that will EVER take THE PLACE of this ICON OF A SHOW!!
JUST BRING THE DAMN SHOW BACK “DALLAS” STOP THE GAME PLAYING. ARE YOU GOING TO BRING BACK “DALLAS” OR NOT.
BRING “DALLAS” BACK AND STOP THIS GAME YOU ARE PLAYING WITH US.
I can’t believe ABC has Blood & Oil and CBS couldn’t pickup Dallas! It had a rich history and was more grounded and the characters were awesome! They left so many good cliffhangers too. So disappointing.
I totally agree with you. The first time I saw the preview for Blood and Oil, I said this show is similar to Dallas. I wish they could see how Dallas was such a great show. I so hope it comes back someday soon. TNT made such a huge mistake cancelling Dallas. I loved it.
Hopefully another station will bring it back…I still have faith.
By no means am I a huge drama soap opera type show fan give me a baseball or football game & I good to go, but I have to be honest I really enjoyed the new Dallas series watched all 3 seasons and am astonished that its been cancelled. The original 80’s version was huge when I was a kid. (probably was a bit young to be watching it) I can still remember Friday nights at my grandmother’s house JR, Bobby, Cliff and the crew go at it. My grandmother has since passed and watching the new version just brought… Read more »
I want dallas back on the tv you keep shows that are no good on the tv and take good ones like DALLAS off the tv whats the hell is going on
I just watched all The DALLAS series on Netflix my grand-daughter so enjoyed. We want to see just HOW MUCH WORSE JOHN ROSS WILL BE THAN HIS DAD John Ross last words to Bobby Ewing.
This is TOTALLY crazy!!!!! Finally, they bring back the best t.v. show ever and with the main top characters from the older show and you cancel it on the 4th season because the ratings supposedly dropped? I would have done season 4 if for nothing else a proper ending of the show and not let all the millions of fans just hanging! I had always dreamed of Dallas coming back on and it finally did!! This is a shame! I really hope that whoever is in charge of this cancelling of the show reconsiders it and at the very least… Read more »
I miss dallas so much
Absolutely bring Dallas back!!!!
I love the new Dallas it should be brought back!!! Are you crazy to have canceled it!! BRING BACK DALLAS
Bring it back. Was a great show!!!
do you all cancel a show that its clean and you can actually watch it with your kids and run shows that are so dirty and annoying to watch i shall say trash please bring DALLAS back
What is the problem with you people. You leave ALL THE DALLAS FANS “HANGING”. We want to know whose baby Elenena is having what will J.R JR will do just to show all just how BAD he really is. COME ON WHAT GAME ARE YOU PLAYING WITH ALL THE DALLAS FANS. YES YOU WILL OR NO YOU WON’T. “STOP” PLAYING YOUR GAME.
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been and avid FAN since day 1 !. My Grand-daughter LOVES this NEW GENERATION. She is 12 and she is SO DISTRAUGHT ABOUT THIS WHOLE CANCELLED IDEA. HOW AWFUL SHE SAID. We of course miss J.R. Whom my grand-daughter SO LOVED. But now she wants to see just how BAD JOHN ROSS will be. “PLEASE DON’T CANCEL”. 🙁
AGREE TOTALLY
I LOVE new Dallas. Please, please bring it back.
DALLAS is THE SHOW. It makes NO sense to STOP the show NOT knowing who Elena’s father is to her unborn child. HOW do you STOP this AWESOME SHOW with this HUGE CLIFF HANGAR. YOU GUYS ARE SOOOO WRONG FOR DOING THIS.
I’ve watched Dallas from the beginning. Loved the new Series. I am very sad that it has been cancelled. Yes I would watch it on other channels if it were picked up by another channel. Please bring it back.
So sad that it’s been cancelled please bring it back!
Agree with you! I Really Love to dallas so much