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.
i for one love the show, i grew up watching the orig as a kid. i didn’t think the show would be worth a darn once jr was no longer around but i for one think it is just as good because john ross sure is a lot like his daddy!!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Renew….this was one of the best seasons yet. It would be great to bring back some of the other older characters…
Best show ever! (Well, one of them :-)) I’m in the 18-49 range?!
I say keep it. It is nice to see the show and some familiar old faces. They needed a year to adjust the writing without JR. It is starting to find its groove. I think more advertising would help as well as considering making John Ross a little less of a train wreck. He needs to channel his father more. JR was the one you loved to hate. We need to see that in John Ross.
I watch every episode of the new Dallas on TNT, albeit I record it on DVR and watch later. I just don’t have time to watch the same night. I have problems here and there with the series, but, overall, I really enjoy it. Duffy, Gray, Gonzalo, Henderson and Judith Light (a hoot who comes closest to Hagman’s nearly funny type of evil as you can get) are all great.
I hope it comes back for season 4.
definitely renew! this reboot of dallas has been great and i’m surprised it hasn’t been doing better in the ratings. even without the presence of larry hagman the show is still good and I hope to see another season of it.
Please renew Dallas.
My family have been big fans of the original Dallas every since it started airing decades ago. I was too young to appreciate the original Dallas when it was airing on CBS. I became a fan after my mother passed away and started watching it in DVD format, and I have all the seasons. I had heard about Dallas being made into a movie for the big screen and was very skeptical about that. That idea seemed to get scrapped. Then I heard that Dallas was going to be revamped in modern times, with some of the original cast members,… Read more »
The show has performed perfectly!
I will never grow tired of Dallas! It is one of the best TV shows ever! Keep it going!
PLEASE do NOT cancel Dallas. It is one of my favorite TV shows! There are so many Dallas followers and it would be huge mistake to cancel this show. I’ve been a fan of the show from the start. The new actors/actresses are terrific and so is the original cast. It would be interesting if they brought Pam back. I feel the show can go on without JR even though he is missed. The show made it through the deaths of Jock and Miss Ellie so I feel the show must go on without JR.
Please make a season 4, I love Dallas
I’d like to see the show stay on the air. It has a few problems but it’s biggest issue has been a schedule that’s been all over the map. It has been a summer show, a winter show, a Wednesday night show and a Monday night show then this season was split in two having a short run in the winter and a short summer run. It needs consistently and I would suggest that the first season when it ran in the summer this competing with network reruns is better. So, that’s number one; fix the schedule chaos. Issue number… Read more »
Judith Light is fantastic I agree!!!!! She’s great and deserves more air time..and yes, drug stuff out oil stuff back in
Please don’t cancel Dallas. I love this show. You don’t know what is going to happen from one show to the next. It keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Love the show…. please do not cancel.. all my office loves it !!!