Dallas (1978 TV series) season 9


The ninth season of the television series Dallas aired on CBS during the 1985–86 [United States network television schedule|1985–86 TV season]. As the entire season was annulled as a dream of the character Pamela Barnes Ewing in the season 10 premiere, it has since been referred to as the "Dream Year" or the "Dream Season".

Cast

Starring

In alphabetical order:
continues to appear, and Joshua Harris takes on the role as Christopher Ewing. Merete Van Kamp and George Chakiris appear in a major story arc, as does Solomon Smaniotto, but none of them will return beyond the season.

Crew

After years of only minor changes in the creative staff of the series, the ninth season sees several overhauls: while Philip Capice and Cliff Fenneman remain executive producer and associate producer respectively, James H. Brown replaces Leonard Katzman as producer, who is now the program's creative consultant. Peter Dunne as supervising producer replaces Katzman as showrunner, while Joel J. Feigenbaum as executive story consultant replaces David Paulsen, and Hollace White and Stephanie Garman join as story editors.
Among the three main writers for the two previous seasons, only Leonard Katzman returns for season nine. Other writers for the season are Peter Dunne, Will Lorin, and newcomers Joel J. Feigenbaum, Hollace White, Stephanie Garmin, Deanne Barkley, Bill Taub, and series star Susan Howard.

DVD release

Season nine of Dallas' was released by Warner Bros. Home Video, on a Region 1 DVD box set of four double-sided DVDs, on July 15, 2008. In addition to the 31 episodes, it also includes the featurette "Seasons of Change".

''Dallas: The Early Years''

On March 23, 1986, between the 26th and the 27th episode of the season, CBS aired the three-hour-long telefilm prequel Dallas: The Early Years, the only Dallas movie made during the series' original run. Written by series creator David Jacobs, the film was introduced by Larry Hagman as his character J.R., and starred David Marshall Grant, Dale Midkiff, and Molly Hagan as Digger Barnes, Jock Ewing, and Ellie Southworth, respectively. Taking place from 1933 to 1951, the film dealt with the creation of Ewing Oil and the origins of the Barnes-Ewing feud.

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General references

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