List of Dallas (1978 TV series) episodes

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Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. The show was famous for its cliffhangers, including the "Who shot J.R.?" mystery and the "Dream Season".

Contents

The original miniseries (consisting of five episodes) from 1978 is now presented as "Season 1" in keeping with the initial release on DVD in 2004, although originally Season 1 officially began with the episode that aired on September 23, 1978. This article has been reformatted to list episodes by the current convention rather than original designation. Over its fourteen seasons, 357 episodes and four made-for-television movies and reunion specials aired.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRank [1] Viewers
(in ratings points)
First airedLast aired
1 5April 2, 1978 (1978-04-02)April 30, 1978 (1978-04-30)42 [2] 19.0
2 24September 23, 1978 (1978-09-23)April 6, 1979 (1979-04-06) [3] 40 [4] 18.4
3 25September 21, 1979 (1979-09-21)March 21, 1980 (1980-03-21)619.1
4 23November 7, 1980 (1980-11-07)May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01)127.6
5 26October 9, 1981 (1981-10-09)April 9, 1982 (1982-04-09)123.2
6 28October 1, 1982 (1982-10-01)May 6, 1983 (1983-05-06)220.5
7 30September 30, 1983 (1983-09-30)May 18, 1984 (1984-05-18)121.5
8 30September 28, 1984 (1984-09-28)May 17, 1985 (1985-05-17)220.97
9 31September 27, 1985 (1985-09-27)May 16, 1986 (1986-05-16)618.8
10 29September 26, 1986 (1986-09-26)May 15, 1987 (1987-05-15)1118.6
11 30September 25, 1987 (1987-09-25)May 13, 1988 (1988-05-13)2115.2
12 26October 28, 1988 (1988-10-28)May 19, 1989 (1989-05-19)3013.9
13 27September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22)May 11, 1990 (1990-05-11)43
14 23November 2, 1990 (1990-11-02)May 3, 1991 (1991-05-03)61

Episodes

Season 1 (1978)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal U.S. air dateOriginal U.K. air dateRating/share
(households)
11"Digger's Daughter" Robert Day David Jacobs April 2, 1978 (1978-04-02)September 5, 197821.5/37 [5]
Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) and Pamela Barnes Ewing (Victoria Principal) reveal to their families that they are married. This renews the longtime rivalry between the Ewings and the Barneses. J.R. (Larry Hagman) attempts to break up Bobby and Pam by recruiting her former flame: the Ewings' ranch foreman, Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly).
22"The Lesson" Irving J. Moore Virginia AldrigeApril 9, 1978 (1978-04-09)September 12, 197815.2/26 [6]
Pam attempts to win acceptance at Southfork by intervening in Lucy's life when she discovers Lucy has been skipping school and having an affair with Ray Krebbs.
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212.512.812.914.316.115.117.415.521.016.217.721.922.125.719.619.918.621.721.117.121.219.223.523.918.4
321.121.918.521.223.826.325.922.328.928.923.224.225.726.626.527.028.727.228.631.125.423.027.125.732.725.0
438.240.035.753.334.037.335.833.836.133.933.436.434.831.630.634.830.232.332.130.030.031.332.933.4
531.928.426.124.927.429.129.428.827.028.527.429.332.131.131.128.428.427.529.930.028.427.026.928.029.127.928.4
622.523.120.624.828.324.424.725.121.528.326.226.218.325.726.626.824.018.525.825.425.127.725.025.125.624.022.824.424.6
727.523.721.625.324.026.826.727.525.326.627.325.824.825.424.226.226.326.725.326.026.125.726.824.426.026.324.923.824.426.025.6
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1026.526.521.619.522.120.320.521.623.721.521.121.920.821.221.823.122.321.221.619.519.519.618.619.220.018.618.818.321.521.1
1116.916.917.020.217.718.216.917.317.315.715.716.715.914.717.616.817.218.617.517.116.616.315.314.616.216.216.815.615.617.316.7
1225.323.120.421.622.321.820.822.620.923.223.323.522.322.925.925.923.019.419.020.520.420.819.019.018.819.621.7
1318.218.217.517.517.918.918.017.717.718.118.420.518.918.918.417.918.317.217.615.015.417.415.616.816.217.117.317.7
1417.215.215.215.215.314.914.814.616.816.514.415.116.114.914.312.914.814.616.116.116.833.333.316.9
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research [359]

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