Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork was a 90-minute retrospective special celebrating the long-running primetime television series Dallas

Dallas (TV series)

Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...

 (1978-1991) which aired on CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 on Sunday November 7, 2004.

The special reunited original cast members Larry Hagman

Larry Hagman

Larry Martin Hagman is an American film and television actor, producer and director known for playing J.R. Ewing in the 1980s primetime television soap opera Dallas and Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson in the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Early life and career:Hagman was born in Fort Worth, Texas...

, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray

Linda Gray

Linda Ann Gray is an American actress, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing on the television prime-time soap opera Dallas.-Career:Prior to acting, Gray began working as a model in the 1960s...

, Steve Kanaly

Steve Kanaly

Steven Francis "Steve" Kanaly is an American actor, best known for his role as Ray Krebbs, foreman of the Southfork Ranch, on the television soap opera Dallas from 1978 to 1989. He reprised the role for the final episode of the series in 1991, and again for the made-for-TV reunion movie Dallas:...

, Ken Kercheval

Ken Kercheval

Ken Kercheval is an American actor, best known for his role as Cliff Barnes on the television series Dallas....

, Victoria Principal

Victoria Principal

Victoria Principal is an American actress, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the CBS nighttime drama Dallas from 1978 to 1987.-Early life:...

, Charlene Tilton

Charlene Tilton

Charlene L. Tilton is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Lucy Ewing in the television series Dallas.-Career:...

 and Mary Crosby

Mary Crosby

Mary Frances Crosby is an American actress. She is most often credited as simply Mary Crosby for her performances.-Early life:...

 at Southfork Ranch

Southfork Ranch

Southfork Ranch is a conference and event center located near Plano, Texas; it contains the Ewing Mansion, which was the setting for the 1978 - 1991 television series Dallas. The ranch is located at 3700 Hogge Drive in Parker, Texas.-History:...

 in Parker, Texas

Parker, Texas

Parker is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,379 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Parker is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land...

 to reminisce about their time together on the show, as well as special tributes to Jim Davis

Jim Davis (actor)

Jim Davis was an American actor, best known for his role as Jock Ewing in the CBS prime-time soap Dallas, a role which he held up until his death in April 1981.-Biography:...

 and Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes was an American actress, artist and children's author. She is best known for her role in the television drama series Dallas as matriarch Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing. Bel Geddes also starred in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in the role of Maggie...

, who was too ill to take part in the reunion but sent a telegram of good wishes to her former castmates.

It also included outtakes, bloopers, behind-the-scenes practical jokes, home movies, fan questions, and the final results of an online poll at CBS.com where fans voted for their favorite top 10 Dallas cliffhangers:

1. "A House Divided (aka Who shot J.R.?)" - March 21, 1980
2. "Blast from the Past" - May 16, 1986
3. "Conundrum" - May 3, 1991
4. "End Game" - May 18, 1984
5. "The Fat Lady Singeth" - May 13, 1988
6. "Swan Song" - May 17, 1985
7. "Fall of the House of Ewing" - May 15, 1987
8. "Ewing Inferno" - May 6, 1983
9. "John Ewing III Pt. 2" - April 6, 1979
10. "Ewing-Gate" - May 1, 1981

This reunion marked the first time that Victoria Principal

Victoria Principal

Victoria Principal is an American actress, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the CBS nighttime drama Dallas from 1978 to 1987.-Early life:...

 was involved in a Dallas project since she left the show in 1987. Howard Keel

Howard Keel

Harold Clifford Keel , known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s...

, who played Clayton Farlow

Clayton Farlow

Clayton Farlow was a main character in the popular American television series Dallas, played by Howard Keel .Clayton Farlow, along with his sister Jessica, were raised on the Southern Cross Ranch in San Angelo, Texas. Jessica was wild in her teenage years and developed a serious violent mental...

 on Dallas from 1981-1991, died at age 85 on the same day the reunion special aired.

Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork was re-broadcast by CBS on Saturday November 13, 2004 and was also included as a bonus feature on Dallas: The Complete Fourth Season DVD

DVD

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 set released on January 24, 2006. It will also be re-released on DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

April 12, 2011 on Dallas: The Movie Collection 2-disc set.

External links

• Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork @ Ultimate Dallas