Long before the era of viewing on demand became a thing, avid South African fans of the tv series Dallas would make sure they had no plans on a Monday night at 18h00.
For the uninitiated, the American primetime soap opera centered around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. The main premise was the bitter and longtime rivalry between the Ewings and the Barnes family. The stage was set for the feud to continue when in the first episode the Barnes daughter, Pamela (Victoria Principal) eloped with a Ewing son, Bobby (Patrick Duffy). The series went on to become a hit across the globe making household names of the main cast members.
Dallas stars Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Charlene Tilton, Audrey Landers, Steve Kanaly, Joan Van Ark, Sheree Wilson, and Cathy Podewell, as well as director Michael Preece, reunited at Oscar's in Palm Springs, California, ahead of the show's 45th anniversary and were exclusively photographed by People magazine.
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Entertainment Tonight shared this clip of the reunion on YouTube.
Dallas originally aired in South Africa on the old SABC channel TV1 (which became SABC2 in 1996), in the 1980s and 1990s. Broadcast dates for the original run of the show are not available.
