Dallas
Soap & telenovelaHeightened, continuing melodrama.This show: 10/10Elites & privilegeThe rich and powerful, glamorous or rotten.This show: 9/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 9/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 8/10Sprawling sagaA many-threaded epic that unfolds across seasons.This show: 7/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 7/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Larry HagmanKen KerchevalPatrick DuffyLinda GrayBarbara Bel GeddesSteve Kanaly
Written by
David Jacobs
Starring
Larry HagmanKen KerchevalPatrick DuffyLinda GrayBarbara Bel GeddesSteve Kanaly
Written by
David Jacobs
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Dallas Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | E27 | E28 | E29 | E30 | E31 | ||
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| S1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.9 | ||||||||
| S3 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 9.1 | |||||||
| S4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.4 | |||||||||
| S5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | ||||||
| S6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.5 | ||||
| S7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.5 | ||
| S8 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.6 | ||
| S9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.5 | |
| S10 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | |||
| S11 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.9 | ||
| S12 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.2 | ||||||
| S13 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.3 | |||||
| S14 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
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About
"The soap opera that made villainy must-see TV"
Dallas follows the Ewings, a wealthy Texas oil family, as they battle over money, power, and each other inside their sprawling ranch. It's the prime-time soap that defined the genre: scheming siblings, backroom deals, marriages that fracture and reform, and cliffhangers built to keep you talking about them at work the next day. The pace is soap-opera brisk, plots twist for melodrama rather than realism, and much of the appeal rides on JR Ewing, one of TV's great charismatic villains, and the pleasure of watching rich people ruin each other in style.
Watch it for
a deliciously ruthless JR Ewing performance that basically invented the modern TV villain.
Maybe skip if
you need realism or tight plotting rather than melodrama stretched across decades.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 11978
7.72K54h 5m
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Season 21978
7.56K2419h 19m
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Season 31979
7.75K2520h 25m
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Season 41980
7.74K2318h 17m
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Season 51981
7.74K2621h 28m
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Season 61982
7.84K2823h 2m
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Season 71983
7.74K3024h 45m
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Season 81984
7.64K3024h 40m
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Season 91985
7.74K3124h 45m
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Season 101986
7.54K2923h 12m
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Season 111987
7.34K3023h 40m
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Season 121988
7.33K2620h 36m
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Season 131989
7.13K2721h 24m
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Season 141990
7.03K2218h 23m
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Larry Hagman J.R. Ewing
Ken Kercheval Cliff Barnes
Patrick Duffy Bobby Ewing
Linda Gray Sue Ellen Ewing, Sue Ellen Shepard
Barbara Bel Geddes Miss Ellie Ewing, Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow
Steve Kanaly Ray Krebbs
Howard Keel Clayton Farlow
Victoria Principal Pamela Barnes Ewing, Pam Ewing, Rebecca Barnes
Charlene Tilton Lucy Ewing Cooper, Lucy Ewing
Susan Howard Donna Culver Krebbs, Donna Culver
Crew
David Jacobs
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