To be honest, given Jacobs is alive and well, the creative powers of the new series should have at the very least taken advantage of that and consulted him. Mr. Jacobs’ seemingly objective, and would have contributed to some fine ideas. I like the conflicts – JR/John Ross’ relationship interwoven with Bobby/Christopher’s; and JR and Sue Ellen looking down on Bobby’s new wife Ann for not being a true Texas native. The possibilities Jacobs shared would have been lush – and familiar.

I’m gonna hold my critique til June 13th

Dallas! Finally returning. It’s been long awaited and feels like a dream come true. People will definitely be tuning in to this on June 13th. Yes, I do think they should have given him some kind of credit since he is the creator of the original show. Without David Jacobs, there would be no Dallas. Give credit where credit is due. As far as Christopher being the bad guy? Nah! People are soooo looking forward to watching JR Ewing’s son follow his Daddy’s footsteps, and no one but Josh Henderson could do it! I think the casting is excellent and I do believe it will be an exciting new show. Time to rid the REALITY SHOWS. There are way to many of them. I have heard many people say there are no good writers today and they do not know how to create a good show anymore. So they create junk reality shows. No talent whatsoever in them. Now if they would only bring back “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” along with “Dallas”, life would be perfect! 😉

Well, if they dont want you, you pick up ur marbles and go play somewhere else!

this is good ,and 1loveabcsoaps will tell me I am getting off subject here ,well maybe ,at the start of this post I will ,abc/disney are you reading any of this/abc/disney should give agnus nixon the rights to her stories and characters back,so we can go back to landview for another 43 years .I love dallas I cant wait to watch it again and I am sorry to hear that David Jacobs is being excluded from dallas he created it so he should have the right to say anything he wants about the characters,I think he is right about bobby and jr’s son,dont know about bobbys wife ,I will have more to say after I see the first episode ,Hollyweird sure likes to take things that don’t belong to them ,abc/disney give agnus the rights to her stories and for heaven sakes let the guy who created dallas have the rights to his creation,seriously I dont get it.Here we have another great program being taken over by other writers sometimes thats a very big mistake,I’d give examples but I would be here for a very long time .I hope this decision doesn’t hurt dallas I am looking forward to spending time with another family that I love the ewings ,Let the oil wells flow the ewings are back in business.

The power of the show is the “new” JR. John Ross has to be the chip off the old block. The show will work if the writing is good and if we love to hate Josh Henderson the way we did Larry Hagman.

It does sound like a good idea to have Bobby’s son be bad and JR’s be good. Sounds like more potential for story and conflict. Too bad they didn’t at least want his input.

Always someone has to be negative! Stop complaining Mr. Jacobs. You obviously already thought you were going to have all the control and you were outnumbered!!!!

I agree and I also think the sons of JR and Bobby have been WOEFULLY miscast.

They are two of the weakest young actors around and I think about all the talent, especially from daytime, that could have bee tapped to play these roles.

I will definitely give it a chance but Jesse metcalf?!?! really? The other one Josh whatever-his-name is was horrible on desperate housewives and completely unlikeable.

Also, what about Bobby and Betsy? Gary and Val’s kids. It would have been interesting to have one or both try to get their share of the pie.

New blood and new ideas are not necessarily a bad thing, as long as the new “Big D” stays true to history (unlike some daytime soap story lines). It will be a huge success with the older Dallas fans (we all know the networks don’t care us). The young, hip cast surely should attract the coveted 18-34 demographic only if the writing is superior and edgy.

I totally agree with Nancy. I’m so sick of talk, reality, and competition shows I could scream.

As far as good/bad younger Ewings, both boys have some serious baggage. Remember, Sue Ellen was drinking heavily, and John Ross was born most likely with fetal alcohol syndrome. Furthermore, the poor kid stayed in the crib for a year, not being accepted by his mother or father. Christopher was abandoned by 2 mothers; first by Kristin who left him with her druggie husband (then of course she died), then by Pam who thought she would ‘spare” Christopher the pain of dealing with her deformity/illness.

Bring back PAM!!! She was so perfect for Bobby and Christopher. She could deal w/Sue Ellen and not put up with JR’s crap and could hold her own. And what about Lucy? Will she be there too, I hope? She could, also, hold her own, particularly w/JR. I guess Miss Ellie is already deceased I do not know though, hopefully not. Pam is a very strong character and did great in dealing with the Ewing family.
Just bring back PAM EWING!!! And Cliff as well, as well as his daughter, too.

Looking forward to the Dallas reboot. But, I have to say David Jacobs new how to develop characters and write stories. I consider Dallas & Knots to be exceptional in the soap genre. I hope Dallas succeeds and is enjoyable as the original.

Obviously, without seeing an episode yet, none of us can if the show would have been better if Jacobs’ ideas had been implemented.

However, his ideas are VERY interesting and certainly would have altered the dynamics from what we know about the characters.

Jacobs makes a very accurate comment about the old Dallas and Knots Landing — That both shows were very character driven and viewer interest in the characters kept them on longer. I totally agree with his comment. The quality of the writing for both shows dwindled in the last two years for each. However, I kept watching both of them just because I liked the long-term characters who still appeared on them.

Is Jacobs working these days? I really like his ideas. I wish Y&R would hire this man as a consultant. The approach he is advocating, focusing on the characters, is desperately needed on Y&R.

Dear David;

As a creator, writer and Producer I deplore the fact that an original creator wouldn’t be included in their own creation. Maybe I don’t have all of the details but it seems like the only respectful thing to do. I currently live in the L.A. area but lived in Houston during the “Dallas” years and I can tell you that every Friday night the city was glued to the television or you couldn’t make conversation on Monday morning at every oil company that I worked for!

I loved “Dallas” but just when I thought television couldn’t get any better along came my own personal favorite, “Knotts Landing”. I even bought my first house at 22 years old in Houston on the corner of a cul de sac! My best friend bought a house in Arlington, TX on Knotts Landing without knowing it was my favorite show. All of your characters were bigger than life !!

If you would consider bringing “Knotts” back it would be a dream to work on it with you with a 21st Century spin. Those characters I will never forget! All the best in life!

Melissa

I think it would be interesting if creators remembered that Christopher is actually JR and Kristen Sheppards love child and that makes John Ross And Christopher Brothers not cousins so Christopher could well turn out to be the baddy !