On April 2, 1978, CBS premiered its primetime soap opera Dallas, which would go on to run for fourteen seasons at the network. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review, which appeared as part of a TeleVisions column, is below:
Passing In Review: Melodrama emerges full blown with Dallas, a new CBS limited run series which debuted over the weekend, and with it TV has a new Peyton Place. As the title suggests, the series takes place in Texas — yes, Dallas, Texas — and revolves around the more sordid adventures, schemes and romances of the Ewing clan.
That’s short for Texas oil. The ads for the hour-drama read “A family ruthless in its quest for power and passion. Ready to destroy two people who dared their own blood for the right to love.” The two people, as it turns out, are Patrick Duffy of Man From Atlantis fame and Victoria Principal.
Duffy’s...
Passing In Review: Melodrama emerges full blown with Dallas, a new CBS limited run series which debuted over the weekend, and with it TV has a new Peyton Place. As the title suggests, the series takes place in Texas — yes, Dallas, Texas — and revolves around the more sordid adventures, schemes and romances of the Ewing clan.
That’s short for Texas oil. The ads for the hour-drama read “A family ruthless in its quest for power and passion. Ready to destroy two people who dared their own blood for the right to love.” The two people, as it turns out, are Patrick Duffy of Man From Atlantis fame and Victoria Principal.
Duffy’s...
- 4/2/2023
- by Richard Hack
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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In summer 2021, as a surge in Covid-19 cases linked to the delta variant quickly scuttled vacation plans, the satirical HBO series The White Lotus transported viewers to an idyllic Hawaiian setting.
The Emmy contender is the latest in a line of series — from Gilligan’s Island to Baywatch to Lost — taking fans from the couch to the beach, but the show’s exploration of privilege and mystery particularly hearken back to 1970s escapist gem Fantasy Island. Created by Gene Levitt and produced by Aaron Spelling, it premiered 45 years ago, first as a pair of TV movies and then as an episodic series that focused on a mysterious island that made visitors’ wishes come true for a hefty price. Ricardo Montalbán played the suave and enigmatic Mr. Roarke, who ran the resort with sidekick Tattoo (Hervé Villechaize), known for excitedly greeting arriving guests by shouting,...
In summer 2021, as a surge in Covid-19 cases linked to the delta variant quickly scuttled vacation plans, the satirical HBO series The White Lotus transported viewers to an idyllic Hawaiian setting.
The Emmy contender is the latest in a line of series — from Gilligan’s Island to Baywatch to Lost — taking fans from the couch to the beach, but the show’s exploration of privilege and mystery particularly hearken back to 1970s escapist gem Fantasy Island. Created by Gene Levitt and produced by Aaron Spelling, it premiered 45 years ago, first as a pair of TV movies and then as an episodic series that focused on a mysterious island that made visitors’ wishes come true for a hefty price. Ricardo Montalbán played the suave and enigmatic Mr. Roarke, who ran the resort with sidekick Tattoo (Hervé Villechaize), known for excitedly greeting arriving guests by shouting,...
- 6/7/2022
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jeffrey Donovan has big shoes to fill.
The "Burn Notice" star has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar," a biopic of longtime FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Donovan will play Bobby Kennedy, confirming the news in a tweet, writing, "I fly to La Sunday. I have been cars as Bobby Kennedy opposite Ld in Hoover. excited. :-) working with Mr Eastwood again. Dreams come true."
Donovan worked with Eastwood on "Changeling," playing Captain J.J. Jones.
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as J. Edgar Hoover, while Armie Hammer plays Clyde Tolson, Hoover's associate FBI director and rumored gay lover.
Because filming of the movie is already underway, given Donovan's late casting, there may not be a huge role for Kennedy in the film. That said, Hoover had a strong dislike of Bobby Kennedy, who during his brother's administration forced Hoover to fight organized crime instead of communism.
"He considered him an outrage.
The "Burn Notice" star has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar," a biopic of longtime FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Donovan will play Bobby Kennedy, confirming the news in a tweet, writing, "I fly to La Sunday. I have been cars as Bobby Kennedy opposite Ld in Hoover. excited. :-) working with Mr Eastwood again. Dreams come true."
Donovan worked with Eastwood on "Changeling," playing Captain J.J. Jones.
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as J. Edgar Hoover, while Armie Hammer plays Clyde Tolson, Hoover's associate FBI director and rumored gay lover.
Because filming of the movie is already underway, given Donovan's late casting, there may not be a huge role for Kennedy in the film. That said, Hoover had a strong dislike of Bobby Kennedy, who during his brother's administration forced Hoover to fight organized crime instead of communism.
"He considered him an outrage.
- 3/8/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
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