"Who Shot J.R.?" 30 Years Later

[@shawnmichaelduncan5951]

Younger people need to understand. Very few people watched cable.not everyone had credit cards to go shopping. Most stores closed at nine. No video machines . So pretty much at evenings you watched television. Show was a hit. Because back then you spent your evenings at home.

[@MGSBigBoss77]

Exactly. today the ratings for a show will never be in the triple digits or double digits ever again sadly. Co we've got way too many avenues of entertainment besides mere terrestrial TV? Now beyond Cable and satellite we also have; online streaming, digital downloads (official and illegal ones?), DVD/Blu-ray releases of TV shows and movies within 5 to 6 months period etc. We'll never see the skyrocketing rating numbers of the 1980's ever again sadly.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

I agree, this is what we did every Friday Night during the 80's The Early 80's, CBS was #1 thanks to Friday Night Titans The Incredible Hulk, The Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas and even Falcon Crest a Prime Time Soap from the Creator of The Waltons

[@MGSBigBoss77]

I met Sarah Douglas back in 2004, she said she loved working on Falcon Crest!

[@HughJasdik]

@@tnawcwvictoria born in 1980 which makes me a xellenial loved watching dukes of Hazzard on Fridays at my grandma's while eating fish, lol

[@laminage]

You got that right. When I look at the Pilot Episode in 1978 it was so bone chilling to see how things were. I was 12 and think of things that we don't use anymore. The Desk & Blotter, no Cell Phones, Internet, Facebook and the like. Jock's Home Office could have been used to do an Online Business.

[@Aquarius_Minded]

Here because of Power

[@christophercotton9048]

The folks at Lorimar Television had no idea that this episode would make the show “Dallas” an iconic prime time show.

[@material___]

Now it’s... who shot JR 40 years later. Rip Larry!

[@paulabramson8066]

we miss you Jr Ewing AKA Larry Hagman we love you Jr

[@kascnef]

This show aired during a year in which Darth Vader was Luke's Father, the summer olympics was not broadcast on American TV, and Jimmy Carter's final year in office as the Iran hostage situation lingered on. Back then cable tv was considered a luxury and VCRs were the DVRs of its time. The buzz about this show came from radio, tv news, the papers, and word of mouth.

[@saymynameice-zen-berg511]

1980 was also the year John Lennon was shot, Bon Scott of AC/DC died & just 3 months later they released Back In Black(the best selling hard rock album of all time) with a new singer, the year mount ST Helens erupted. The U.S. miracle on ice.

[@jadaparks8047]

Justin Fencsak Yes, so true and I worked at a hospital when this aired and patients, hospital staff and visitors eyes were "glued" to any tv they could find to watch this show especially the episode J.R. was shot and the following episodes to find out who had did it. People were even betting on who the shooter was. Boy, those were the days.

[@creepyzeek1]

And there were only two genders.

[@plushdogg124]

Seeing Mary Crosby now, it's amazing (in a morbid way) how many drop-dead gorgeous actresses from the 60s, 70s 80s & 90s completely butchered their face with plastic surgery in an ironic attempt to preserve their beauty. I'd take a naturally aged woman over one with a plastic face any day.

[@carolynargabright8132]

That seems like the norm nowadays. Women back in those days aged normally, now, they have to try to look 40 years younger,

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

@plushdogg124 I agree with you in a general sense, but she hardly (to me) looks like an example of how bad it can turn out. I wouldn’t say the word butchered really applies in her case. Yes you can tell she’s had some work done but I don’t place her in the butchered category. There are plenty of better examples of that.

[@justina249]

Linda Gray looks good still for being almost 80 or maybe she is now.

[@plushdogg124]

@@EastSide-qc5oy Seeing hers just reminded me of the women who HAVE butchered their faces with plastic surgery. I suppose I shouldn't have been as harsh with her case specifically.

[@damianlatimer2290]

​@@justina249she's 83 now

[@terrrell7798]

My mom's generation: Who shot JR? My generation: Who shot Mr. Burns?

[@darealistmynizzle3421]

Who shot Ghost ? #Power

[@lumbago1416]

General Shepherd

[@j.rbrooks300]

Ha from a British person I absolutely loved Larry's British accent/Queen Mother's voice impression :D

[@Kdija89]

We love and miss you, Larry Hagman. RIP

[@johnstinson5106]

As a youth that watched up to that point...my curiosity has now just been informed.

[@Potomacstud]

rest in peace JR Ewing , they finally got ya ,

[@CMRinehart]

Hagman was the best in that role.

[@kcholden5180]

@@charlese.lentziii3658 Totally! He was born to play that role!!!!

[@brandontylerbodiford8331]

Larry Hagman RIP you are the king

[@ashonlewis9353]

Now Ghost is the J.R. of this generation.

[@kszirovecz]

Got to give it to Larry Hagman. A lot of actors would have used the publicity to do something different, but he stayed on Dallas.

[@justina249]

Patrick Duffy did so Pam took a long nap for a whole season while Bobby ran up a outrageous water bill in the shower

[@damianlatimer2290]

​@@justina249lol!

[@classicmail8239]

I was always under the assumption the show got cancelled that's why nobody ever knew, didn't expect to actually find an answer.

[@jensmom604]

Classic Mail Of course the show wasn't cancelled. What a dumb assumption.

[@goodowner5000]

the show went on another 11 years after the 'Who Shot J.R.' reveal, 'til 1991.

[@StarshipTrooper32]

Larry Hagman..... dude you are STILL " da man"!!!

[@abdurobinson8392]

This is where Suzanne Summers and Alan Hamel made their mistake thinking Suzanne Summers character Chrissy Snow playing dumb blond was worth what Larry Hagman was getting. Suzanne Summers always argued that she wanted to get paid what the men comparable in her business were getti g paid. SORRY Suzanne but u were no where near what Alan Alda and Larry Hagman or Carroll O Connor were to "their shows. Threes Company was not about u. Suzanne learned hard way when she was fired in 1981.

[@auntiechercher4266]

You said it! I always thought Suzanne Summers was the most expandable one on Three's Company. The fact that she thought she was so needed and valued shows that she overestimated her own importance. (Furthermore, she was not as strong as an actress as Joyce DeWitt was . . . . and some of us actually liked the show better without her)!

[@tnawcwvictoria]

@@auntiechercher4266 I personally like Three's Company with Priscilla Barnes as the Sexy Badass Nurse Terri Alden, R.N. at least she wasn't egotistical like Suzanne was But I agree, after Three's Company became the #1 comedy and the #2 show of the 79/80 season with 60 Minutes became #1, that's when Suzanne decided to take in upon herself to ask for more money and it BACKFIRED on her and as a result, Three's Company dropped from #2 to #9, but stayed in the Top 10, but thanks the producers replacing her with Priscilla Barnes as the Sexy Badass Nurse Terri Alden, R.N., the show would climb BACK UP to the Top 5 and became the 2nd Most Watched Comedy of the season right behind The Jeffersons Larry Hagman, Carroll O'Connor and Alan Alda deserved more money because they were the stars of their own respective show s and plus, CBS was #1 during te early 80's Sorry Suzanne Somers, but the show wasn't about you, you were more of a supporting cast, the REAL star of Three's Company was John Ritter and IMO, if anyone deserved to be paid more when it came to Three's Company, it's John Ritter, but he didn't demand for more money, he just went with the flow and that's why the show lasted another 3 years

[@damianlatimer2290]

​@@tnawcwvictoriafirst they replaced her with Jenilee Harrison who went on to costar on Dallas for a while and then they brought in Priscilla Barnes

[@laminage]

In some part of the World someone is watching Dallas right now. In one country he's known as "Jockey", where in French Dialect it's pronounced Gee Aaare. The UK Soap Operas Emmerdale & Coronation Street have referred to Dallas in Interviews and Storylines. Claire King who "died" on Emmerdale who played the Villianous Kim Tate said "You can't put me in the shower like Bobby Ewing", also Chris Quentin who played Brian Tilsley on Coronation Street said after his Character died, he wouldn't do a Bobby Ewing Shower Scene. Carrie Nichols who spoke to the Son of her former Lover Tom King in Emmerdale asked Jimmy King who he was like JR, Ray, Sue Ellen or Bobby. Hard to believe that a Five Part Miniseries would be a worldwide phenomenon that is enjoyed by new generations of fans.

[@Vapor_Man650]

Next up: Who Shot Mr. Burns

[@luisbohorquez7096]

Agent_of_Chaos 😃😃😃😃😃😂🤣🤣 Maggie the baby..🤣 Lol

[@TatankaTaylor]

Yeah I know that. That's why I said Larry was a Liberal. In fact, Larry was an even bigger Liberal while alive than Obama. Obama is a Moderate Liberal (won't seem like it to Conservative eyes, but he is. To the point that up there in Canada, Conservatives favored Obama over Romney in a poll). Larry was a far-leftists and was never ashamed of it. He gave money to Democrats and supported their agenda (including Obamacare). That's why Obama wouldn't shoot Larry but... maybe JR. The "old" JR.

[@donmindsets5670]

Here cause of power

[@kingtarantinosisk544]

Same here

[@nerobruno]

JR was a bonafide thug gangsta O.G. 😁😝 My mom and aunties all loved to hate him.

[@luisbohorquez7096]

Nero Bruno 😃🤣😃😃Lol Yes he was .👍

[@yupitsme112]

Power brought me here! #whoshotghost #powertv

[@LBF522]

What a gerat clffhanger that was. Loved JR.

[@SteveHolsten]

I didn't guess who shot him. There were too many possibilities!

[@goodowner5000]

I thought it was going to be Alan Beam (portrayed by Randolph Powell) - I knew though that it wasn't going to be anyone from the 'core' cast, that it had to be a 'supporting' cast member.

[@AnansiTheSpider8]

It was kind of funny how Sue Ellen also shot him, but in Season 11.

[@jpaob]

Larry Hagman was of Swedish descent.

[@carolynargabright8132]

And, married a Swedish lady, too.

[@johnbenning8770]

Power is our jr clever. The more things change the more they stay the same the creators of power did their homework.

[@laminage]

They did a similar Storyline on The UK Soap Opera Emmerdale where Tom King the most powerful man in the Small Farm Village where for months and months every person had a reason to do so. It was later discovered that his Youngest Son Carl who did it because he didn't like his Son's Girlfriend and Carl hated knowing his Father controlled his life and his Money.

[@v19d]

Yes Larry Hagman was a liberal. But a good actor. I never use politics in entertainment. In his lifetime he gave some money to liberal Republicans running for office. Larry was not a registered Democrat but of a 3rd Party called Peace and Freedom Party.

[@carolynargabright8132]

I agree, everybody has the right to be what they want, without persecution, unlike now.

[@robertarecheiii1669]

If you recall The Simpsons did the parody of this and made a sweepstakes to fans than could figure out who shot Mr. Burns

[@Endlesslove29]

legend

[@ricardobjj24]

Somebody tell Cave Troll Joe Gatto who shot JR

[@justina249]

It was you Kristen,Cliff Barnes Jeremy Wendell. Sue Ellen. Pamela the Cartel and half of Dallas. Who shot or wanted to shoot JR

[@maureenmcgovern6119]

November 21, 1980....The day before my Wedding.

[@spartanneo1680]

“Father, I killed a man”

[@19inkorrect91]

#whoshotghost

[@sk8rguy4life1123]

@iTellYouNoLie what time

[@RobertJohnson-mn3br]

Ive good that mad magazine cover magazine. Loved the show. Even the later years. Was sad to see Mary Crosby get killed off. She had that great evil attitude

[@yuppiehi]

Jock Ewing had a shot to shoot J.R.??????

[@johanbrand8601]

Yes

[@iTellYouNoLie]

@sk8rguy4life1123 the website says 10, but I'd check your listings.

[@brettwalters-n4u]

Mary Crosby looks like she took the path to "mummification" I wonder what she looks like today? 2021

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Look at Harv!

[@carolynargabright8132]

Is that the man who was wearing the Izod fishing hat?

[@KeithFroehlich07]

@@carolynargabright8132 Yes

[@williamharrell9305]

RIP larry

[@GordanMFreeman]

cool

[@SnowDaulphin]

Mary Crosby was hot then and is still hot now.

[@TammyMorris-te2oi]

Larry hagman was Jr there was no other actor who could play Jr except for Larry hagman rest in peace Larry hagman

[@material___]

Money!

[@rizer80]

At 1.30 we may have some of the best things ever made...

[@daved1974]

jimmy carter seriosly

[@RLeadbdtter]

JR sucked then, and he sucks to this day! It's a SOAP OPERA . . . Glad it made money, and had fans (Women) watching it. . . but I would be a liar if I said i wasn't glad it was finally over! (RIP Larry Hageman AKA Major Nelson)

[@dawnjustice6516]

Kristen

[@Fanik10]

I did it