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Dallas (1978)

  • Drama
  • Family
  • Soap
  • 45 min episodes
  • 14 seasons
  • 6 age guide
  • ★ 6.9/10 from 247 ratings

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.

Created byDavid Jacobs

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  1. 01

    Four Corners

    Same creator

    1998 · 60 min · Drama · Soap

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    In a growing southwestern community where old-fashioned values are at odds with changing times, Amanda Wyatt is forced to run her sprawling ranch while fighting off encroaching developers after the death of her husband. Living in a town in transition, where migrant workers toil just down the road from upscale ski resorts, Amanda finds solace in her friendship with the widowed Carlota Alvarez, as both try to keep their children on track.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  2. 02

    Dallas

    Same creator

    2012 · 45 min · Drama

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    J.R., Bobby and Sue Ellen Ewing are all back at Southfork, with plenty of secrets, schemes and betrayals in mind. This time, they're joined by the next generation of Ewings, who take ambition and deception to a new level.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong shared themes: oil industry and ranch
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  3. 03

    Dynasty

    Similar atmosphere

    1981 · 46 min · Drama · Soap

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    The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 04

    Family

    Strong series match

    1976 · 49 min · Drama

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    The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.

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    • strong recommendation signals
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  5. 05

    Rich Man, Poor Man

    Similar atmosphere

    1976 · 60 min · Drama · Soap

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    Based on the best-selling 1969 novel by Irwin Shaw, the series follows the divergent career courses of the impoverished German American Jordache brothers.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    Lace

    Similar atmosphere

    1984 · 94 min · Drama · Soap

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    A young actress gathers three former school friends to find out which one is her natural mother, who gave her up for adoption as a newborn.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  7. 07

    Soap

    Genre overlap

    1977 · Comedy · Drama · Soap

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    The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 08

    Secrets of Midland Heights

    Strong series match

    1980 · 60 min · Soap

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    A short-lived nighttime soap for a teen demographic, it featured romantic triangles and secrets among the youth and their parents who populate a fictional midwestern college town called Midland Heights. Resembling a dark, 1980s-style Peyton Place, the plot dealt in both hidden secrets and scandalous affairs. Lisa Rogers carried on with college jock Burt Carroll while also seeing fraternity jerk Mark; good girl heiress Ann Dulles secretly dated high school dropout John; Holly Wheeler wanted to lose her virginity to her boyfriend Teddy Welsh, but the teens were shocked to discover her mother Dorothy was having an affair with Teddy's father Nathan.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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  9. 09

    Paradise

    Same creator

    1988 · 60 min · Drama · Western

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    The adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister left her four children in his custody when she died.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
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