Q: Why don’t any of our local stations carry reruns of “Dallas”?
-P.W., Richardson
A: When “Dallas” was first available for syndication in 1984, Channel 8 bought the rights to the long-running television series and ran it for a year. J.R. and the family later found a home at Channel 33, where the series ran until 1992. “Generally, serial dramas repeat miserably-whether it’s ’Knots Landing,’ ’Dynasty,’ or ’Dallas,’ ” notes Ed Bark, television critic of The Dallas Morning News. The exception is in Europe, where “there’s this fascination with American wealth.”
Q: I’ve heard that there’s yet another big hook in the works about the Kennedy assassination. After Case Closed by Gerald Posner and Norman Mailer’s book on Oswald, is there anything left to say?
-F.D., Dallas
A: We’ll see. Max Holland, contributing editor for The Nation, is working on a book with a novel point of view. “The Warren Commission got it right, and the secrets that were kept from them-or that they kept-were because of the Cold War,” Holland says. “They operated on a ’need to know’ basis.” But Holland doesn’t believe that his book, to be published next year, will stop the conspiracy theorists. “I don’t have enough chutzpah to think I can change the minds of the 80 percent or more who believe the conspiracies,” Holland says. “But I can restore the historical record.”
Get our weekly recap
Brings new meaning to the phrase Sunday Funday. No spam, ever.
Related Articles
Local News
From a Read-In to Arrests: Inside the Pro-Palestine Encampment at UT Dallas
When a protest at the University of Texas at Dallas became an encampment, authorities moved in quickly. Here is a dispatch from the day, which ended with about 20 arrests.
By Steven Monacelli
Uncategorized
Sports Conundrum: Which Game Gets the Sound in the Bar on Friday?
The Stars and the Mavs will be fighting for your ears.
By Tim Rogers
Media
Confession: I Love the NTTA’s Radio Commercials
The Tollway radio ads have become a worm that has burrowed deep inside my ears.
By Tim Rogers