Dallas (1978 TV series, season 3)


The third season of the television series Dallas aired on CBS during the 1979–80 TV season.

Cast

Starring

In alphabetical order:
Future series regular Susan Howard returns as Donna Culver for four episodes. The character Jenna Wade, who will be portrayed by series regular Priscilla Presley in later seasons, also returns for two episodes, now played by Francine Tacker. Longrunning supporting actors Jared Martin. George O. Petrie, Stephanie Blackmore, Tom Fuccello, Jeff Cooper, Dennis Patrick and Barry Corbin make their debuts. Mel Ferrer appears in two episodes as Pam's immediate supervisor at The Store after her promotion to Buyer. Stephen Elliott and Martha Scott, who appear in one and two episodes, respectively, will return as "special guest stars" for seasons 8 and 10, and 9. Characters Gary and Valene Ewing appear for one and two episodes, respectively, promoting Dallas spinoff Knots Landing, premiering in December 1979.

Crew

, creator of the series, returns to write his final Dallas episode, "Return Engagements", which leads into the pilot episode of Jacobs' brainchild Knots Landing. The season's episode writers include showrunner Leonard Katzman, the returning Camille Marchetta, Arthur Bernard Lewis, Worley Thorne, D. C. Fontana, Richard Fontana, and Rena Down, as well as new additions Loraine Despres, Jeff Young, Linda B. Elstad and Barbara Searles. Lee Rich and Philip Capice continue to serve as executive producers. Katzman serves as producer, and Cliff Fenneman as associate producer, while Arthur Bernard Lewis continues as executive story editor, and Camille Marchetta as story editor.

DVD release

Season three of Dallas was released by Warner Bros. Home Video, on a Region 1 DVD box set of five double-sided DVDs, on August 9, 2005. In addition to the 25 episodes, it also includes commentaries by Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray, and the featurette "Who Shot J.R.?: The Dallas Phenomenon".

''Knots Landing''

The Dallas spin-off series Knots Landing premiered in December 1979, and throughout the season, three Knots Landing episodes featured Dallas characters: Bobby appeared in Pilot ; J.R. in Community Spirit ; and Lucy in Home is for the Healing.

Episodes