'Dallas' Update Draws 7 Million Viewers

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•25 • Jun 18, 2012

TNT's Dallas, a continuation of the classic 1980s prime-time soap opera, premiered Wednesday with 6.9 million viewers, the most of any new scripted show on cable this year. What do you think?

“Oh, I bet they propped Linda Gray up in the background wearing something just ravishing, didn’t they?”
Moe Hernandez –
Systems Analyst
“We should stop relying on oil dynasties and start making soap operas using alternative characters, like feisty social media barons and bitchy heads of NGOs.”
Mila Dobler –
Walnut Farmer
“It's been a while since I've thought about Patrick Duffy. Not since his birthday a couple years ago.”
Tom Weston –
Fuser Rebuilder

More American Voices

Yahoo Buying Tumblr For $1.1 Billion

As part of CEO Marissa Mayer’s strategy to expand the company’s social and mobile presence and attract younger users, Yahoo will purchase the ...

Electrically Stimulating Brain May Improve Math Skills

According to a new study, individuals who struggle with mathematics saw a notable increase in their ability to learn and retain arithmetic concepts when a ...

Obama's Second Term Mired In Scandal

President Obama’s second term is off to a rocky start, with the acting IRS chief stepping down, the Justice Department seizing journalists’ phone records ...