'Dallas' Canceled By TNT: Show Unable To Find New Network After '6-Week Attempt,' Cast Members React On Twitter
After a hard fight by fans to save Dallas, the show won't return to television.
"After a 6-week attempt to try and land our beloved Dallas at another network, we have to inform you that we have not succeeded," executive producers Cynthia Cidre and Michael M. Robin said in a statement on Wednesday. "We so appreciate the outpouring of support by all of you, and the #SaveDallas campaign was a truly remarkable undertaking."
Viewers fought hard to encourage another network to pick up the show following TNT's decision to cancel it in October after three seasons. Fans continuously posted tweets using the hashtag #SaveDallas and even signed a petition on Causes.com, which garnered over 80,000 signatures.
The Dallas reboot kicked off in 2012 with 7 million viewers, but that number began to decrease over time. The season 3 finale on Sept. 22 brought in 1.7 million viewers.
The show featured several cast members from the original show (1978-1991), including Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, and Larry Hagman, who passed away in 2012. The new stars included Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster and Julie Gonzalo.
Several of them took to Twitter to address the sad news.
Yalls passion was undeniable and yalls love won't be forgotten. #JohnRoss might be done but I'm not! See Yall through another screen soon
— Josh Henderson (@joshhenderson) November 19, 2014
You/we all tried our best Loved the 3 seasons and everyone of you as well I'll write personally as I can. As always my very best — Patrick Duffy (@therealpduffy) November 19, 2014
Thx so much 4 the support of all the @Dallas_TNT fans & fans of my character Sheriff Derrick! Had a lot of fun & hope 2 return to TV soon... — Akai Draco (@akai_draco) November 19, 2014
Will always have a special place in my heart for my Dallas family and fans. Thank you for a great run. All good things always come to an end — Julie Gonzalo (@julie_gonzalo) November 19, 2014
