Follow JR Ewing’s Colorful History of the Ewing Family as TNT’s DALLAS Launches New Facebook Page with New Timeline and Cover Photo Features

TNT is set to take a truly innovative approach to catching viewers up with the Ewing family as it unveils the new Dallas Facebook Page today. As one of the first brands to implement a Facebook Page utilizing the new timeline and cover photo features, the Dallas Page will have a complete chronicle of the Ewing clan’s colorful history; as told by JR Ewing.

TNT’s innovative Dallas Page will span 34 years of Ewing history, all in the first-person voice of J.R. Ewing. Through photos, videos, check-ins and comments, the Dallas Page will bring to life The Ewing Clan as it chronicles all 14 seasons of the original series. It will also reveal what’s been happening in the characters’ lives over the 20 years since they were last seen on television, as imagined by the show’s writers. The Page can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/DallasTNT. TNT’s new Dallas is set to premiere this June.

In addition to launching the new Dallas Page, TNT has recently begun a string of #DallasQuickie tweets on Twitter. Posted through the @Dallas_TNT handle several times each day, these tweets will encapsulate each of the 356 episodes of the original Dallas series in 140 characters or less.

“In celebration of bringing a new Dallas to TNT, the Dallas Facebook Page and Quickies are all part of a campaign that brings to life the mythology of the Ewing Clan,” said Tricia Melton, SVP of Entertainment marketing for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies. “By using the Dallas Page to tell the personal story of the Ewings, we will be able to rekindle the memories of long-time Dallas enthusiasts while also building anticipation among a new generation of fans.”

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TNT brought out its cast and producers for the upcoming “continuation” of the eighties primetime drama, Dallas, to Saturday’s TCA press tour in Pasadena. Faced with several questions as to how they were preserving its legacy, the group was clear that it was staying true to its predecessor.
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“The script that [executive producer Cynthia Cidre] wrote for the pilot honored all the intricate elements of what Dallas was in the past,” says executive producer Michael Robin. “And basically we dropped back in 20 years later. And a lot of the story elements are very similar in the way that we have an epic family drama, the interpersonal fights… We’re not taking it to a whole different place.”

Here are five other things we learned during the session.

It’s not a “primetime soap.” “Epic family drama” seems to be the preferred description among the group for the series. The phrase was used several times by different panelists. Is “soap” a bad word with the current state of daytime TV?

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And the next TV show to get a re-boot is… “Dallas.”

TNT announced Friday that the cable network has ordered 10 episodes of a new “Dallas,” describing the show as “an all-new series based upon one of the most popular television dramas of all time.”

In case you don’t believe them, you can expect to see former “Dallas” stars Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray and Larry Hagman.

The drama, starring Brenda Strong, Josh Henderson, Jordana Brewster and Jesse Metcalf, will debut in summer of 2012 — but the network will air a sneak peek during Monday’s episodes of “The Closer” and “Rizzoli & Isles.”

Source – WashingtonPost.com

Jesse Metcalfe is moving to “Dallas.”

The former “Desperate Housewives” actor has signed on for TNT’s revamp of the popular ’70s and ’80s nighttime soap “Dallas,” with Metcalfe talking on the role of Christopher Ewing, the adopted son of Bobby and Pam Ewing.

Former “Veronica Mars” actress Julie Gonzalo has also joined on with the cast, as Christopher’s fiancée Rebecca.

The “Dallas” revamp, which comes via “Cane” creator Cynthia Cidre and Warner Horizon, will kick its predecessor’s narrative a generation into the future, focusing on the offspring of brothers/rivals J.R. and Bobby Ewing.

Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy, who played them in the original are also locked in to appear in the pilot episode, as is Linda Gray, who immortalized the role of Sue Ellen in the original series.

Source – TheWrap.com