Dallas returns after 20 years

JR EWING has returned to Dallas after 20 years.

With Larry Hagman reprising his role as the conniving Texas oilman, filming is under way at locations all over the city for TNT’s new television series Dallas, which will also see the return of Patrick Duffy as JR’s brother Bobby and Linda Gray as JR’s ex-wife Sue Ellen, along with a new generation of Ewings.

“We’re trying to give the show a real sense of place and Dallas has a real personality,” said location manager John Patterson, adding, “It’s a city that does things in a big way. That’s part of JR and part of what we try to give the show — a sense of the city, which is big, very well done, shiny, new and looking toward the future.”

TNT has ordered 10 episodes of the series.