Dallas is an American prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries.
The show debuted in April 1978 as a five-part miniseries on the CBS network, and then was subsequently broadcast for thirteen seasons from April 2, 1978 to May 3, 1991.
It has been a frequent reference in popular culture.
At its height it was regarded as cult viewing both in America and in much of the rest of the world.
In the communist Soviet Union thousands of people drove regularly to the northern tip of Estonia to pick up the series on Finnish TV.