David Jacobs

Dallas premiered on CBS in 78 and spent 13 seasons redefining what a television drama slash soap opera could be.

The show was a primetime powerhouse, you remember, created by David Jacobs.

Dallas chronicled the oil-rich Ewing family, headquartered at South Fork Ranch, and the endless cycle of corporate warfare, romantic betrayal, and moral collapse.

And of course, at the center of it all was the villainous J.R. Ewing, played by Larry Hagman.