Dallas is an American primetime soap opera that aired on CBS from 1978 to 1991, centered on the wealthy, feuding Ewing family and their oil business in and around Dallas, Texas. The series became an international television phenomenon, and its second-season finale cliffhanger, in which the character J.R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, generated the widely referenced catchphrase Who shot J.R.? and drew one of the largest television audiences ever recorded at the time. Dallas is widely regarded as the defining example of the primetime television soap opera genre and a major influence on the many prime time soaps that followed it.
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Who shot J.R. on Dallas and how many people watched the reveal?
Kristin Shepard shot J.R.; about 83 million Americans watched the reveal.
The mystery began when J.R. Ewing was shot in the season-ending episode in March 1980, which left viewers asking who shot J.R. for the next eight months. The episode of November 21, 1980 named Kristin Shepard, J.R.'s sister-in-law and former mistress, as the shooter. History.com reports an audience of 83 million people in the United States alone, with 76 percent of all American televisions in use that night tuned in.
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Dallas is an American prime time soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991.
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Dallas is an American primetime soap opera that aired on CBS from 1978 to 1991, centered on the wealthy, feuding Ewing family and their oil business in and around Dallas, Texas.
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Dallas is an American prime time soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991.
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