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<blockquote data-quote="ArchieLucasCarringtonEwing1989" data-source="post: 439348" data-attributes="member: 95">I wasn’t around in 1985, but I’ll add my two cents anyway Given how popular EE was and more specifically Den &amp; Angie were throughout 1985 and 1986, and with the long gap between seasons of Dallas I would say Dallas’s popularity was somewhat dented by EEThere seemed to be some interest in 1986 but by then the show was beginning to die a slow and painful death, plus by 1987 you had Neighbours which was very popular, Australian imports replaced the American ones in the British psyche.In terms of soaps American soaps didn’t really take off in Britain again until the noughties when The OC and Desperate Housewives premiered in 2003 and 2004 respectively, I know BH90210 was popular in the early 90s until around 1994 but never to the heights that Dallas, Dynasty &amp; The Colby’s achieved in the 80s nor the levels of popularity the OC and Desperate Housewives got in the 00s, Desperate Housewives was in particular huge from 2004 to 2008, Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria became household names here.American sitcoms however became quite big in the 90s with Friends and Frasier being popular still to this day.As for Dallas, by the late 80s, British audiences wanted something more grounded and yet also something sunnier, without the wealth, EastEnders offered the realism and Neighbours offered the sunshine, Dallas offered neither so was left behind in a earlier part of the decade.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ArchieLucasCarringtonEwing1989, post: 439348, member: 95"] I wasn’t around in 1985, but I’ll add my two cents anyway Given how popular EE was and more specifically Den & Angie were throughout 1985 and 1986, and with the long gap between seasons of Dallas I would say Dallas’s popularity was somewhat dented by EE There seemed to be some interest in 1986 but by then the show was beginning to die a slow and painful death, plus by 1987 you had Neighbours which was very popular, Australian imports replaced the American ones in the British psyche. In terms of soaps American soaps didn’t really take off in Britain again until the noughties when The OC and Desperate Housewives premiered in 2003 and 2004 respectively, I know BH90210 was popular in the early 90s until around 1994 but never to the heights that Dallas, Dynasty & The Colby’s achieved in the 80s nor the levels of popularity the OC and Desperate Housewives got in the 00s, Desperate Housewives was in particular huge from 2004 to 2008, Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria became household names here. American sitcoms however became quite big in the 90s with Friends and Frasier being popular still to this day. As for Dallas, by the late 80s, British audiences wanted something more grounded and yet also something sunnier, without the wealth, EastEnders offered the realism and Neighbours offered the sunshine, Dallas offered neither so was left behind in a earlier part of the decade. [/QUOTE]

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