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<blockquote data-quote="colbyco" data-source="post: 344403" data-attributes="member: 156">Germany, only had 2 big networks in the 80´s and a third smaller who was different in every regionDallas - Tuesdays 21:45 ARD, had the biggest ratings of the big 4, started 1981 all seasons, with some breaks when new episodes had to be dubbed; Miami Vice or Magnum got its timeslot (7 episodes weren´t shown)Dynasty - Wedneydays started at 21:25 ZDF (who didn´t buy Dallas because of moral issues) later at 21:00. All episodes, with some breaks when new episodes had to be dubbed; between the first 2 seasons there was no break. So the newspaper wrote a lot about Alexis even the viewers had to wait 13 weeks. I think the pilot aired on Sunday and the first episode on Wedneyday. Over 40% did watch the pilot. At its heyday it reached more than 15% million viewers.Falcon Crest - aired afternoons maybe between 5 and 6pm at different local networks of ARD (there were 2 hours at the afternoon where every region had a different programme filled to 90% with US shows like &quot;Remington Steele&quot;, &quot;Hart to Hart&quot;, &quot;Simon &amp; Simon&quot;. So only people in the region of WWF (in the West) got to see all episodes. I had to ask my uncle to record the last 2 seasons because in was in the region of NDR (north west). Newspaper called it &quot;Dallas in the vineyards&quot; before it started. Some wrote it would have beaten &quot;Dallas&quot; in the ratings if it were shown at evening. The&nbsp; critics seemed to like this show more than the 2 D´s. Later durring the mid 90´s SAT1 a private channel aired all episodes again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="colbyco, post: 344403, member: 156"] Germany, only had 2 big networks in the 80´s and a third smaller who was different in every region [B]Dallas[/B] - Tuesdays 21:45 ARD, had the biggest ratings of the big 4, started 1981 all seasons, with some breaks when new episodes had to be dubbed; Miami Vice or Magnum got its timeslot (7 episodes weren´t shown) [B]Dynasty[/B] - Wedneydays started at 21:25 ZDF (who didn´t buy Dallas because of moral issues) later at 21:00. All episodes, with some breaks when new episodes had to be dubbed; between the first 2 seasons there was no break. So the newspaper wrote a lot about Alexis even the viewers had to wait 13 weeks. I think the pilot aired on Sunday and the first episode on Wedneyday. Over 40% did watch the pilot. At its heyday it reached more than 15% million viewers. [B]Falcon Crest [/B]- aired afternoons maybe between 5 and 6pm at different local networks of ARD (there were 2 hours at the afternoon where every region had a different programme filled to 90% with US shows like "Remington Steele", "Hart to Hart", "Simon & Simon". So only people in the region of WWF (in the West) got to see all episodes. I had to ask my uncle to record the last 2 seasons because in was in the region of NDR (north west). Newspaper called it "Dallas in the vineyards" before it started. Some wrote it would have beaten "Dallas" in the ratings if it were shown at evening. The critics seemed to like this show more than the 2 D´s. Later durring the mid 90´s SAT1 a private channel aired all episodes again. [/QUOTE]

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