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Latter_Feeling2656 t1_jdogwl6 wrote

Reply to comment by Edm_vanhalen1981 in What show pioneered the cliff hanger ending? by GrumpigPlays

I don't know why anyone would downvote this. Obviously, the concept of cliffhangers predates Dallas, but if you're looking at a continuous practice in US primetime, serialization is anchored right here. They had "Who Shot JR?", Dynasty followed with several cliffhanger endings, and serialized programming became more and more common in both drama and comedy throughout the 1980s.

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Edm_vanhalen1981 t1_jdoi10e wrote

Still the biggest one of my lifetime. At the time it hit every magazine, newspaper and tv show in the North America and parts of the world. This became a cultural phenomenom.

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Latter_Feeling2656 t1_jdqj35z wrote

Just to follow up, it appears the resolution episode the next season had 90 million viewers in the US. On a Friday night.

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