Country of origin United States Original network CBS | No. of episodes 26 | |
Original release October 28, 1988 (1988-10-28) – May 19, 1989 (1989-05-19) | ||
The twelfth season of the television series Dallas aired on during the 1988-1989 TV season.
Contents
Starring
In alphabetical order:
Also Starring
Notable guest stars
Leigh McCloskey returns as Mitch Cooper for one episode, without being credited as "also starring" - making him the only Dallas example of a billing demotion from also starring status to guest star. Gayle Hunnicutt joins the cast as Vanessa Beaumont for three episodes, while other additions to the cast include Jeri Gaile (Rose Daniels McKay), J. Eddie Peck (Tommy McKay) and John Hoge (Detective Ratagan).
Also - Margaret Michaels makes one appearance as former main character Pamela Barnes Ewing, and Jenna Pangburn appears in two episodes as Pamela Rebecca Cooper, a character played by Deborah Kellner in telefilm Dallas: J. R. Returns and Julie Gonzalo in the 2012 Dallas revival series.
Crew
Returning writers include showrunner Leonard Katzman, Mitchell Wayne Katzman, Arthur Bernard Lewis, and Louella Lee Caraway, and they are joined by Howard Lakin, who wrote several episodes for seasons 4-6 newcomers Simon Masters, Jonathan Hales.
Series star Larry Hagman (J.R.) joins Leonard Katzman as executive producer, while Howard Larkin is the shows new producer. Cliff Fenneman, having served as associate producer since the first season, is now billed co-producer, alongside Mitchell Wayne Katzman, while Arthur Bernard Lewis remains as supervising producer. Also: writer Louella Lee Caraway is also billed executive coordinator.
DVD release
The twelfth season of Dallas' was released by Warner Bros. Home Video, on a Region 1 DVD box set of three double-sided DVDs, on January 19, 2010. Like the other DVD sets of the shows last five seasons, it does not include any extras.