Larry Hagman again with Eden on stage in the play "Love Letters" at the College of Staten Island in New York and the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. The appearance marked the first time the two performers had acted together since Eden appeared with Hagman in a five-episode arc on "Dallas" in 1990. In 1978, Hagman was offered two roles on two television series that were debuting. One was for "The Waverly Wonders" and the other for "Dallas", in the role of conniving elder son and businessman J.R. Ewing. When Hagman read the "Dallas" script at his wife's suggestion,
Larry Hagman on CBS. Two reunion movies were later made, both televised on NBC: "" (1985) and "I Still Dream of Jeannie" (1991), but Hagman did not appear in either of them. He felt five years on the original show was enough, and he wanted to devote himself to dramatic work. In 1999, after 29 years, Hagman agreed to reunite with "Jeannie" co-stars Barbara Eden and Bill Daily and creator/producer Sidney Sheldon on "The Donny and Marie Show". In 2002, when "I Dream of Jeannie" was set to join the cable channel TV Land, Hagman once again took part in an "I