Karen MacKenzie record for an actress on American primetime television. Karen's storylines focus on family troubles, addiction and kidnapping. In her early years on the serial, the character had much more of an "edge" in order to test the audience on who would be the most like J. R. Ewing (Larry Hagman), the primary character of its parent series "Dallas". (The bad girl role would later be taken on by Abby Cunningham, Karen's sister-in-law.) Over time, she became much more of a wholesome character. Series creator David Jacobs said "Karen is the tent pole. She says the things I want to say.
Dallas (1978 TV series) (season 14) Seidman, Mitchell Wayne Katzman, Louella Lee Caraway, and Ken Horton all return as series writers for the final season. The production team remains the same as for last season, with Leonard Katzman and Larry Hagman serving as executive producers, Ken Horton as co-executive producer, Cliff Fenneman as producer, Mitchell Wayne Katzman as co-producer, Frank Katzman and John Rettino as associate producers, Howard Lakin as supervising producer, Louella Lee Caraway as executive coordinator, and Lisa Seidman as executive story consultant. The final season of "Dallas"' was released by Warner Bros. Home Video, on a Region 1 DVD box set of five