Dallas: J.R. Returns Dallas: J.R. Returns Dallas: J.R. Returns is a 1996 American made-for-television drama film and is the first of two "Dallas" reunion films, produced after the series went off the air in 1991. It originally aired on CBS on November 15, 1996, and was rerun as part of TV Land's salute to 50 years of Warner Bros. Television. The cliffhanger ending of the 1991 "Dallas" series finale is resolved. The gunshot J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) fired was at the mirror, not himself (despite there being no sound of shattered glass when he pulled the trigger). Several years later, J.R. is in
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