Imagine what a shock it must have been to the CBS executives in the spring of 1986 when Angela Lansbury became the face of CBS's primetime scripted lineup and no longer Larry Hagman (1985/1986 season ended with Murder She Wrote finished 3rd, it's highest ever, while Dallas finished 6th, it's final season in the Top 10).Īlso from 1985/1986 onward, Dallas had some really weak lead-ins: The Twilight Zone (1985/1986), Scarecrow and Mrs.
Click to expand.Murder She Wrote was probably the biggest surprise hit of the 1980s.
