I yearned for the arrival of villainess Abby (Donna Mills) in season ... KNOTS LANDING cast member Michele Lee (as Karen Fairgate). Image dated ... [+] November 1979. (Photo by CBS via Getty ...

Unlike those TV days of yesteryear, waiting for resolution to those soapy cliffhangers on Dallas, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest and Dynasty in the spring was resolved by the early fall. The break is ...

In the 1980s, Jacobs changed the face of US television with his work on Dallas as well as on its spin-off Knots Landing. Dallas started as a five-part miniseries in 1978, but went on to run for 14 ...