J.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal. He often comes into conflict with his brother Bobby, his arch-enemy Cliff Barnes and his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen.

Popular evening soap opera-style television drama. The show was set in Dallas, Texas and chronicled the exploits of wealthy Texas oil millionaires. Many of the plots revolved around shady business dealings and dysfunctional family dynamics.—Tad Dibbern <[email protected]>

The Ewings are a wealthy oil baron family, living on the ranch Southfork outside Dallas, Texas. Oldest son JR runs the family oil business and is as ruthless and scheming as they come. Brother Bobby has married Pamela Barnes, member of the rival Barnes family, creating friction in the family.—grantss

The saga of the wealthy Ewing family, patriarch Jock Ewing, who started Ewing Oil, the family corporation; Miss Ellie, his wife who properly managed Southfork Ranch, the family home; and their three sons, J.R., the ruthless CEO of Ewing Oil, married to former Miss Texas Sue Ellen Shepard; Bobby, the nice guy, who married Pamela Barnes, daughter of the Ewing's chief business rival; and Gary, considered an outcast by his father, who eventually moved to California with his wife Valene.—Phil Fernando