With a premi猫re that drew nearly seven million viewers in the summer, TNT's splashy Dallas reboot seemed primed for success in its second life. The cable series - in which Larry Hagman reprised his role as the legendary Texas oilman J.R. Ewing - was slated to return for Jan. 28.
Hagman's unexpected death at age 81 on Friday, however, leaves the future of the show in question.
Sources said this weekend that Hagman had completed filming on several new episodes before his death and would appear in Season 2.
But the sources also acknowledged that the show's producers hadn't yet established how they would address J.R.'s departure from the cable series.
Hagman, who also starred in the 1960s TV series I Dream of Jeannie, died Friday of complications from cancer.
