Falcon Crest
CBS requested that Hamner make the show more like "Dallas", which was the network's biggest hit at that time, and the show was retooled and the pilot reshot. The script was rewritten and several cast members changed for what became "Falcon Crest". The series first aired in December 1981, when CBS scheduled "Falcon Crest" at 10 pm on Friday nights, right after "Dallas". The "Dallas"-"Falcon Crest" double bill proved lucrative for the network and "Falcon Crest" was a top-20 show in the Nielsen ratings for several years. Both shows (like "The Waltons") were produced for CBS by the same company, Lorimar Productions.