Information: - The Bold and the Beautiful (often referred to as B&B) is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987 as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera "The Young and the Restless"; several characters from each of the two shows have crossed over to the other since the early 1990s. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers upon the Forrester family and their fashion house business Forrester Creations. - Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Farlow (maiden name Southworth; formerly Ewing) is a fictional character, from the CBS soap opera "Dallas", a long running serial centered on the lives of the wealthy Ewing family in Dallas, Texas. Throughout her run, the character remains an important part of the show's structure. Created by writer David Jacobs, the role was originated by screen actress Barbara Bel Geddes in the series pilot episode until her departure in 1984. After Bel Geddes left, she was replaced by movie and television actress Donna Reed, who would only play the part for one season. Bel Geddes returned at the start of "Dallas" next season and remained in the show until season thirteen, when she wanted to retire from acting. The character of Miss Ellie was written out following Bel Geddes' departure. Bel Geddes appeared in all but two of the "Dallas" episodes for six seasons, and missed one third of the episodes at the beginning of the 1983-84 season, due to her recovery from her heart surgery. - CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation. The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major production facilities and operations in New York City (at the CBS Broadcast Center) and Los Angeles (at CBS Television City and the CBS Studio Center). - Patrick Duffy (born March 17, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his role on the CBS primetime soap opera "Dallas", where he played Bobby Ewing, the youngest son of Miss Ellie and the nicest brother of J.R. Ewing (played by Barbara Bel Geddes and Larry Hagman) from 1978 to 1985 and from 1986 to 1991. Duffy returned to reprise his role as Bobby in a continuation of "Dallas", which aired on TNT from 2012 to 2014. He is also well known for his role on the ABC sitcom "Step by Step" as Frank Lambert, from 1991 to 1998, and for his role as Stephen Logan on the CBS daytime soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" (2006-2011). Duffy plays the lead character's father in the 2014 NBC sitcom "Welcome to Sweden". - Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 August 8, 2005) was an American actress, artist, and children's author, whose career spanned six decades. She was best known for her starring role in the television drama series "Dallas" as matriarch Miss Ellie Ewing. Bel Geddes also starred in the original Broadway production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in the role of Maggie. Her notable films included Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (1958) and "I Remember Mama" (1948). She was the recipient of several acting awards and nominations throughout her career. - Robert '' Bobby '' James Ewing is a fictional character in the long - running soap opera , Dallas and its 2012 revival . The youngest son of Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing , he was portrayed by actor Patrick Duffy between 1978 and 1985 , and again from 1986 to 1991 . Bobby had been killed off in the final episode of the 1984 -- 1985 season , and Patrick Duffy left the show for a year . Bobby returned to the show in the famous '' shower scene '' right at the end of the 1985 -- 1986 season . The subsequent '' dream revelation '' at the start of the 1986 -- 1987 season , wrote off Bobby 's accident , Bobby 's death and all but the final scene of the 1985 -- 1986 season , as a dream of Bobby 's fiancee and ex-wife , Pamela Barnes Ewing ( Victoria Principal ) . Patrick Duffy later returned to play Bobby again in the 1996 film , J.R. Returns , then in the 1998 film , War of the Ewings , as well as in the new Dallas series from 2012 to 2014 . Dallas was originally planned to center on Bobby 's Romeo and Juliet - style marriage to Pamela Barnes , who was from the rival Barnes family . According to Dallas scriptwriter and story editor Camille Marchetta , Bobby was initially going to be killed off by the end of the first season , leaving Pamela to become the central character of the series . Bobby 's character was kept but the show ended up being focused around his older brother , J.R. Ewing ( Larry Hagman ) , as it became clear that he was the breakout character . Still , Bobby retained his central role as the show 's primary hero , and the Abel to J.R. 's Cain . After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'bobby ewing' exhibits the relationship of 'creator'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - alfred hitchcock - bobby - city - david jacobs - william j . bell
david jacobs