Personally I think she's smart to stay away.

http://www.ultimatedallas.com/dallasnews/2013/03/02/victoria-principal-no-return-to-dallas-tnt/

Look. I admit - I liked Dallas. Well at least the first 8-9 seasons of the original series.

And I admit, I thought the new series had some potential.

But frankly, I've found myself rather disappointed after reading the episode synopsises.

First - the Ann Ewing character is a complete waste of time (note this is not a commentary on the actress, who's a complete hottie). She's more or-less a cross between a Desparate Housewife recyclable, and a stand-in for Miss Ellie and Pam all put into one, that really comes across as well, nothing interesting.

Though I have to admit, she's not annoying like that April Stevens character. Again the actress playing her was fucking hot, but the character was a worse than a waste of time; she was a huge annoyance to watch. I frankly was relieved that her character bought the dust a couple of seasons later.

Then - is it just me, or perhaps it's a trend in television these days, but why is it all 'young' actors seem to all have this boy or girl look? They all have lithe figures, and look like overgrown boys or girls, but cut and defined (they must all to the same trainers and have the same diets). And they certainly act like little children. Ironic since most of them are probably in their late 20's. I say that because when you consider that Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal were also in their late 20's when they were cast in Dallas back in 1978. But the thing is, they looked like adults, not kids, or even teenagers.

Finally - while I admit I think the producers have made an attempt to really move the stories away from the original characters - I don't think any of the new characters are really that interesting. The stories are what they are, but the characters have no real presence. This often becomes a reality whenever one of the original actors appears on camera with one of the new ones. Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, and Linda Gray have more more presence merely reacting to something, than any of those younger actors do forever whimpering, yelling and screaming. And it's not an age thing.

Jim Davis and Barbara Bel Geddes were established, well-known actors when they were cast in Dallas, but each of those actors mentioned above (as well as Victoria Principal, and Steve Kanaly, Ken Kercheval, and yes Charlene Tilton) were able to hold their own just fine. Now of course, they had the advantage of an original story, a newly established concept of holding a soap opera in primetime, and the fact that there appears to have been a genuine family-like atmosphere in existence; something that largely went away from television a long time ago ...

So maybe Ms. Principal is right to stay away. Maybe she knows something that everyone else who complains about chooses to ignore: the new show sucks.