Dallas will not return for the next season, TNT Cable Network announced Friday.
"TNT has decided not to renew Dallas. We are extremely proud of the series, which defied expectations by standing as a worthy continuation of the Ewing saga. We want to thank everyone involved with the show, from the extraordinary cast to the impeccable production team, led by the show's creative forces, Cynthia Cidre and Mike Robin," said a TNT spokesperson in a statement. "We especially want to thank the people of Dallas for their warm and generous hospitality during the production of the series."
The Cidre developed soap got off to a promising start in 2012, opening to 7 million viewers in its first outing.
Numbers started to fade when TVT shift the series from boom time of summer to the more competitive winter landscape.
The network moved the soap back to the original airtime but ratings failed to rise.
The series was pulling fewer than 2 million viewers in live-plus-same-day ratings. It quietly exited the schedule with 1.7 million viewers on Sept. 22 to its finale, which saw the death of a major character.
Death of the late actor Larry Hagman in 2012 did not help with the rating of the show.
The 81-year-old TV icon had reprised the role of J.R. Ewing, central to both the original series and the remake, and was filming the series' second season when he died from complications of leukemia. His death was written into the series, with J.R.'s funeral episode in 2013 hitting season highs averaging 3.5 million viewers in live-plus-three.
