In case Dallas fans didn't get the message, when the soap revealed Pamela Barnes Ewing 1.0 (Victoria Principal) was long dead in the Season 2 finale, the serial's showrunner is confirming the character has gone to the big Oil Baron's Ball in the Sky.

In an interview with TV Guide Magazine, Dallas executive producer Cynthia Cidre stated the iconic character is “unequivocally dead.” Here's an excerpt:

TV Guide Magazine: When did you make the decision to kill Pam?

Cynthia Cidre: We were probably going to let [the mystery] continue for years on end. Then there were too many questions around it and a little too much drama for us after Victoria Principal's statement. (On March 1, Principal released a statement saying, "I cannot be held responsible for any choices made by producers once I left Dallas, but I do take responsibility for my decision not to risk tarnishing Bobby and Pam's love story with a desperate reappearance.) And so we decided it was best to put it to rest so that there would be no more questions.

TV Guide Magazine: Just so we are clear, Pam is now unequivocally dead?

Cidre: Unequivocally dead.

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Four words sum up the love Daytime Confidential’s Jamey Giddens has for soaps — “Santa Barbara” and “Anne Heche” (ex-Vicky and Marley Hudson, Another World). NBC has finally set the premiere date for Heche's comedy, Save Me, which means Jamey must be in heaven! (Editor's Note: He isn't. He'd rather she be on The Good Wife, Scandal or Revenge.)
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With only a couple episodes of The Following left this season, things are really starting to hit the proverbial fan.  Mike (Shawn Ashmore) returned to cop headquarters, and immediately recognized Roderick as his torturer and Carrollite.  

However, the shady sheriff was able to make a getaway when Mike pulled his gun on him, and was promptly tackled by the clueless townie cops. READ MORE

The Season 3 premiere of The Borgias picked up with the immediate aftermath of Rodrigo’s (Jeremy Irons) poisoning. Cesare (Francois Arnaud) and the rest of the Borgias family, as well as the clergy, rushed Rodrigo to the Vatican doctor.

The physician relayed it was just a matter of time before the Pope’s soul “left this Earth.” Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger) was more proactive.  Employing a new technique she’d read of, Lucrezia pumped her father’s stomach. 
 
It was touch and go, but Rodrigo pulled through.  He woke, disgusted.  Apparently, he'd been aware of his surroundings, while lying seemingly unconscious. He'd heard all the cardinals plotting and praying for his death. 

He later confessed to Vanozza (Joanne Whalley) that while he laid on the precipice of death, God did not appear to him.  Might the Pope of Rome experience a crisis of faith? READ MORE

Live With Kelly and Michael's Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan landed on The Hollywood Reporter’s 35 Most Powerful People in Media list. All three teams from  rival morning shows Good Morning America, Today and CBS This Morning  also earned spots on the list. READ MORE

Will TNT’s Dallas be drilling for more oil and drama in a third season? Patrick Duffy confirmed the continuation of the storied franchise for another year, according to New York Daily News.

Despite so-so ratings, “Dallas” 2.0 will be back for a third season and the show has a funeral to thank for its new life, Duffy said.

But Duffy, who plays J.R.’s brother Bobby Ewing, said, “A network like TNT and Warner Brothers look at the trend. ... They are ecstatic with what ‘Dallas’ is doing and as long as we continue that in the demographics of 18-40, we are their golden child.”

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