Larry Hagman was offered “The Waverly Wonders” (NBC, 1978), a sitcom about a high school basketball coach (starring Joe Namath) the same year he was offered “Dallas” (CBS, 1978-91).
Hagman favored this series, which lasted one month; but his wife advised him to take “Dallas.”
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