David Jacobs, who turned soap opera into prime-time gold, dies at 84
David Jacobs, who more than anyone invented the modern prime-time soap opera when he created Dallas, the long-running CBS series about an
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David Jacobs, who more than anyone invented the modern prime-time soap opera when he created Dallas, the long-running CBS series about an
As the creator of “Dallas” and its spinoff “Knots Landing,” he did more than anyone to change the landscape of nighttime TV.
David Jacobs, who created the smash 1980s primetime soaps Dallas and Knots Landing and was a two-time Emmy nominee for Homefront, died August 20 at 86.
American soap producer David Jacobs has died aged 84.
David Jacobs died on Sunday afternoon in Burbank, California, at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center just eight days after he celebrated his 84th birthday, his son revealed