Today also happens to be the anniversary of \”Who Shot JR?\” Twenty-eight years ago today a bajillion people were watching Dallas to find out the answer:
Kinda interesting because this gave birth to the concept of a TV cliffhanger — which is essentially what the WSOP was going for with the November Nine. Viewers from 53 countries tuned in to see JR get shot … sparking seven months of promotional speculation, and by the time the winner answer was revealed on an historic two-hour special, 11 new countries had signed up the show to run on their networks.