couric: in fact, hagman would eventually go on to earn a reported $250,000 per episode and play j.r. ewingears. did you ever get tired of j.r.? >> never. never. it was always a challenge. always fun. and being at work that long was fun. how many actors get a chance to do that? >> couric: and it looks like there could be more none store for hagman. a new version of dallas is coming to cable and he says he's ready to play j.r. again if the money's right. once a ewing, always a ewing. that's the cbs news. i'll have more of larry hagman's memories this weekend on "sunday morning." until then, i'm katie couric, thank you for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh >> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched, entertainment news magazine in the world. >> the bristol palin dancing conspiracy? >> i think a lot of tea party folks are voting. >> "e.t." investigates. >> standards and practices are at play. >> why some are saying it's sarah palin keeping brifting in the game. >>> marie osmond with me on her son's suicide. >> do you feel michael's

couric: in fact, hagman would eventually go on to earn a reported $250,000 per episode and play j.r. ewingrs. did you ever get tired of j.r.? >> never. never. it was always a challenge. always fun. and being at work that long was fun. how many actors get a chance to do that? >> couric: and it looks like there could be more none store for hagman. a new version of dallas is coming to cable and he says he's ready to play j.r. again if the money's right. once a ewing, always a ewing. that's the cbs news. i'll have more of larry hagman's memories this weekend on "sunday morning." until then, i'm katie couric, thank you for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs

couric: in fact, hagman would eventually go on to earn a reported $250,000 per episode and play j.r. ewing did you ever get tired of j.r.? >> never. never. it was always a challenge. always fun. and being at work that long was fun. how many actors get a chance to do that? >> couric: and it looks like there could be more fun in store for hagman. a new version of "dallas" is coming to cable, and he says he's ready to play j.r. again if the money's right. once a ewing, always a ewing. that's the "cbs evening news." i'll have more of larry hagman's memories this weekend on "sunday morning." until then, i'm katie couric, thank you for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org california, struggling to >>> this is something that arose out of someone living almost in a cult-like situation. >> cash-strapped california struggling to monitor potentially dangerous parolees. the bizarre case that sparked outrage in marin county. >> that latest effort to fighted crime in oakland, lessons in elementary school. >> and a big new problem for h

. >> he doesn't have that larger than life j.r. ewing kind of thing going on at all, but he was definitely willing to take big risks and make big, big bets. >> narrator: browne surrounded himself with a small group of executives, including bob dudley, tony hayward, and john manzoni, known inside the company as his "turtles." >> as in ninja turtles, rising stars in the bp corporate structure who he thought, one day, had the ability or the potential to lead the company. >> narrator: until then, browne set the agenda. it was browne who took the company on a gigantic buying spree. >> john wanted to be the biggest. he was competing with mobil, competing with exxon, competing with chevron. and he was bound and determined to use mergers and acquisitions as the lever to propel bp into the big leagues. >> by merging our assets and our prospects with those of amoco... >> narrator: browne began by purchasing amoco. >> if you put the two together, you have a world-class set of complementary assets. >> narrator: then, quickly, browne would buy six ot