For the second year in a row,
Dallas' creative team goes through major changes for season 10. Only associate producer Cliff Fenneman survives the transition from season 9 to season 10. Former writer/story editor
David Paulsen replaces James H. Brown as producer and newcomer Calvin Clements, Jr. is appointed supervising producer. Former producer (to the end of season 8)
Leonard Katzman returns as showrunner, but now promoted to executive producer, replacing veteran
Philip Capice. Katzman's son Mitchell Wayne Katzman joins the team as the new story editor. Leah Markus, who wrote for season 4, joins as story consultant. Writers for the season include
Leonard Katzman,
David Paulsen, Leah Markus, Mitchell Wayne Katzman, Calvin Clements, Jr., and Louella Lee Caraway. Series star
Susan Howard also writes one more episode before leaving the series, both as a writer and as an actress, at the end of the season. ==DVD release==