A Soap Opra called Texas....

Texas, a spin-off of NBC’s Another World, aired for a little over two years beginning in August of 1980. The main original focus of Texas was Iris, Beverley McKinsey’s character from Another World, who moved from Bay City to Houston.

However, McKinsey parted the show half-way through its run in 1981. Initially, the Iris spin-off concept was to be named Reunion, but network executives wanted a name that would tie it to popular prime-time weekly soap opera, Dallas.

Mac, a long time Another World favorite played by Douglass Watson, appeared as a guest star early in Texas’s run.
In addition to many crossover guest stars from Another World. Texas also featured cameo appearances from current Country and Western music acts (including Johnny Paycheck) and politicians, Governor Nigh of Oklahoma and William Hobby, Jr. Lt Gov of Texas.

Ultimately, it was cancelled due to poor ratings, partly because it aired opposite General Hospital whose popularity was at an all-time high. In the end, the spin-off wasn’t as successful as the previous Another World spin-off, Somerset, from the 1970’s, and it wasn’t as controversial and groundbreaking as its parent show.