October 20, 1985 –
The first of two reunion films, I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later, starring Barbara Eden, Wayne Rogers, and Bill Daly aired on NBC on this date. Larry Hagman was unavailable to reprise his role as Tony Nelson reportedly because he was too busy filming his CBS series Dallas at the time.
At first, Barbara Eden said no to NBC executives about reprising her role as Jeannie: “I had no intention of playing Jeannie again. It’s a super-high risk to repeat something done well in the first place. And the series is still running in syndication”. She later explained: “I read the script, and it was fun – and before I knew it, I was doing it. And I don’t have any regrets“.
October 20, 1991 –
Exactly six years after the broadcast of I Dream of Jeannie… Fifteen Years Later, I Still Dream of Jeannie, airs on NBC on this date., Barbara Eden, and Bill Daly once again reprise their roles. Once again, Larry Hagman was unavailable to reprise his role of Tony Nelson, as he had just completed a 14½ season run on Dallas and was taking a vacation with his family.
Bill Daily openly admitted that he disliked the reunion movies, due to faulting the scripts and the absence of Larry Hagman.
The Haus of Dcaligari 