By Jen Heger - Breaking Celebrity News Assistant Managing Editor

Dallas 2.0 is a hit with stellar ratings, but producers of the TNT reboot are desperate to have Victoria Principal appear on the show as fan favorite Pam Ewing and are pulling out all the stops to try and make it happen, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.

As we previously reported, the new version of Dallas, the smash-hit prime-time soap that was as 80s as hair metal, follows a new generation of Ewings, who are even more ruthless than their parents.

When we return to the Lone Star State, John Ross Ewing III (Josh Henderson), son of J.R. (Larry Hagman), is determined to drill for oil on family land. Meanwhile, cousin Christopher (Jesse Metcalfe), the adopted son of J.R.'s little brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy), has a secret plan to bring the family into the alternative-energy business.

Victoria Principal, 62, has a successful skincare line, Principal Secret, and she hasn't appeared on camera in years. However, the ageless beauty isn't ruling out reprising the iconic role. "The producers have been in talks with Victoria since the new series was given a green light. The producers are begging her to appear on the show. Victoria hasn't closed the door on returning to the show, even in a limited capacity. The producers have told her they will work around her schedule because they know how busy she is with her beauty empire, and she is a wildly successful businesswoman. It's the number one question that Patrick Duffy, who was Victoria's small screen hubby, Bobby Ewing gets asked, where is Pam Ewing, and is Victoria coming back," a source close to the situation tells us.

One wrinkle is that the show is now filmed entirely in Dallas, unlike the original which was filmed in Los Angeles. "Victoria views filming in Dallas as problematic because of her skincare line, and she is based in Los Angeles," the source says.

Meanwhile, there is an effort by Principal's fans on Facebook, "The Come