I Dream of Jeannie fans likely dreamed of seeing Jeannie and her “master” again after the original series ended its run on NBC in 1970. And sure enough, Barbara Eden’s eponymous genie and Tony Nelson, her astronaut love interest, did return to TV in the NBC movie I Dream of Jeannie… Fifteen Years Later, which aired 40 years ago, on October 20, 1985. But it wasn’t the same Dream that lit up TV sets for five seasons — costar Larry Hagman was gone, and filling the role of Tony was Wayne Rogers, best known as M*A*S*H’s Trapper John.
