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Dynasty

  • TV Series
  • 1981–19891981–1989
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h
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Dynasty (1981)
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The trials and tribulations of two feuding families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, both oil rich families in Denver, Colorado.The trials and tribulations of two feuding families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, both oil rich families in Denver, Colorado.The trials and tribulations of two feuding families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, both oil rich families in Denver, Colorado.

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POPULARITY
1,202
91
  • Creators
    • Esther Shapiro
    • Richard Alan Shapiro
  • Stars
    • John Forsythe
    • Linda Evans
    • Joan Collins
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  • Creators
    • Esther Shapiro
    • Richard Alan Shapiro
  • Stars
    • John Forsythe
    • Linda Evans
    • Joan Collins
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    • 45User reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 24 wins & 67 nominations total

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    Joan Collins, Jack Coleman, Betty Harford, Virginia Hawkins, Pamela Sue Martin, and Gordon Thomson in Dynasty (1981)
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    John Forsythe
    John Forsythe
    • Blake Carringtonas Blake Carrington
    220 episodes220 eps • 1981–1989
    Linda Evans
    Linda Evans
    • Krystle Carringtonas Krystle Carrington…
    206 episodes206 eps • 1981–1989
    Joan Collins
    Joan Collins
    • Alexis Carrington Colbyas Alexis Carrington Colby…
    205 episodes205 eps • 1981–1989
    Gordon Thomson
    Gordon Thomson
    • Adam Carringtonas Adam Carrington
    183 episodes183 eps • 1982–1989
    John James
    John James
    • Jeff Colbyas Jeff Colby
    171 episodes171 eps • 1981–1989
    Michael Nader
    Michael Nader
    • Dex Dexteras Dex Dexter
    152 episodes152 eps • 1983–1989
    Jack Coleman
    Jack Coleman
    • Steven Carringtonas Steven Carrington
    150 episodes150 eps • 1982–1988
    Heather Locklear
    Heather Locklear
    • Sammy Jo Dean Carringtonas Sammy Jo Dean Carrington…
    128 episodes128 eps • 1981–1989
    Pamela Bellwood
    Pamela Bellwood
    • Claudia Blaisdelas Claudia Blaisdel…
    122 episodes122 eps • 1981–1986
    Pamela Sue Martin
    Pamela Sue Martin
    • Fallon Carrington Colbyas Fallon Carrington Colby…
    88 episodes88 eps • 1981–1984
    William Beckley
    William Beckley
    • Gerardas Gerard…
    81 episodes81 eps • 1982–1989
    Diahann Carroll
    Diahann Carroll
    • Dominique Deverauxas Dominique Deveraux
    75 episodes75 eps • 1984–1987
    Virginia Hawkins
    • Jeanetteas Jeanette
    69 episodes69 eps • 1981–1989
    Lee Bergere
    Lee Bergere
    • Joseph Andersas Joseph Anders…
    58 episodes58 eps • 1981–1983
    Emma Samms
    Emma Samms
    • Fallon Carrington Colbyas Fallon Carrington Colby
    57 episodes57 eps • 1985–1989
    Catherine Oxenberg
    Catherine Oxenberg
    • Amanda Bedford Carringtonas Amanda Bedford Carrington
    54 episodes54 eps • 1984–1986
    Leann Hunley
    Leann Hunley
    • Dana Waring Carringtonas Dana Waring Carrington
    46 episodes46 eps • 1986–1988
    Kathleen Beller
    Kathleen Beller
    • Kirby Andersas Kirby Anders
    45 episodes45 eps • 1982–1984
    • Creators
      • Esther Shapiro
      • Richard Alan Shapiro
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    Storyline

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    The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. —Phil Fernando
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    • femme fatale
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      • Synopsis Greed. Seduction. Betrayal. Revenge. Dynasty has it all and more!
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Certificate
      • TV-PG
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    • Trivia
      Joan Collins and John Forsythe did not get along. Ironically, she got along fine with Linda Evans.
    • Goofs
      Despite the fact that Denver gets over 53 inches of snow every year, there is almost never any snow on the ground during the course of the series.
    • Quotes

      Kirby: You bitch.

      Alexis: If I am, take a lesson from me. You may need it in life.

    • Connections
      Edited into Derrick contre Superman (1992)

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    7/10
    When it was good, it was very good--and when it was bad, it was painful
    Dynasty was in its heyday when I was in high school, so it was inevitable that we'd grow up together. Originally conceived to take on the CBS juggernaut Dallas, the show originally focused on the ultra-rich Carringtons, the middle-class Blaisdels, and the link between them, secretary-turned-socialite Krystle. After half a season, however (it was a mid-season replacement), the creative team decided to take the show in a different direction. They also brought in Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington. Originally intended only to appear in a few episodes, Alexis became such a hit with the viewers that the character quickly became central to the action.

    The show, early in its run, was at its best when it nodded to classic Hollywood. The Steven-Claudia storyline, for example, was Dynasty's riff on the film Tea and Sympathy, and the sheer opulence of the show (and some of Claudia's crazier moments) were straight out of Sunset Boulevard. The writing was sharp, incisive, and not afraid to be funny. A brief implosion late in the second season got rid of half the cast, but one role (Steven) was recast, and another (Sammy Jo) would return sporadically for a couple of seasons before finally returning full-time. By the time the show had four seasons under its belt, it was a solid top ten hit that actually showed a lot of quality as the writers tackled then-borderline taboo topics such as abortion and homosexuality.

    Then it started to go wrong.

    The first blow was the departure of Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon, and the subsequent miscasting of Emma Samms in the role. Worse, the writing took a significant turn for the worse, and Samms had the double handicap of trying to compete against the memory of Martin and having distinctly inferior scripts to work with. Next, whereas previous cliffhangers had involved danger to one or two characters apiece, starting with the infamous fifth season cliffhanger, the producers decided that the majority of the cast had to be endangered in every cliffhanger - the Moldavian massacre, the fire at La Mirage, the siege of the Carrington mansion - which strained credulity to the breaking point. Once-promising characters, like Dominique and Leslie, were marginalized to the point of invisibility and eventually jettisoned with little fanfare.

    Worst of all, the writers began to ape ratings bonanzas from previous seasons without seeming to understand why they worked in the first place. Krystle and Alexis' first catfight, for example, came at the end of slowly-increasing tension between the two over the course of the second season. Towards the end of Dynasty's run, the catfights had become almost ubiquitous, as if the writers felt that they weren't doing their job if they didn't include one every season, regardless of whether the scenes made sense from a storytelling standpoint.

    The show enjoyed a brief renaissance in its final season, largely due to the addition of Stephanie Beacham to the cast, but with Linda Evans leaving the show in the middle of the season, it was more or less doomed at that point - the triumvirate of Blake-Krystle-Alexis, once broken, could not be repaired or replaced.

    All in all, though, Dynasty was a pleasant way to spend an hour every Wednesday (later Thursday), and I'm glad I got to know the Carringtons.
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    • Release date
      • January 12, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • Greek
      • Turkish
      • Russian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Der Denver-Clan
    • Filming locations
      • Arden Villa - 1145 Arden Road, Pasadena, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Aaron Spelling Productions
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      1 hour

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