Dynasty (TV series)

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Chapters: Dynasty characters, List of Dynasty episodes, Dynasty minor characters, Steven Carrington, Fallon Carrington Colby, Adam Carrington, The Colbys, Dex Dexter, List of Dynasty characters, Krystle Carrington, Jeff Colby, Alexis Colby, Dominique Deveraux, Claudia Blaisdel Carrington, List of The Colbys episodes, Blake Carrington, Dynasty: The Reunion, Amanda Carrington, Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, Sammy Jo Carrington, Carrington family, Kirby Anders. Excerpt: The following is a complete list of episodes for the 1980s television series Dynasty, in broadcast order. Season One was shown on Mondays in the USA. Dynasty is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 11, 1989. It was created by Richard and Esther Shapiro and produced by Aaron Spelling, and revolved around the Carringtons, a wealthy oil family living in Denver, Colorado. Starring John Forsythe and Linda Evans as oil magnate Blake Carrington and his new wife Krystle, Dynasty was ABC's competitor to CBS's prime time series Dallas. The show's ratings for the first season were unremarkable, but the second season arrival of Joan Collins as Blake's scheming first wife Alexis heralded Dynastys rise into the Top 20,. By 1984, it was a top ten show and by 1985, it was the #1 series on television. Dynasty was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Drama Series every year from 1981 to 1986, winning in 1984. Dynasty spawned a successful line of fashion and luxury products, and even a spin-off series called The Colbys. Dynasty dropped from #7 to #24 during the 1986-87 season, and was ultimately canceled in May 1989 after a nine-season run. Producer Spelling, already well-known for his successful ABC series including Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Vega$, and Hart to Hart, took on Richard and Esther Shapiro's vision of a rich and powerful family who "lived and sinned" in a 48-room Denver mansion. Esther Shapiro claimed that an inspiration for the show was I, Claudius, a fictionalized depiction of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Roman emperors. The working title for Dynasty was Oil, and the starring role originally went to George Peppard. In early drafts of the pilot script, the two main families featured in the series were known as the Parkhursts and Corbys; by the time production began, they had been renamed the Carringtons and Colbys. Peppard, who had difficulties dealing with the