Dynasty
Dynasty title card.
Genre	Soap Opera
Running time	44 Minutes
Creator(s)	Richard & Esther Shapiro
Starring	John Forsythe Linda Evans Pamela Bellwood Pamela Sue Martin John James Al Corley Gordon Thomson Jack Coleman Heather Locklear Diahann Carroll Michael Nader Catherine Oxenberg Emma Samms and Joan Collins as Alexis
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	ABC
Original run	January 12, 1981–May 10, 1989
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Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. The series revolved around the Carringtons, a wealthy oil family living in Denver, Colorado. The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Founded November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861 Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area    - City 401. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ...

Dynasty epitomized the style and content of American primetime soap operas in the 1980s, programs in which the characters either had money and power and wanted more, or didn't have either but wanted both badly.

Beginnings

The working title for Dynasty was Oil — the starring role originally went to George Peppard. In early drafts of the pilot script the two main families featured in the series, the Carrington and Colby families, were written as Parkhurst and Corby respectively. The A-Team cast. ...

Peppard, who had difficulties dealing with the somewhat unsympathetic role of Blake, was replaced with John Forsythe. In the final production drafts the names Parkhurst and Corby were changed to Carrington and Colby, and their rivalry was written to emulate the Montagues and Capulets of Romeo & Juliet, that is, crossed in love and war. John Forsythe (born John Lincoln Freund on January 29, 1918) is an actor. ... The name Montague can refer to: as a surname Andrew Jackson Montague Charles Edward Montague Ed Montague Sir Edward Montague James Montague John Montague, a 20th century Irish poet and writer Richard Montague, American philosopher, cf. ... The seal of the House of Capulet The Capulets were a fictional Ghibelline family of Verona at mortal feud with the fictional family, the Montagues in William Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet. ...

The first season, which was filmed in 1980, was delayed by animosity between the networks and the partnership of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, which caused a strike. Many new shows were delayed for months, and Dynasty did not see the light of day on ABC until the first weeks of 1981. The Screen Actors Guild (S.A.G.) is the labor union representing over 120,000 film actors in the United States. ... The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists AFTRA is a performers union that represents actors in radio and television, much like the Screen Actors Guild does for movies, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and voice-over...

As the series opened, tycoon Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) was about to marry Krystle Jennings (Linda Evans), a younger woman whom he met when she took a job as a secretary at his company, the monolithic Denver-Carrington. John Forsythe (born John Lincoln Freund on January 29, 1918) is an actor. ... Main title caption from Dynasty. ...

Krystle was young, beautiful and vulnerable, described by the show's creator Esther Shapiro as "an American Aphrodite". She found a hostile reception in the Carrington household - the staff patronised her, Blake's daughter Fallon (Pamela Sue Martin) resented her, and her husband was too preoccupied with his work. Krystle's only ally in the Carrington house was her stepson, the sexually ambivalent Steven (Al Corley). The young adults of the Carrington dynasty had their own problems - Steven was uneasy about fitting into the mould cast for him as Blake's successor and was constantly in conflict with his father, who refused to accept his homosexuality. The decadent, ruthless Fallon was Blake's natural heir but unable to enter the Denver Carrington boardroom because she was a woman, she channelled her energies into toying with various male suitors such as the Carrington chauffeur Michael Culhane (Wayne Northrop) and being unfaithful to her husband Jeff Colby (John James), whom she had only married as part of a business deal with Jeff's uncle Cecil (Lloyd Bochner). Pamela Sue Martin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Al Corley (born 1956) is an actor and producer. ... Wayne Northrop pictured with his Days of Our Lives costar Deidre Hall Wayne Northrop (born April 12, 1947) is an American actor, known for his parts in soap operas. ... John James is an American actor, best known to international audiences for playing Jeff Colby in both the prime-time soap opera Dynasty and its spin-off series The Colbys throughout the 1980s. ... Actor Lloyd Bochner in Point Blank (1967) Lloyd Bochner (July 29, 1924 - October 29, 2005), born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Jewish Canadian leading man, usually playing the role of cool, suave, rich men. ...

The first season also heavily featured Matthew Blaisdel (Bo Hopkins), Krystle's first love, who worked for Blake Carrington as a geologist and was unhappily married to the emotionally fragile Claudia (Pamela Bellwood), who had recently spent time in a psychiatric hospital. While their daughter Lindsay (Katy Kurtzman) suffered from their marital strife, Claudia had a fling with Steven. Blake grew paranoid that Krystle was having an affair with Matthew, and raped her - a plot development ignored in later seasons. When Claudia testified at Blake's murder trial, she was forced to confess her affair with Steven. A hurt Matthew took Lindsay and left town in early season two. They were presumed dead in an accident, but the season premiere for the 1987/88 season featured an enraged Matthew's return from the dead. He held the Carrington family hostage and was killed by Steven. Bo Hopkins is an American actor, with several film appearances to his name, including The Bridge at Remagen, The Wild Bunch, The Getaway, American Graffiti and Midnight Express. ... Pamela Bellwood (born June 26, 1945) is an actress most famous for her role as Claudia Blaisdel Carrington on the primetime soap opera, Dynasty. ... Katy Kurtzman as Heidi in The New Adventures of Heidi (1978) Katy Kurtzman (born September 16, 1965 in Washington, DC) is an American actress. ...

At the conclusion of the show's first season, as Blake Carrington stood trial for the murder of his son's lover, Ted Dinard (Mark Withers), the script called for the return of Blake's former wife, the sultry, elegant Alexis Carrington. (In early drafts of the script the character was named Madelaine Carrington.) With the role uncast, a model was used in the season finale. Mark Withers (born 25 June 1947, New York) is an American actor, best known for his roles on television. ... Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan is a frequent and common miss-spelling of Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan, a main character in 80s soap opera Dynasty played by Joan Collins. ...

Buzz and ratings began to rise in season 2 when Joan Collins joined the cast

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"Enter Alexis"

In the first episode of the second season, titled "Enter Alexis", the mysterious stranger removed her sunglasses to reveal English actress Joan Collins as a dynamic new addition to the series. Alexis Carrington blazed a trail across the show and its storylines and the program quickly shot up in the ratings. By the end of the 1981-1982 season Dynasty entered the Top 20 in the Nielsen ratings, and eventually hit #1 in the ratings in 1985. The show epitomized an era of glamour and decadence and was the talk of the nation. Even former President Gerald Ford guest-starred as himself on 21 December 1983, along with his wife Betty and Henry Kissinger. Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born May 23, 1933) is an English actress and bestselling author. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Betty Ford, White House photo, 1974. ... Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923 in Fürth,Germany) is a German-born American diplomat, Nobel laureate and statesman. ...

With Alexis settled as Krystle's implacable nemesis, stepmother and stepdaughter Fallon settled their differences, forging a bond which riled the displaced and resentful Alexis even further.

Miss Collins would become the most celebrated female television star of the 1980s, and its most infamous clotheshorse in history. The on-screen adversarial chemistry between Collins and Linda Evans, most evident in the early seasons , set tongues wagging very quickly; 'Alexis and Krystle' would become metaphorical for women, opposite in nature, battling over a man, a bank-balance, a legacy.

Krystle and Alexis

In the seasons that followed, the rivalry between Blake Carrington's current and former wives became a driver for the melodrama. Alexis resented Krystle's supplanting of her position as mistress of the Carrington household and tried to undermine her at every opportunity.

Alexis caused Krystle's miscarriage and tried repeatedly to ruin her marriage, most notably by finding Krystle's former husband (Samuel) Mark Jennings (Geoffrey Scott) and proving that their divorce was never finalized (and that, consequently, Krystle's marriage to Blake was invalid). Geoffrey Scott is an American actor best known for playing Mark Jennings in the 1980s television series Dynasty. ...

They had many verbal confrontations. On one occasion Krystle overheard Alexis gossiping about her in an adjoining cubicle at the beauty parlour. Krystle appeared and announced that she too could "throw mud", and tossed a bowl of face mud over Alexis.

But their rivalry is best remembered in a handful of trademark catfights, beginning with one in Alexis' art studio on the Carrington estate (when Krystle discovered Alexis was responsible for her miscarriage), another in the lily pond (this was spoofed in the Robert Townsend Partners in Crime comedy series on HBO), one in a mud pool in a park and a final spat (in Dynasty: The Reunion) in a fashion studio. The verbal spars between Krystle and Alexis also marked one of the first times the word "bitch" was used on US television; the series made the use of the word more socially acceptable. Catfight is a slang term for an altercation between two women typically involving slapping, scratching, and hair-pulling as opposed to punching or kicking. ... Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film director/writer/actor. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network with headquarters in New York City. ... Dynasty: The Reunion was a mini-series, produced in 1991 which reunited the characters from the primetime television soap opera Dynasty which had aired on ABC from 1981 to 1989. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

'Krystle and Alexis' would quickly become perhaps the ultimate classic feminine television rivalry, fueled by the crackling anti-chemistry between actresses Linda Evans and Joan Collins.

In the television special Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar, Joan Collins noted that all of her stunt work, including the fight sequences, was done by a body-double.

Cliffhangers and the "Moldavian Massacre"

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The second season cliffhanger saw Blake left for dead on a mountain after a fight with Nick Toscanni (James Farentino), the third involved Alexis and Krystle being lured to Steven's cabin one night and locked inside while the cabin was set ablaze by Joseph, the butler and Kirby's father. The fourth saw the disappearance of Fallon just before her second wedding to Jeff (to accommodate the departure of Pamela Sue Martin from the series) and Alexis being accused of murder and imprisoned in a cell full of "ladies of the night". James Farentino (born February 24, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. ...

The most famous Dynasty cliffhanger is the so-called "Moldavian massacre", when Blake's youngest daughter Amanda Carrington (Catherine Oxenberg) married Prince Michael of Moldavia (Michael Praed) on the eve of a military revolution in his country. Although the massacre itself (ironically, arrived at by writer Camille Marchetta, who had devised the wildly-successful 'Who Shot J.R.?' scenario on "Dallas" five years earlier) became the most talked-about episode of any TV series during the calendar year of 1985, it is nonetheless largely remembered for its disappointing resolution four months later. Catherine Oxenberg (born September 22, 1961) is an American actress, best known for her performance as Amanda Carrington on Dynasty and as a socialite of royal ancestry. ... Michael Praed (born April 1, 1960 in Gloucestershire), British actor, is probably best known for his role as Robin of Locksley (Robin Hood) in the British television series Robin of Sherwood. ...

Nearly every character attended the "overseas" wedding. In the final scene of the episode, aired in May 1985, revolutionaries gunned down everyone in the palace chapel. The scene gave the impression that anyone and everyone could have died and in the summer that followed, many magazines published stories speculating about which characters would survive the massacre. 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the end, however, fans learned that fall that only two minor characters perished - unpopular guest character Lady Ashley Mitchell (Ali MacGraw) and Steven's lover Luke Fuller (Billy Campbell), who had only ever been a minor recurring character. The underwhelming resolution disenfranchised fans who felt the storyline had built to nothing, and it is frequently cited as the moment when the series "jumped the shark". Alice MacGraw (born April 1, 1938 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York) was an American model and actress. ... Billy Campbell as Thadiun Okona in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Outrageous Okona. William O. Campbell (born July 7, 1959 in Charlottesville, Virginia is an actor who who is well known for his starring role in the television series Once and Again as well as his role... Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water skis. ...

Aside from the glamour and campy drama, the show's later years were remembered for the controversy surrounding a storyline involving former matinee idol Rock Hudson as Daniel Reece, a character who enjoyed a romantic interaction with Krystle Carrington. Hudson's scenes required him to kiss Linda Evans and, as news that he had contracted AIDS broke, there was speculation Evans would be at risk. (Miss Evans, as it would turn out, was fine). Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was a popular American film and television actor, noted for his good looks, and most remembered as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. ... Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...

The end of the Dynasty

Dynasty cast (1987-88)

The lackluster reaction to the 1985 Moldavian conclusion at the onset of season six, combined with a poorly received dual role for Evans (as Krystle and as Rita, an actress impersonating Krystle for 11 episodes) that same year, the difficult recasting of key character Fallon (now played by Emma Samms), and excessive time spent introducing characters to be spun off onto The Colbys, instigated a ratings slump. Image File history File links Dynasty_cast. ... Image File history File links Dynasty_cast. ... Emma Samms Emma Samms (born Emma Samuelson on 28 August 1960, in London) is a British television actress // Career Samms played Holly Sutton Scorpio on the daytime soap opera General Hospital from 1982 to 1985, and from 1992 to 1993 and again in 2006. ... The Colbys (originally titled Dynasty II: The Colbys) was a primetime television soap opera which aired from November 1985 to March 1987. ...

Two other factors perhaps also account for the unusually-fast ratings decline: the revival of sitcoms, especially on NBC, whose Cosby Show took the number one position from Dynasty in the 1985-86 season, and Cheers (consistently in the top ten from 1985 until 1993), which aired opposite Dynasty in the 1988-89 season when "Dynasty" was moved to a new disastrous Thursday night timeslot, and more realistic, low-key dramas such as thirtysomething which gained favor in the late eighties. Photo of the entire cast of The Cosby Show. ... Cheers was a American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC. Cheers was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. ... thirtysomething (1987 – 1991) was a ground-breaking and award-winning American evening television drama, of the type popularly labeled a soap opera when broadcast during the daytime. ...

After the characters returned from Moldavia, Blake spurned Alexis and in retaliation she found his long-departed brother Ben (Christopher Cazenove) and they swindled Blake out of his fortune. An enraged Blake tried to strangle Alexis to death at the Carrington mansion (which now belonged to Alexis) as the season cliffhanger, just as the hotel La Mirage burned down, killing Claudia. In the next season, Blake recovered his money, but was rendered an amnesiac in an explosion. Alexis found him and convinced him they were still married, but felt guilty and told him the truth. Blake and Krystle also had to deal with their daughter Krystina (Jessica Player) being kidnapped. Other stories in that season featured Adam's romance with Dana Waring (Leann Hunley), Sammy Jo's doomed marriage to Clay Fallmont (Ted McGinley) and reconciliation with Steven (who had recently broken up with closeted politician Bart Fallmont (Kevin Conroy). The season ended with Matthew Blaisdel and a gang of gun-toting South American guerillas gatecrashing Adam and Dana's wedding reception and taking the family hostage. Christopher Cazenove (born December 1945) is a British cinema, television and stage actor. ... Jessica Player is an American actress, best known for playing Krystina, the young daughter of Blake and Krystle Carrington (John Forsythe and Linda Evans), in the 1980s television series Dynasty. ... Leann Hunley (born February 25, 1955) is an American actress known for her roles on television soap operas. ... Ted McGinley Ted McGinley (born May 30, 1958 in Newport Beach, California) is an American actor. ... Kevin Conroy Kevin Conroy (born November 30, 1955) is an American actor of stage, screen, and voice, best known for his portrayal of DC Comics superhero Batman in numerous animated series and features. ...

When The Colbys was cancelled, Fallon and Jeff returned for the 1987-1988 season. Blake and Alexis each ran for governor of Colorado (they both lost to a third-party candidate), Alexis married Sean Rowan (James Healey) (who planned to kill her due to her part in the death of his father, Joseph, the former Carrington butler), and Steven's reconciliation with Sammy Jo collapsed due to her affair with drug-addicted football player Josh Harris (Tom Schanley). The Colbys (originally titled Dynasty II: The Colbys) was a primetime television soap opera which aired from November 1985 to March 1987. ... Main title caption from Dynasty. ... Tom Schanley is an American actor, best known for his roles on television. ...

In the 9th and final 1988-1989 season, despite the introduction of a new producer and team of writers who improved story quality arguably for the first time in years, Linda Evans departed the series within a few weeks - Krystle Carrington was sent to Switzerland for emergency surgery, where she fell into a coma, with the door left open for Evans to return at a later stage. Former Colbys cast member, Stephanie Beacham, was brought in to reprise her role as firecracker Sable Colby (Tracy Scoggins also recreated her role as Sable's daughter Monica), written into Dynasty as a new antagonist for Alexis to battle against. Beacham's bravura performance helped to cause many to deem the final season as one of the best in some time, but ABC had had enough and, after moving the series to the new doomed Thursday night slot, pulled the plug in 1989. Fittingly, the show ended on a cliffhanger -- one of the best cliffhangers the series ever had -- with both Blake and Alexis in mortal peril (Blake being shot in the chest and Alexis and her long-time love Dex Dexter (Michael Nader) falling off a hotel balcony guardrail) and the rest of the cast in similar life-threatening situations. Stephanie Beacham as Dr. Kristin Westphalen on NBCs seaQuest DSV (1993-1994) Stephanie Beacham (born 28 February 1947) is an English actress. ... Tracy Scoggins (b. ... Categories: Stub | 1945 births | Soap opera actors ...

Soap opera format

Though many primetime dramas are often referred to as "soap operas", Dynasty truly embodied what characterizes a daytime soap. Many of the visual devices of the daytime soap opera were incorporated into the primetime context of Dynasty. Both daytime soaps and Dynasty are quintessential melodramas, with acting often verging on hammy and exaggerated emotions. They also both share the same devices used to end a scene or an episode. After the last line has been delivered, the music swells as the camera focuses on the face of the character for a few seconds before it goes to dark. Dynastys famous cliffhangers are also characteristic of daytime soap operas, though on a much more limited scale. Being a primetime drama, Dynasty had the summer break between seasons and the customary week break between episodes to contend with. The shelf life of a daytime soap cliffhanger is, at most, the two day weekend (since in general all soaps air every weekday for the entire year). Thus, the conclusion of a daytime soap usually includes a mini-cliffhanger, though usually not to the scale of something like Dynasty's Moldavian Massacre.

Main characters

John Forsythe as Blake

Blake Carrington (John Forsythe)

The son of Tom and Fallon Carrington (in one episode later erroneously referred to as Ellen) who became the self-made CEO of Denver-Carrington. The husband of Alexis Morrell Carrington (with whom he fathered Adam, Fallon, Steven and Amanda), and Krystle Jennings Carrington (with whom he fathered Krystina). Initially a ruthless man in both business and family matters, the character soon softened into a more benevolent patriarchal figure.

Linda Evans as Krystle

Krystle Grant Jennings Carrington (Linda Evans)

The wife of Blake Carrington, former wife of tennis pro Samuel Mark Jennings (known as Mark) and the one-time lover of Matthew Blaisdel (Bo Hopkins), a married geologist who worked for Denver-Carrington. Krystle was the mother, with Blake, of Krystina (Jessica Player), and the aunt of Sammy Jo Dean (see below), the only child of her late sister Iris and her husband Frank. Evans left the show midway in the final season (in the story Krystle began to unravel mentally, had to have delicate surgery, and lapsed into a coma), but she returned for Dynasty: The Reunion.

Joan Collins as Alexis

Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan (Joan Collins)

Former socialite turned businesswoman, married to - in order - Blake Carrington, Cecil Colby, Dex Dexter and Sean Rowan. She famously held a torch for Blake, though she later fell deeply in love with Dex Dexter. Her marriage to Colby was ordered on his deathbed, and intended to enable her to ruin Blake after Colby was gone, while her wedding to Rowan was on a whim. Mother, with Blake, to Adam, Fallon, Steven and Amanda Carrington. Alexis was romantically attached to a number of men, including Carrington architect and estate manager Roger Grimes (J. Eddie Peck), tennis pro Mark Jennings, oilman Rashid Ahmed (John Saxon), King Galen of Moldavia (Joel Fabiani), and shipping tycoon Zach Powers (Ricardo Montalban).

Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon

Fallon Carrington Colby (Pamela Sue Martin, 1981-1984; then Emma Samms, 1985, 1987-1989)

The daughter and first born of Blake and Alexis, the wife of Jeff Colby and the mother, with Jeff, of Blake Carrington Colby (known as LB) and Lauren Constance Colby. As a young woman, she was famously indiscreet and enjoyed affairs with chauffer Michael Culhane, playboy Peter de Vilbis, tennis pro Mark Jennings, doctor Nick Toscanni, and Colby heir, Miles Colby, whom she married briefly. When Pamela Sue Martin left the series after the first four seasons, the story had Fallon fleeing in her car on the eve of her remarriage to Jeff. Her wrecked car was later found by the road however there was no sign of Fallon. She was absent for much of the season that followed, a period in which Amanda Carrington surfaced. At the end of the season Fallon was reintroduced: suffering from amnesia and now played by Emma Samms, with no on-air explanation given for Fallon's change of appearance. Soon afterwards she and Jeff left Denver and their characters were switched to the spin-off series The Colbys. That series was cancelled after two seasons, and Fallon and Jeff were returned to Dynasty in 1987. In the storyline, Jeff found Fallon unconscious in the desert (after being dropped off by a UFO), and they returned to Denver where Fallon fought with Sammy Jo over Jeff before dropping Jeff for good and becoming involved with cop John Zorelli (Ray Abruzzo) who helped her unlock her memories of Roger Grimes' murder. Samms was unpopular with many viewers, due in large part to the writing, which presented Fallon at this time as a teary-eyed, put-upon victim. In the show's final season, Fallon was written more like the feisty original character, and Samms rose to the challenge.

Al Corley as Steven

Steven Carrington (Al Corley, 1981-1982, 1991; then Jack Coleman, 1983-1988)

The sexually confused, third born, and youngest son of Blake and Alexis who, despite his conviction that he was homosexual, married-at times, happily-Sammy Jo Dean and Claudia Blaisdel. With Sammy Jo, he fathered Steven Daniel Carrington (known as Danny). At different times, the lover of Ted Dinard, Luke Fuller and Bart Fallmont. He was accused of having an affair with his friend, lawyer Chris Deegan (Grant Goodeve), but their relationship was never clarified. (And Steven denied it.) The role was recast during the series run, and the change of appearance was explained by plastic surgery after an oil rig explosion. Eventually Steven ran most of Denver/Carrington, but after he had to kill his close friend Matthew Blaisdel (who had taken the Carrington family hostage) and Sammy Jo had an affair with football player Josh Harris, Steven had a breakdown. Steven was written out of the series at the start of the final season, with the explanation that he could no longer tolerate the pressures of his personal and professional life. At the conclusion of Dynasty: The Reunion Steven (reprised by Al Corley, with no scripted explanation for Steven's pre-surgery face returning) was living in Washington DC and was in a relationship with Bart Fallmont.

Gordon Thomson as Adam

Adam Carrington (Gordon Thomson, 1982-1989; later Robin Sachs, 1991 only)

First born, kidnapped at birth and raised as Michael Torrance in Billings, Montana, Adam Carrington did not learn of his true identity until adulthood, at which point he returned to the Carrington home. Married to Claudia Blaisdel and Dana Waring, he was a ruthless schemer — constantly plotting to enhance his position in the dynasty. His only lasting relationship was with Kirby Anders. The character of Adam was not seen nor mentioned in the first season of Dynasty, and was introduced in the third season as a replacement son for Blake and Alexis to squabble over after the character of Steven was written out of the series. Steven was later returned to the storyline, though the character of Adam had proved to be a success and was retained in the series until its close. Adam was also featured in the 1991 Dynasty reunion movie, however the role was recast as Thomson could not get out of his contract with Santa Barbara.

Catherine Oxenberg as Amanda (with Michael Praed)

Amanda Carrington (Catherine Oxenberg, 1984-1986; then Karen Cellini, 1986-1987)

Amanda was not seen or heard-of in the series until the fifth season; the character was devised as a replacement for the departing Fallon. Amanda was the second daughter (last born of four) of Blake and Alexis, raised in London as Amanda Bedford by Alexis' cousin Rosalind Bedford (Juliet Mills). She was hidden from her father Blake out of spite by Alexis, who discovered she was pregnant after she separated from her husband. Married to Prince Michael of Moldavia, and onetime lover of Dex Dexter (on whom she had a crush), Clay Fallmont and chauffeur Michael Culhane. The role was re-cast after Oxenberg left the series when her demands for a payrise were not met, and no on air explanation was given for Amanda's change in appearance. The replacement actor, Karen Cellini, proved to be unpopular and partway through Cellini's first season in the role the character was abruptly written out of the series; Amanda was never heard from again.

John James as Jeff

Jeff Colby (John James, 1981-1985, 1987-1989; 1991)

The nephew and protege of Cecil Colby. Born (supposedly) to Philip and Francesca Colby, he was raised by Cecil on the Colby estate in Denver, Nine Oaks (which neighbored the Carrington estate) because his father died before coming into his inheritance. After the character was spun off onto The Colbys, it was revealed that Cecil had pressured the penniless Francesca to surrender Jeff for his own good, and later that Jeff's father was actually Jason Colby (Charlton Heston). Married (and later re-married) to Fallon Carrington and briefly to Kirby Anders, he was the father of Blake Carrington Colby (known as LB) and Lauren Constance Colby. At different times, he was involved with Nicole Simpson (Susan Scannell), Lady Ashley Mitchell and Sammy Jo Reece.

Pamela Bellwood as Claudia

Claudia Blaisdel Carrington (Pamela Bellwood, 1981-1986)

The emotionally fragile wife of Matthew Blaisdel, mother of Lindsay, and at one time a close friend of Krystle. After her affair with Steven Carrington was revealed during the Ted Dinard murder trial, her husband Matthew took their daughter Lindsay and left Denver; both were presumed dead in an accident (Matthew would return some years later). This pushed Claudia into a succession of breakdowns, interrupted only by marriages to Steven, and later Adam, Carrington. Claudia died in a fire at La Mirage (which she started accidentally) at the conclusion of the show's sixth season. Dynasty creator Esther Shapiro felt Blaisdel was the "everywoman" of the show.

Heather Locklear as Sammy Jo

Samantha Josephine "Sammy Jo" Dean Carrington-Reece, (Heather Locklear, 1981-1989)

Greedy, trouble-making yet beautiful niece of Krystle Carrington, wife of Steven Carrington and Clay Fallmont, and mother of Danny Carrington; onetime lover of Josh Harris and Jeff Colby. It was later revealed that she was the daughter of Daniel Reece, played by Rock Hudson. Sammy Jo was the show's secondary villainess for much of the show's run, though she was an amateur compared to the far more polished Alexis. Locklear split her time between Dynasty and another Spelling-produced series, T.J. Hooker.

Diahann Carroll as Dominique (with John Forsythe)

Dominique Deveraux (Diahann Carroll, 1984-1987)

Successful and wealthy chanteuse (birth name Millie Cox), illegitimate daughter of Tom Carrington and Laura Matthews, making her a half-sister to Blake and Ben Carrington. Carroll joined the cast at the end of the fourth season as a foil for Joan Collins, though when the character was originally written, the producers had not decided how to use her. A number of scenes were filmed to introduce her (to circumvent any chance the storyline would leak to the press) including alternative lines that revealed Dominique to be the mother of Kirby Anders, and also the former wife of Cecil Colby. Dominique was initially conceived as a strong, tough schemer and fighter who loved going toe-to-toe with Alexis, but after reconciling with the Carrington family she mellowed considerably. Her daughter Jackie (Troy Beyer), came to town and learned her father, lawyer Garrett Boydston (Ken Howard), was white. Jackie ran away but soon made up with her parents. Jackie was severely burned by the fire which engulfed "La Mirage", Fallon's hotel property, started by none other than Claudia Carrington. Dominique left town in 1987, having fallen for Nick Kimball (Richard Lawson), and was never mentioned again.

Farnsworth "Dex" Dexter (Michael Nader, 1983-1989)

Alexis' third husband, and arguably the second great love of her life, after Blake. Dex carried on a brief affair with her daughter Amanda, which strained the relationship between mother and daughter. Following the dissolution of his marriage to Alexis, Dex was involved with Leslie Carrington and Sable Colby. At the conclusion of the original series, Sable Colby was pregnant with his child, and Dex and Alexis fell off a balcony while fighting. (The eventual fate of Dex, and his relationship with Sable, was not included in Dynasty: The Reunion; Alexis briefly mentioned that she had landed on him.

Dana Waring Carrington (Leann Hunley 1986 - 1988)

Blake' beautiful and loyal assistant at Denver-Carrington. Adam used her to obtain confidential Denver-Carrington information when he was working for Alexis at ColbyCo; the pair soon fell in love, and was revealed that she had followed Adam to Denver from Billings, Montana, where she had loved him from afar. They married, but Dana's inability to conceive a child placed a strain on their relationship. She struggled to keep the secret that her infertility was caused by an abortion in her teens, the result of a one-night stand with Adam when he lived as Michael Torrance (he had been too drunk to remember the encounter).

Benjamin "Ben" Carrington (Christopher Cazenove, 1986 - 1987)

The vengeful brother of Blake, who was cut off by Blake after the death of their mother. Blake blamed his brother for her death because Ben was supposed to be caring for her at the time (he was, in fact, having an affair with Emily Fallmont (Pat Crowley). Alexis lured Ben to Denver to help her destroy Blake, but Ben eventually reconciled with his brother and his estranged daughter Leslie, and then left Denver.

Stephanie Beacham as Sable

Sable Colby (Stephanie Beacham, 1988 - 1989)

The ex-wife of Colby Enterprises magnate Jason Colby and the cousin of Alexis. Sable left Los Angeles and came to Denver, where she supported Blake after Krystle's departure to a Swiss clinic and became a formidable opponent of Alexis by getting her hands on the Carlton hotel, Alexis' oil tankers and her former husband Dex (and even becoming pregnant with his child). Former top bitch of Dynasty spin-off, The Colbys, Sable was written into the final season of the series due to the great popularity of the character. It was also later revealed that her twins Miles and Monica were the product of a rape suffered soon after she had married Jason Colby. She passed the children off as Jason's; Alexis found out, and decades later betrayed her cousin's trust and revealed the truth. This resulted in a catfight rivaled only by the famous lilypond encounter between Alexis and Krystle.

Monica Colby (Tracy Scoggins, 1988 - 1989)

The half-sister of Jeff Colby and the daughter of Sable Colby, Monica followed her mother to Denver, helping her in her efforts to fight Alexis. Monica had previously been a popular character in the Colbys spin-off.

Leslie Carrington (Terri Garber, 1987 - 1988)

Daughter of Ben Carrington and Melissa Saunders. At one time the lover of Clay Fallmont, Michael Culhane, Dex Dexter and Sean Rowan. Leslie was introduced with some fanfare in 1987, thought by the producers to be the perfect replacement for her cousin Amanda, who had left Denver that year. However, Leslie never clicked with the audience and was quietly written out after little more than a year and a half.

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Pivotal characters

Matthew Blaisdel (Bo Hopkins, 1981, 1987)

Geologist who worked for Denver Carrington and a former love of Krystle Carrington. Now married to the emotionally fragile Claudia with a teenaged daughter Lindsay, Matthew left Blake Carrington's employ and attempted to go it alone on an oil well project with wildcatter Walter Lankershim. Although caring for Claudia, Matthew was unable to shake his feelings for Krystle and the two nearly embarked on an affair. When Claudia admitted her affair with Steven Carrington on the witness stand when Blake was on trial for the manslaughter of Ted Dinard, Matthew left Denver with Lindsay. Long presumed dead in the Peruvian jungle, he made a dramatic return for the 1986-1987 cliffhanger, taking the entire Carrington family hostage accompanied by a gang of armed guerillas. The first two episodes of the 1987-1988 season dealt with the subsequent siege situation, which ended with Matthew being killed by Steven.

Cecil Colby (Lloyd Bochner, 1981 - 1982)

Blake Carrington's sometimes friend and business rival who ran the oil company ColbyCo. He had raised his nephew Jeff on his Denver estate and arranged a marriage between him and Fallon Carrington as part of a business deal where Cecil would help Blake out of financial difficulty if Fallon married Jeff. Cecil later became involved with the vengeful Alexis Carrington and the two plotted against Blake. After suffering a heart attack whilst having sex with Alexis, the two married on Cecil's deathbed, leaving Alexis in control of ColbyCo, which she used to continue her fight against Blake.

Michael Culhane (Wayne Northrop, 1981, 1986 - 1987)

Blake Carrington's shady chauffeur, secretly having an affair with his daughter Fallon. When Blake found out, he had Michael beaten up. Michael left Denver, but returned a few years later to have a relationship with Blake's other daughter Amanda after rescuing her from the La Mirage fire.

Joseph Anders (Lee Bergere, 1981-1983)

The Carrington's major-domo at the mansion who ran the household, staunchly loyal to his employer Blake Carrington. Joseph took an immediate dislike to Blake's new bride Krystle, feeling that she didn't belong in the mansion and later enjoyed a teasing, antagonistic relationship with Alexis, the former mistress of the house. His daughter Kirby returned to Denver having been educated in Europe at Blake's expense, and Joseph found himself blackmailed by Alexis, who threatened to reveal to Kirby that her mother had been sent to an insane asylum. In retaliation, Joseph set fire to Steven's cabin, endangering the lives of Alexis and Krystle in the cliffhanger to the 1982-1983 season. He subsequently committed suicide.

Walter Lankershim (Dale Robertson, 1981)

Veteran wildcatter in conflict with Blake Carrington during the first season. Later went into a business partnership with Matthew Blaisdel.

Lindsay Blaisdel (Katy Kurtzman, 1981)

The sensitive teenaged daughter of Matthew and Claudia.

Dr. Nick Toscanni (James Farentino, 1981 - 1982)

Psychiatrist and surgeon who is out for revenge against Blake Carrington and comes close to having an affair with Krystle in the process.

Kirby Anders Colby (Kathleen Beller, 1982 - 1984)

The daughter of Joseph Anders, the Carrington major-domo. She was schooled in Europe at Blake Carrington's expense, but returned to Denver in 1982, eventually securing work as LB's nanny. She became the second wife of Jeff Colby, and then began a relationship with Adam Carrington, after he raped her. The storyline, controversial at the time, echoed of a similar storyline from the daytime soap General Hospital in which Laura Webber fell in love with her rapist Luke Spencer. Kirby tried to kill Alexis, threatening her at gunpoint, as revenge for her part in causing her father to commit suicide, and Alexis took the opportunity to blackmail her into leaving Denver. Kirby was seen again living in Paris in Dynasty: The Reunion, where she rekindled her relationship with Adam.

Mark Jennings (Geoffrey Scott, 1982 - 1984)

Handsome tennis pro and former husband of Krystle Carrington brought to Denver due to the machinations of Alexis, who wished to break up Blake and Krystle's marriage. He had a brief fling with Fallon, before becoming Alexis' bodyguard. He was later murdered, being pushed off the balcony of Alexis' penthouse. Alexis was accused of the crime as part of the cliffhanger for the 1983-1984 season.

Tracy Kendall (Deborah Adair, 1983 - 1984)

Employee of Denver Carrington, who worked in public relations. Scheming and ambitious, Tracy sought to advance her career either by subterfuge or by sleeping her way to the top. She resented Krystle working at the company as Head of Public Relations, a job she had wanted for herself.

Peter De Vilbis (Helmut Berger, 1983 - 1984)

Devilish playboy who seduces Fallon while trying to exploit the Carringtons for his own financial advantage. He later died in a plane crash, and it was initially presumed that Fallon had been killed along with him.

Brady Lloyd (Billy Dee Williams, 1984 - 1985)

Former husband of Dominique Devereux, who follows her to Denver.

Daniel Reece (Rock Hudson, 1984 - 1985)

Wealthy businessman and the real father of Sammy Jo, Daniel falls in love with Krystle and nearly succeeds in taking her away from Blake.

Lady Ashley Mitchell (Ali McGraw, 1984 - 1985)

American-born widow of a British diplomat and renowned photographer who has romantic feelings for Blake Carrington and assists him in battling Alexis for the control of valuable South China oil leases. She later becomes involved with Jeff Colby, only to be killed during the infamous Moldavian massacre.

Prince Michael of Moldavia (Michael Praed, 1985 - February, 1986)

The heir to the (fictional) European kingdom of Moldavia, and widely regarded as a playboy prince. Prior to his engagement to Amanda Carrington, he was linked to Elena, the Duchess of Brana (Kerry Armstrong). His wedding to Amanda Carrington, at the conclusion of the show's fifth season, was interrupted by machine-gun-wielding rebels in what was widely regarded as the series most ostentatious cliffhanger. It is also the point at which TV critics consider the series jumped the shark.

Joel Abrigore (George Hamilton, January, 1985 - February, 1986)

Film director who plots with Sammy Jo to arrange the kidnapping of Krystle and her substitution in the Carrington household with a doppelganger Rita Leslie (also played by Linda Evans).

Miles Colby (Maxwell Caulfield, 1985 - 1986, 1991)

The spoilt, hot-headed son of Jason and Sable Colby and twin brother of Monica Colby. Miles was a major character in the spin-off series The Colbys but was introduced in Dynasty in a storyline that had Miles meeting and marrying the amnesiac Fallon, calling herself Randall Adams. The story was then played out in The Colbys when Jeff Colby moved to California and realised that his cousin had married his former wife. Miles later returned in Dynasty: The Reunion, and the ongoing storyline of the Miles-Fallon-Jeff love triangle was finally resolved.

Kate O'Mara as Caress

Cassandra "Caress" Morrell (Kate O'Mara, 1986)

The manipulative sister of Alexis, rescued from a South American prison by Dex Dexter, and reunited with her sister in Denver. She wrote a muck-raking biography about Alexis entitled "Sister Dearest", but Alexis discovered the plan, bought the publishing house and scuttled the project. Caress left town and was never mentioned again. Preferring to be called "Caress", when Alexis wanted to rile her she called her "Cassie", her birth name. Caress was only on the show for a limited number of episodes in the 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 seasons, but O'Mara's exotic beauty and theatrical performance made a lasting impression.

Clay Fallmont (Ted McGinley, 1986 - 1987)

The illegitimate son of Ben Carrington and Emily Fallmont, who engaged in affairs with Amanda Carrington, Sammy Jo Reece and Leslie Carrington. The last relationship ended, and he left Denver, when it was confirmed that Leslie may have been his sister by blood. (Although it was never clarified, Ben Carrington may have been his biological father.)

Sarah Curtis (Cassie Yates, 1987)

Friend of Dex Dexter, whose husband and daughter die in a car crash. Sarah is persuaded to allow her daughter's heart to be transplanted into Blake and Krystle's critically ill young daughter Krystina. After the operation, Blake and Krystle invite Sarah to stay at the mansion and she shows increasing signs of an unhealthy obsession with Krystina after the loss of her own daughter.

Sean Rowan (James Healey, 1987 - 1988)

Handsome stranger who saves Alexis from drowning after a car accident, whom Alexis falls for and marries. It turns out that Sean is the long-lost son of the Carringtons' major-domo, Joseph Anders, and is out for revenge for Alexis' treatment of both his father and his sister Kirby, eventually attempting to kill her. He is later killed making Alexis a widow again. This was her last husband on the series.

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Dynasty spin-offs and television events

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A miniseries, Dynasty: The Reunion, aired in October 1991. Billed as a wrap-up for the dangling plotlines left by the series' abrupt cancellation 2 1/2 years earlier, the Reunion was controlled by the original writer/producers and wound up wrapping-up very little, creating new improbable plots, and creating maybe even more contradictions and incontinuity in the show's history than in the two last seasons. Many fans wondered why it had taken two years to come up with a script so gallingly mediocre. Dynasty: The Reunion was a mini-series, produced in 1991 which reunited the characters from the primetime television soap opera Dynasty which had aired on ABC from 1981 to 1989. ...

On January 2, 2005, ABC aired a TV-movie, Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, purporting to tell of the creation and backstage details of Dynasty. The movie received mixed reviews both for content and for historical accuracy, and was criticised by all three of Dynasty's leads, John Forsythe, Linda Evans, and Joan Collins, in different press releases. The movie was filmed in Australia (rather than Los Angeles) and a good majority of the cast members were non-Americans. Forsythe was played by Bartholomew John, Evans by Melora Hardin and Collins by Alice Krige. Much dramatic licence was taken with the script of Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, so the show is not an accurate guide to either behind-the-scenes nor the on-screen storylines of Dynasty. Misleading events include Al Corley being written out in the oil-rig explosion (Corley had already long left the show when the explosion was devised as a way to reintroduce the character of Steven and to explain his change in appearance), Sammy Jo at the Moldavian wedding massacre (she was actually in New York, involved in a separate storyline) and Amanda killed-off in a car accident when her portayer asked for a raise (she was not; Catherine Oxenberg left the show and the role was recast with Karen Cellini). Furthermore, the TV movie made no reference at all to long-running characters Fallon Carrington, Adam Carrington, Jeff Colby, and Claudia Blaisdel. January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // For other uses, see Dynasty (disambiguation). ... John Forsythe (born John Lincoln Freund on January 29, 1918) is an actor. ... Main title caption from Dynasty. ... Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born May 23, 1933) is an English actress and bestselling author. ... Bartholomew John (born 24 August 1952 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is an actor best known for his roles on television. ... Melora Hardin (born June 29, 1967, in Houston, Texas), is an American actress, singer, and former child actress. ... Alice Krige as Lady Jessica in the Children of Dune miniseries Alice Maud Krige (born June 28, 1954 in Upington, South Africa) is an actress best known for her role in the Star Trek series as the Borg Queen. ... Karen Cellini is an American actress, best known for replacing Catherine Oxenberg in the role of Amanda Carrington in the 1980s prime-time drama Dynasty. ...

The cable channel SOAPnet currently airs repeats of all nine seasons. In January, 2004, Esther Shapiro participated in a marathon of the show's episodes, giving behind-the-scenes tidbits and factoids. An ident, usually shown at the top of the hour, or at the half-hour. ...

On May 2, 2006, Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar aired on CBS. It reunited for the first time all the original actors who played the Carrington children (the first Fallon, Steven, Adam and Amanda) who with former cast members, including John Forsythe, Joan Collins, Linda Evans, went down memory lane. Pamela Sue Martin, Al Corley, Gordon Thomson, and Catherine Oxenberg, who reflected on the show's making as well as on their favorite scenes. The special was filmed at the Filoli mansion. CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... John Forsythe (born John Lincoln Freund on January 29, 1918) is an actor. ... Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born May 23, 1933) is an English actress and bestselling author. ... Main title caption from Dynasty. ... Filoli is a famous mansion and 654 acre (2. ...

Twenty-five years after its debut, "Dynasty" is still perceived as one of the grand dames of the American Primetime soap. ^{[citation needed]}

Trivia

• John Forsythe was the only cast member to stay throughout the entire series. Forsythe and John James were the only two original cast members still present in the final episode.

• John Forsythe was the only actor to appear in all 220 episodes of the series.

• Linda Evans is the runner-up in terms of the number of episodes an actor appeared in. She appeared in almost every episode from 1981-1989, having missed just two episodes prior to the ninth season. She left the series during the ninth season, and so was absent for sixteen episodes that season. Evans appeared in a total of 204 of the 220 episodes.

• Joan Collins was written out of the first episode of the 1985-1986 season because had refused to return to work unless she was giving a substantial pay raise. She came back after signing a US$60,000 per episode contract.

• Pamela Sue Martin was asked to reprise the role of Fallon Carrington Colby for The Colbys, however, she declined.

• During the 1988-1989 season, ABC told Joan Collins that they could not afford to pay her every week, so they would only allow her to appear in 13 out of 22 episodes that season.

• Joan Collins and Michael Nader both announced that they would leave Dynasty at the end of the 1988-1989 season, which turned out to be the show's final season anyway.

• Diahann Carroll had agreed to return to Dynasty for its tenth season, but the show ended up being cancelled after its ninth season.

• Producer Aaron Spelling was born in Dallas, but laid the TV set of the show to Denver. There is also a same topic-based classic television show Dallas starring Larry Hagman).

• The mansion that appeared as the Carrington mansion in the opening credits, establishing shots and some outdoor scenes is not actually in Colorado, where Dynasty was set; it is the Filoli estate in Woodside, California.

• Former president Gerald Ford made a cameo appearance on the December 20, 1983 episode

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Place in popular culture

Dynasty has inspired a rash of parodies and imitations including:

• A much-discussed MAD Magazine parody, "Die-Nasty" appeared in Issue #256, in July of 1985.
• In the mid-1990s the sitcom The Nanny featured Fran (Fran Drescher) and her rival CC (Lauren Lane) as Alexis and Krystle with Maxwell Sheffield as Blake. This scene quickly degenerated into a catfight between the two women. Collins herself appeared in another episode as Maxwell's stepmother, a maid who had married her boss with hints she may have been somewhat a gold-digger.
• The sitcom Roseanne featured a storyline about a prince from Maldavia (played by Jim Varney) who dates Jackie for a while.
• Dynasty was referenced in an episode of American Dad!, where it was Roger the Alien's favorite TV show. The characters did nothing but slap each other and hurl insults (Bitch! Slut! Bitch! Slut!).
• In an episode of Histeria! about the history of China, Miss Information mistakenly refers to this program when defining the word "dynasty".

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Dynasty commercial tie-ins

Series costume designer Nolan Miller unveiled "The Dynasty Collection" - a series of haute couture designs based on costumes worn by Joan Collins, Linda Evans and Diahann Carroll. Female fans of the show could also wear "Forever Krystle" perfume, marketed in 1985.

In addition, the Crystal Light beverage had Linda Evans as a spokesperson, due to her character's name on Dynasty. Crystal Light is the name of a sugar-free, energy-free beverage (originally just a beverage powder, which could be soluble in water). ...

Two fictional novels, based on the scripts from early episodes, were published - Dynasty and Alexis Returns - written by Eileen Lottman.

DVD Release

Dynasty Season 1 DVD.

The first season of Dynasty was released on Region 1 DVD in 2005 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. There are no current plans by Fox to release further seasons of the show, however the rights revert to Paramount Home Entertainment in November 2006. According to Shoulderpads.net, the official site of Dynasty, the second season is being planned for release, although no date has been announced yet. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x651, 103 KB) Summary DVD cover Licensing This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the DVD in question. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x651, 103 KB) Summary DVD cover Licensing This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the DVD in question. ... This article is becoming very long. ... 20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1981. ...

See also

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External links

• Dynasty at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Site - Shoulderpads.net
• Encyclopedia of Television
• Der Denver Clan fan site (German language)
• Ultimate Dynasty
• Dynasty Fan Network
• SOAPnet Dynasty Page