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Dynasty
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Dynasty is an English-language soap drama series that aired on the ABC network. Created by Esther Shapiro and Richard Alan Shapiro, the show premiered on January 12, 1981, and concluded its run in 1989. The series is categorized under the genres of Soap, Drama, and Romance.
The program ran for a total of nine seasons, comprising 220 episodes. While TMDb lists the final air date as May 10, 1989, Wikidata records the end time as May 11, 1989. Episode durations are noted as 45 minutes in one source and 60 minutes in another. The series has received a vote average of 6.519 on TMDb and a rating of 7.6 on Tvmaze.
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★ 6.5The 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. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.
- Aired
- 1981–1989
- Seasons
- 9 · 220 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Esther Shapiro, Richard Alan Shapiro
- Network
- ABC
- Genres
- Soap, Drama
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Key facts
- Genre
- Soap opera
- Created by
- Richard and Esther Shapiro
- Directed by
- Irving J. Moore
- Theme music composer
- Bill Conti
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of seasons
- 9 + two-part reunion
- Number span no of episodes
- 222 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Aaron Spelling Douglas S. Cramer Richard and Esther Shapiro
- Running time
- 48–50 minutes
- Production companies
- Aaron Spelling Productions 20th Century Fox Television
- Network
- ABC
- Release
- January 12, 1981 ( 1981-01-12 ) –, May 11, 1989 ( 1989-05-11 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Dynasty is an American prime time soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981, to May 11, 1989. The series, created by Richard and Esther Shapiro and produced by Aaron Spelling, revolves around the Carringtons, a wealthy family residing in Denver. Dynasty stars John Forsythe as oil magnate Blake Carrington, Linda Evans as his new wife Krystle, and later Joan Collins as his former wife Alexis.
Dynasty was conceived by ABC to compete with CBS's prime time series Dallas. Ratings for the show's first season were unimpressive, but a revamp for the second season that included the arrival of Collins as scheming Alexis saw ratings enter the top 20. By the fall of 1982, it was a top 10 show, and by the spring of 1985, it was the #1 show in the United States. The series declined considerably in popularity during its final three seasons, and it was ultimately cancelled in the spring of 1989 after nine seasons and 220 episodes. A two-part miniseries, Dynasty: The Reunion, aired in October 1991. A reboot series with a new cast premiered on The CW in October 2017.
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