Airs Next: ABC at Monday 10:00 PM (60 min.)
Status:
Ended
Premiered:
January 12, 1981
Last Aired:
May 11, 1989
Show Categories:
Drama, Soap 
Dynasty was a larger than life soaps opera that purported to portray the lives of the wealthy rich while embracing the greed, glamour and excesses of the Reagan-era 1980s. The story set in Denver, Colorado, centered around the wealthy but troubled Carrington family, headed by the powerful oil tycoon Blake Carrington (John Forsythe). In the premiere episode, Blake married his beautiful and...
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add »The cast of the long-running ABC soap opera reunites at the Filoli Mansion to reminisce about the storylines, cliffhangers, catfights and fashions that made the series a success.
Participating in the reunion were Joan Collins ("Alexis"), Linda Evans ("Krystle"), John Forsythe ("Blake"), Pamela Sue Martin ("Fallon"), Al Corley ("Steven"), Gordon Thomson ("Adam"), and Catherine Oxenberg ("Amanda)" with special appearances by Pamela Bellwood ("Claudia"), Jack Coleman ("Steven") and Emma Samms ("Fallon").
Aired: Tuesday May 2, 2006
| 220. Cache 22 | May 11, 1989 | 1 Review | 7.67 |
| 219. Blasts from the Past | May 4, 1989 | 1 Review | 7.26 |
| 218. Here Comes the Son | Apr 27, 1989 | 0 Reviews | 5.09 |
| 217. No Bones About It | Apr 20, 1989 | 1 Review | 4.66 |
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Fans of science-fiction drama should be happy because Jericho season two is out this week, along with the complete series. If nuclear-disaster fiction isn't to your taste, then you can always sit down with those funny, furry critters in Meerkat Manor season three.
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News Headlines
- Locklear checks into clinic 2008-06-24 16:38:00
- external: Dynasty Star John Forsythe has cancer 2006-10-13
- Tribute to Aaron Spelling 2006-06-30 10:31:00
- external: Aaron Spelling Passes Away 2006-06-26
- external: Influential television producer Aaron Spelling dies at 83 2006-06-23
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Community Reviews (16)
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"Guilty pleasure"Superb I love this show - it is perfect, intriguing, sexy escapism. Continue » Posted May 12, 2008 6:08 am PST |
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"Classic"Superb A very fine television soap-one of its kind. Continue » Posted Jan 7, 2007 9:41 pm PST |
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"Classic"Perfect A classic 80's soap Continue » Posted Aug 17, 2006 10:52 pm PST |
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"Guilty pleasure"Good 80's 80's 80's the decade of excess Continue » Posted Jul 25, 2006 3:15 pm PST |
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"Going downhill fast"Fair Series Schizophrenia: so close, yet so far. Continue » Posted May 17, 2006 1:57 pm PST |
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Show: Dynasty
Popularity Rank: 403 of 17,548
Ratings Rank: 2,563 of 17,548 (
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Show Reviews: 16
People Tracking: 198
Popularity Rank: 403 of 17,548
Ratings Rank: 2,563 of 17,548 (
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Show Reviews: 16
People Tracking: 198
Show
Score: 7.8 Good 299 votes
Score: 7.8 Good 299 votes
great: 79 (27.1%)
perfect: 72 (24.7%)
superb: 44 (15.1%)
good: 41 (14.1%)
Other: 55 (18.8%)
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