DYNASTY
Dynasty, the hit prime time soap from the 1980's is being rebooted for the CW. TVLine reports that Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are writing the pilot for the reboot. The original show centered around a young secretary, Krystle Jennings (Linda Evans) who falls in love and marries her rich boss Blake Carrington (John Forsythe). The show also featured Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington who came in as Blake's ex-wife and was the main cause of conflict on the show. The show ran from 1981-1989 and helped launch the career of Heather Locklear.
TVLine reports that one of the new ideas that Schwartz and Savage plan to introduce include changing Krystle Jennings ethnicity from a Caucasian woman to a Hispanic woman. This isn't the first reboot that the CW has done as they've done reboots on Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 90210.
Lucas Till as MacGyver
Bringing back old shows from decades past seems to be a staple in today's TV landscape. The new MacGyver reboot starring Lucas Till garnered over 10 million viewers on its premiere two weeks ago and had over 9 million viewers last week according to Variety. Now ABC is planning on doing a reboot on Magnum P.I. focusing on Magnum's daughter Tommy and Netflix is doing a reboot of the old 60's TV show Lost In Space according to TVLine. All of these networks are hoping for the successful launch that MacGyver has had.
Hopefully Dynasty will enjoy the same success as MacGyver when it debuts on the CW. I'm sure CW will capitalize on the producers connection to Gossip Girl to form a loyal fanbase. The question is: how many of those fans will care about the show and how many fans who loved the original series will want to watch this show? Only time will tell.
Class Dismissed,
The Professor
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