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But the Pollocks were executive producers of "The Colbys", like they were in "Dynasty" from seasons 6 to 9 (they were executive consultants in season 5).
They were usually listed as "executive story consultant" or "creative consultant" or "senior creative consultant" from Season 2 thru Season 8, but they were the de facto showrunners of DYNASTY. Which is what they wanted. (They weren't involved in Season 9 at all).
The Pollocks co-created THE COLBYS, but William Bast & Paul Huson were told they could do anything they wanted -- which is undoubtedly the reason the spin-off was better than the two concurrent years of DYNASTY where the Pollocks continued their creative stranglehold.
Not that they were the sole culprits. This brief interview snippet with casting director extraordinaire, Pam Polifroni, describes what it was like working on LOVE BOAT and HOTEL with Doug Cramer (who once sneered that "nobody remembers" Pamela Sue Martin and Al Corley, while extoling the acting virtues of Jack Coleman):