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Was The Colbys a flop?
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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 107720" data-attributes="member: 673"><p>I think my fondness of The Colbys is biased by my love of Stephanie Beacham and her powerhouse performance as Sable. But really, when you look at the opening premise, it's a bogged down mess compared to the other 80's soaps.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dallas</strong>: Romeo & Juliet on a ranch</p><p><strong>Dynasty</strong>: working class woman marries a millionaire</p><p><strong>Falcon Crest</strong>: east coast family inherit a vineyard and face off against tyrannical aunt</p><p><strong>Knots Landing</strong>: couple start a new life in a seaside cup de sac</p><p><strong>The Colbys</strong>: presumed dead recast shows up with amnesia married to your cousin while patriarch thinks he's dying because of a misdiagnosis and falls back in love with his sister in law who nobody really cares about.</p><p></p><p>The Colbys eventually sorted itself out with storylines like the trial and giving Sable more prominence but that weak opening didn't help. As has been pointed out before, it was a bit late in the day to be launching a spinoff too. None of the 80's soaps launched after 1981 lasted long, so by 1985 they were pushing their luck. ABC really should've taken a chance with Dark Mansions that season. It wasn't perfect but at least with it's Gothic tones, it would've stood out a bit from the other soaps on air at the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 107720, member: 673"] I think my fondness of The Colbys is biased by my love of Stephanie Beacham and her powerhouse performance as Sable. But really, when you look at the opening premise, it's a bogged down mess compared to the other 80's soaps. [B]Dallas[/B]: Romeo & Juliet on a ranch [B]Dynasty[/B]: working class woman marries a millionaire [B]Falcon Crest[/B]: east coast family inherit a vineyard and face off against tyrannical aunt [B]Knots Landing[/B]: couple start a new life in a seaside cup de sac [B]The Colbys[/B]: presumed dead recast shows up with amnesia married to your cousin while patriarch thinks he's dying because of a misdiagnosis and falls back in love with his sister in law who nobody really cares about. The Colbys eventually sorted itself out with storylines like the trial and giving Sable more prominence but that weak opening didn't help. As has been pointed out before, it was a bit late in the day to be launching a spinoff too. None of the 80's soaps launched after 1981 lasted long, so by 1985 they were pushing their luck. ABC really should've taken a chance with Dark Mansions that season. It wasn't perfect but at least with it's Gothic tones, it would've stood out a bit from the other soaps on air at the time. [/QUOTE]
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