"The Colbys" (1985) TV series 1985-1987

Creators:

Eileen Pollock
Robert Pollock
Esther Shapiro

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

20 November 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

This night time spin-off from the then top-rated series "Dynasty" featured the adventures of Jeff and...

Plot Keywords:

Spin Off | Beautiful Woman | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 11 nominations

Cast

Charlton Heston	...	Jason Colby (49 episodes, 1985-1987)
John James	...	Jeff Colby / ... (49 episodes, 1985-1987)
Katharine Ross	...	Francesca 'Frankie' Scott Colby Hamilton Langdon (49 episodes, 1985-1987)
Emma Samms	...	Fallon Carrington Colby Colby (49 episodes, 1985-1987)
Stephanie Beacham	...	Sable Scott Colby / ... (49 episodes, 1985-1987)
Tracy Scoggins	...	Monica Colby / ... (49 episodes, 1985-1987)
Maxwell Caulfield	...	Miles Colby / ... (49 episodes, 1985-1987)
Ricardo Montalban	...	Zach Powers / ... (48 episodes, 1985-1987)
Claire Yarlett	...	Bliss Colby (47 episodes, 1985-1987)
Kim Morgan Greene	...	Channing Carter Colby / ... (25 episodes, 1986-1987)
Barbara Stanwyck	...	Constance 'Conny' Colby Patterson (24 episodes, 1985-1986)
Joseph Campanella	...	Hutch Corrigan (23 episodes, 1985-1986)
Ken Howard	...	Garrett Boydston (23 episodes, 1985-1986)
Adrian Paul	...	Kolya 'Nikolai' Rostov / ... (20 episodes, 1986-1987)

Also Known As:

Dynasty II: The Colbys (original title (first four episodes title))
Die Colbys - Das Imperium (West Germany) [de]
Dynastie II (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
I Colby (Italy) [it]
Les Colby (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
Los Colby (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

60 min (49 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Aaron Spelling Productions

Trivia:

Gregory Peck and Elizabeth Taylor were also approached for major roles.

Quotes:

Jason Colby: I don't trust you either. I don't take kindly to a married man making a play for my daughter.
Sen. Cash Cassidy: Stay out of this - it's none of your business.
Jason Colby: My family is my business. If I ever see you touch her again, you won't be able to run far enough or fast enough. If you don't believe me - *boy* - you ask your father what it's like to cross me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic (#11.18)" (1986)

An unsuccessful attempt of an 80's prime-time soap spin-off.

This show was a direct spin-off from one of the hottest prime-time soaps in the 1980's, "DYNASTY". "DALLAS" found success with its spin-off, "KNOTS LANDING", so why not "DYNASTY"? Unfortunately, this show traipsed in all-too familiar territory that the viewer found this to be just like every other prime-time soap that was on at the time.

The big draw-card for this show was enlisting big one-time movie stars such as Charlton Heston, Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Ross and Ricardo Montalban. I confess that I'm glad this show was cancelled after two seasons because it was painful to see the above four actors stooping so low as to sign on to and appear in this trash, and especially one as bad as this. Just like Ava Gardner was to "Knots Landing", Jane Wyman to "Falcon's Crest" and even Anne Baxter to "Hotel", their talent was above par for them to star in shows like this.

If you get the Soap Network Channel, you can actually catch re-runs of The Colbys. Stick to "Dynasty" folks - at least the cat-fights were better!