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Article: Another Dynasty. (television program) (column)
- Article from:
- The New Leader
- Article date:
- November 4, 1985
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BOOB-TUBE history was made in November the night the Carringtons of Denver met the Colbys of Los Angeles in a special two-hour run-on of Dynasty (ABc, Wednesday, 9:00-10:00 P.M. EST) and Dynasty II: The Colbys (now Thursday, 9:00-10:00 P.M. EST). Not since Godzilla met King Kong, and took himout for drinks at the Biltmore, have we seen anything of such magnitude, judging from the network's ads. "The largest all-star cast in the history of series elevision," they said. Actually there were only 30-40 characters in the double bill, counting the living and dead, any of whom could come back to life.
The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the spin-off, a prime ...