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Was The Colbys a flop?
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<blockquote data-quote="Werewillie Oleson" data-source="post: 107704" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Right. They offered "more Dynasty" but the audience probably wasn't interested in more Dynasty, and I'm not even sure if that had anything to do with the quality of Dynasty at that time.</p><p>Various reasons have already been mentioned in these threads, but if people really <em>want</em> to watch a show they<em> will</em> watch it. They had already tried another family and another business with Emerald Point NAS and that lasted only one season, so I'm not convinced that "yet another oil show" was the problem here. Besides, we all know that DALLAS was the only show that actually <em>did</em> oil.</p><p></p><p>Maybe The Colbys was too niche - great for soaplovers like me, but not groundbreaking enough to reach the big audience. They had been watching these prime time soaps for 5 (or 6 or 7) years already, and let's not forget that soap series require more dedication than cop shows and sitcoms. Maybe the audience wasn't in the mood to start another one at that time.</p><p>The result is that these short-lived soaps have become sort of underground-y cult classics amongst the fans of the genre.</p><p></p><p>I have watched trash, I know what it looks like. THE COLBYS was not trash, but it also didn't have the strong premise DYNASTY had 5 years earlier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Werewillie Oleson, post: 107704, member: 8"] Right. They offered "more Dynasty" but the audience probably wasn't interested in more Dynasty, and I'm not even sure if that had anything to do with the quality of Dynasty at that time. Various reasons have already been mentioned in these threads, but if people really [I]want[/I] to watch a show they[I] will[/I] watch it. They had already tried another family and another business with Emerald Point NAS and that lasted only one season, so I'm not convinced that "yet another oil show" was the problem here. Besides, we all know that DALLAS was the only show that actually [I]did[/I] oil. Maybe The Colbys was too niche - great for soaplovers like me, but not groundbreaking enough to reach the big audience. They had been watching these prime time soaps for 5 (or 6 or 7) years already, and let's not forget that soap series require more dedication than cop shows and sitcoms. Maybe the audience wasn't in the mood to start another one at that time. The result is that these short-lived soaps have become sort of underground-y cult classics amongst the fans of the genre. I have watched trash, I know what it looks like. THE COLBYS was not trash, but it also didn't have the strong premise DYNASTY had 5 years earlier. [/QUOTE]
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