It's too bad they didn't have another season to deal with the return of Philip Colby. Michael Parks is a great actor and added a lot of mystery and menace to this show as the black sheep of the Colby dynasty. I also liked the rivalry between the brothers Jeff and Miles (Maxwell Caulfield). A lot of good actors on this show. I though it was far better than Dynasty.
share"A lot of good actors on this show. I though it was far better than Dynasty." Totally agree there. The cast and the storylines were far more interesting here than in the overrated show it spun off from. I consider the underrated "The Colbys" and the classic hit "Dallas"(pre-the "it was all a dream" business) the two most entertaining examples of their genre, i.e., the prime-time soap.
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This show should've been a huge, huge success. It had everything going for it...marquis actors, an appealing younger cast, a superb diva bitch in Stephanie Beecham, popular Dynasty characters & occasional crossovers, intriguing storylines, beautiful Nolan Miller costumes, and a sweeping theme to end all themes.share
I realize that the parent show was beginning to show its cracks when The Colbys premiered and that the excesses of the Reagan years that had been reflected in many TV series were beginning to fall by the wayside, but the Colbys, with all of its assets, should've been able to overcome these obstacles. So how did it all go so terribly wrong?