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1981·9 seasons·220 eps·Created by Esther Shapiro, Richard Alan Shapiro·ABC·6.4
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The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.

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The Colbys

The Colbys

1985·S2 · 49 episodes·6.1
PERFECT

Direct Dynasty spin-off by the Shapiros sharing John James and Emma Samms; same wealthy-family soap universe.

Dynasty

Dynasty

2017·S5 · 108 episodes·7.2
PERFECT

Modern reboot of Dynasty itself, following the Carringtons and Colbys with the same primetime-soap DNA.

Dallas

Dallas

1978·S14 · 357 episodes·7.1
PERFECT

Defining primetime oil-family soap of the same era; rival corporations, dysfunctional dynasty, and cliffhanger melodrama.

Knots Landing

Knots Landing

1979·S14 · 344 episodes·7.0
PERFECT

Dallas spin-off and contemporary primetime soap about wealthy intertwined families, the closest tonal sibling to Dynasty.

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

1981·S9 · 227 episodes·6.2
PERFECT

Companion 1981 CBS soap about a wealthy wine-dynasty matriarch feuding for control, virtually a West Coast Dynasty.

Succession

Succession

2018·S4 · 39 episodes·8.8
PEER

Modern wealth-dynasty drama: aging patriarch, scheming heirs, corporate warfare-the prestige successor to Dynasty.

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

2018·S5 · 53 episodes·8.6
PEER

Patriarch-led wealthy family fights to control a vast empire; same dynastic-power soap engine in a neo-Western key.

Landman

Landman

2024·S3 · 20 episodes·8.2
PEER

Oil-industry power players, billionaires, and family/corporate intrigue, the modern oil-soap descendant of Dynasty.

The Madison

The Madison

2026·S2 · 12 episodes·7.8
PEER

Sheridan wealthy-family saga with a matriarch and spoiled heirs uprooting their lives, in the dynastic-soap tradition.

The Son

The Son

2017·S2 · 20 episodes·7.5
PEER

Multigenerational Texas oil-tycoon family saga, an oil-dynasty drama directly echoing Dynasty's core premise.

Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots

Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots

2013·S8 · 198 episodes·6.0
PEER

Contemporary primetime soap built on a wealthy family and their staff, with the scheming and scandal of classic Dynasty.

Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters

2006·S5 · 109 episodes·7.5
ADJACENT

Family-business drama with siblings, secrets, and corporate intrigue; soapier domestic cousin of Dynasty.

The Big Valley

The Big Valley

1965·S4 · 112 episodes·7.6
ADJACENT

Wealthy-family Western with Linda Evans; matriarchal dynasty defending its empire, a classic-TV ancestor of Dynasty.

Bonanza

Bonanza

1959·S14 · 431 episodes·7.3
ADJACENT

Patriarch and sons defending a sprawling family empire-the Western dynastic blueprint that primetime soaps drew on.

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

1974·S9 · 200 episodes·7.5
COUSIN

Long-running family saga with serialized drama; tonally gentler but a fans-also-watched bridge to Dynasty's era.

Everwood

Everwood

2002·S4 · 89 episodes·7.6
COUSIN

Colorado-set serialized family drama; shares the Denver setting and ensemble family-secrets vibe.

Parenthood

Parenthood

2010·S6 · 103 episodes·8.3
COUSIN

Big-family ensemble drama with sibling rivalries and life-spanning arcs, the warm modern cousin of soapy family sagas.

Transparent

Transparent

2014·S5 · 41 episodes·7.8
COUSIN

LA family with secrets, LGBT throughline, and serialized drama-echoes Steven Carrington's groundbreaking storyline.

7th Heaven

7th Heaven

1996·S11 · 243 episodes·5.3
COUSIN

Long-running ensemble family drama; soapier-light family-dynasty viewing for the same audience.

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