Dynasty (2017 TV series, season 4)

The fourth season of Dynasty, an American television series based on the 1980s prime time soap opera of the same name, will premiere in the United States on The CW in 2021. The season is produced by CBS Television Studios, with Josh Reims as showrunner and executive producer alongside executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. Dynasty was renewed for a fourth season on January 7, 2020.

Dynasty
Season 4
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Release
Original networkThe CW
Original release2021 (2021) –
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Season chronology

Season four stars Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington, Grant Show as her father Blake Carrington, Daniella Alonso as Blake's new wife Cristal, and Sam Underwood as Blake's eldest son Adam Carrington, with Robert Christopher Riley as former chauffeur Michael Culhane, Sam Adegoke as tech billionaire Jeff Colby, Rafael de la Fuente as Sam Jones, Fallon's half-brother Steven's ex-husband, Adam Huber as Fallon's fiancé Liam Ridley, Alan Dale as Joseph Anders, the Carrington majordomo, Maddison Brown as Anders's daughter Kirby, and Michael Michele as Dominique Deveraux, Blake's half-sister and the mother of Jeff and Monica Colby (Wakeema Hollis). Elaine Hendrix portrays Blake's ex-wife Alexis Carrington, the mother of Adam, Steven and Fallon.

Cast and characters
See also: List of Dynasty (2017 TV series) characters

Main

Recurring
  • Wakeema Hollis as Monica Colby, Jeff's sister
  • Jade Payton as Vanessa Deveraux, an aspiring singer who is Dominique's stepdaughter and Jeff and Monica's stepsister
  • Sharon Lawrence as Laura Van Kirk, Liam's mother[1]

Production

Development

Dynasty was renewed for a fourth season on January 7, 2020.[2][3]

Production of the third season was suspended in March 2020 as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic,[4] and the filming of only 20 of the 22 ordered episodes of the season had been completed at that time.[5] It was later confirmed that the 20th episode of the season, "My Hangover's Arrived", would serve as the season three finale.[6] Showrunner Josh Reims, hoping to use reworked versions of the two unproduced scripts to start the fourth season, said in May 2020 that these episodes feature Fallon and Liam's wedding; Blake going to war with Alexis, Jeff and Adam; Sam's new relationship with Ryan; and the return of the Moldavians.[7]

It was reported that if production resumed by late fall 2020, season four would be expected to premiere in spring 2021 or later, and The CW's president Mark Pedowitz announced that all of the network's series would be producing "our normal episodic counts" for the post-pandemic season which indicates a full season of 22-24 episodes.[8] Production on the fourth season officially began on October 15, 2020.

On February 3, 2021, ahead of its fourth season premiere, The CW renewed the series for a fifth season.[9]

Casting

Daniella Alonso had previously been the third Cristal cast in as many seasons.[10] In May 2020, Reims confirmed that she would be back for season four, saying "I kind of wanted to do this thing—which I still might do—where we pretend at the beginning of the season that we're getting another new Cristal. But I don't want to scare Daniella. She's so great in the role, and I'm so excited that she's coming back."[7]

References
  1. "Horizontal rest break filming #DYNASTY season 4 Of all the characters I play, only #LauraVanKirk looks like this lying down @cw_dynasty has the best glam squad @latoyavk @missynyberg". Instagram. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  2. Andreeva, Nellie (January 7, 2020). "The CW Renews 13 Series Including Batwoman, Nancy Drew, The Flash, Riverdale, All American". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  3. Ausiello, Michael (January 7, 2020). "CW Renews Riverdale, Batwoman, Roswell, Black Lightning Plus 9 Others". TVLine. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  4. Andreeva, Nellie (March 17, 2020). "Coronavirus-Related Shutdowns Leave Series Without Finales, Create Dilemma For Empire & Supernatural". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  5. Ausiello, Michael (March 17, 2020). "Coronavirus Interrupts TV: Which Seasons Will Be Shortened?". TVLine. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  6. "Dynasty (#320) "My Hangover's Arrived"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  7. Swift, Andy (May 9, 2020). "Dynasty EP Strips Down Those 'Finale' Twists, Teases the Epic Fallon/Liam Wedding We Didn't See... Yet". TVLine. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  8. Mitovich, Matt Webb (May 16, 2020). "Returning CW Shows, Despite Delay to 2021, Aiming to Shoot Full Seasons". TVLine. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  9. White, Peter (February 3, 2021). "The CW Renews 12 Series Including Freshman Drama Walker". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  10. Swift, Andy (July 30, 2019). "Dynasty Recast: Daniella Alonso Joins Season 3 as New Cristal Jennings". TVLine. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
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