ICAM with these descriptions, @Soaplovers !
To answer one of @vote4llama 's other questions: I think the four major shows - DALLAS, DYNASTY, FC and KL - all had good-to-great first seasons, with DALLAS and KL having the edge over the other two on account of David Jacobs, who created both shows, and his ability to create strong characters and establish tone right away.
FC's first season was good, I think, because it played to creator/EP Earl Hamner's strengths as a storyteller who specialized in family dramas, something subsequent seasons don't do, or do as well. DYNASTY's first season was good, too, and held a lot of potential as an "us vs. them" kind of soap. However, some questionable casting decisions, the Shapiros' own limitations as writers and - as @kalbir has pointed out - Aaron Spelling's impatience with the show and desire to outmatch DALLAS forced a course correction at the end of that season (yes, the one that ushered in Alexis, lol).
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