8 hours ago, SoapDope said:

Aaron Spelling agreed with you. They chose Emma Samms.

Apparently part of that was because lil' Tori was a fan of General Hospital...

14 minutes ago, te. said:

Apparently part of that was because lil' Tori was a fan of General Hospital...

Leave it to Tori to screw things up.....🤣

I'm trying to think of anyone (besides Emma Samms) who could have replaced Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon...and I can't.  I just think Martin was the right actor for that part; and if she wasn't intent on remaining with DYNASTY or signing on for THE COLBYS, then the Shapiros and Pollocks should have killed off Fallon instead.

44 minutes ago, Khan said:

I'm trying to think of anyone (besides Emma Samms) who could have replaced Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon...and I can't.  I just think Martin was the right actor for that part; and if she wasn't intent on remaining with DYNASTY or signing on for THE COLBYS, then the Shapiros and Pollocks should have killed off Fallon instead.

I wonder how Mary Crosby would have been ?

11 minutes ago, SoapDope said:

I wonder how Mary Crosby would have been ?

Ironically, Mary Crosby is six years younger than Pamela Sue Martin; yet, in a way, I think Crosby would have come across as being too old to play Fallon, if that makes sense.

On the other hand, the prospect of having the one "who shot J.R." now playing Blake and Alexis' daughter is too good to resist, lol.

Edited July 12, 20241 yr by Khan

23 minutes ago, Khan said:

Ironically, Mary Crosby is six years younger than Pamela Sue Martin; yet, in a way, I think Crosby would have come across as being too old to play Fallon, if that makes sense.

On the other hand, the prospect of having the one "who shot J.R." now playing Blake and Alexis' daughter is too good to resist, lol.

Mary Crosby had that " Rich Bitch" thing down pat. Maybe being a Crosby naturally instilled that in her. 

I wonder if Spelling or The Shapiros ever threw her name around as PSM's replacement or since she was from Dallas she was damaged goods ?......LOL

2 hours ago, SoapDope said:

I wonder if Spelling or The Shapiros ever threw her name around as PSM's replacement or since she was from Dallas she was damaged goods ?......LOL

If they ever passed over Mary Crosby for any role due to her connection to DALLAS, then they were fools.  I, myself, would have promoted the HELL out of bringing her (or any other performer from one of the other primetime shows) over to DYNASTY and/or THE COLBYS.  Especially as the show's ratings began to falter.  ("Hell hath no fury like Sammy Jo's sister scorned, when Charlene Tilton joins the cast of DYNASTY this fall," lol).

3 hours ago, Khan said:

I'm trying to think of anyone (besides Emma Samms) who could have replaced Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon...and I can't.  I just think Martin was the right actor for that part; and if she wasn't intent on remaining with DYNASTY or signing on for THE COLBYS, then the Shapiros and Pollocks should have killed off Fallon instead.

I thought Kim Lankford would've made a great Fallon recast. She was wasted on KL.

 

3 hours ago, Khan said:

If they ever passed over Mary Crosby for any role due to her connection to DALLAS, then they were fools.  I, myself, would have promoted the HELL out of bringing her (or any other performer from one of the other primetime shows) over to DYNASTY and/or THE COLBYS.  Especially as the show's ratings began to falter.  ("Hell hath no fury like Sammy Jo's sister scorned, when Charlene Tilton joins the cast of DYNASTY this fall," lol).

ROTFL!!! at Charlene Tilton joining Dynasty. Her acting (if you want to call it that)  would have fit right in on Dynasty or The Colbys.

I thought Katharine Ross was miscast. Kate O'Mara should have played Francesca. 

Bliss was a wash out. Maybe another actress could have breathed life into the character. 

I would have cast Jon Erik Hexum (if he had lived) as Miles on Colbys or Steven Carrington on Dynasty.

One of the primetime soaps should have snapped up Susan Dey. I know she was on the short lived Emerald Point pre-L.A. Law. The same for Diane Kay (Eight Is Enough) who appeared on the Flamingo Road pilot. 

 

 

 

 

By the time that PSM left Dynasty Fallon had mellowed considerably from how she was in the beginning, and I'm not sure I could see Mary Crosby as the softer Fallon. The rich bitch Fallon from early Dynasty yes, but not so sure about later Fallon.

7 hours ago, I Am A Swede said:

By the time that PSM left Dynasty Fallon had mellowed considerably from how she was in the beginning, and I'm not sure I could see Mary Crosby as the softer Fallon. The rich bitch Fallon from early Dynasty yes, but not so sure about later Fallon.

That's true. They declawed her by the end of her run and Emma made her down right sweet. 

23 hours ago, SoapDope said:

ROTFL!!! at Charlene Tilton joining Dynasty.

IKR, lol?

She gets into the Colbys around 35 minutes.

Edited October 14, 2025Oct 14 by DRW50

On 10/23/2008 at 9:14 PM, SFK said:

One notable home he designed was later used for exterior scenes of the Colby mansion on television's "The Colbys" (1060 Brooklawn Dr. Bel Air, Los Angeles, California|Bel Air) This is currently the home of Barron Hilton.

For a time, actress Kimberly Beck was married to Barron Hilton's son Barry, whose full name was William Barron Hilton, Jr.  During the 1986-87 television season, Ms. Beck actually had a four-episode stint as Claire Prentice on Dynasty, the parent show for The Colbys.

By the way, did The Colbys ever allude to the Liza Colby character on All My Children?  😜