The do’s and don’ts of reboots

As the Carringtons prep for a new round of feuds and high fashion, here’s how to make a comeback in style

BY YVONNE VILLARREAL Call it throwback Wednesday on the CW. Nearly three decades after it went off the air, “Dynasty” is making a television comeback on the youth-skewing network. A modern telling of the longrunning series will air Wednesdays at 9 p.m. beginning Oct. 11.

The original “Dynasty,” executive produced by Aaron Spelling and starring John Forsythe, Linda Evans and Pamela Sue Martin (and eventually Joan Collins), ran from 1981 to ’89 on ABC and quickly became an icon of the primetime soap opera genre. The story followed the trials, tribulations and feuds of two wealthy families, the Carringtons and the Colbys.

The contemporary version stars Grant Show (“Melrose Place”), Nathalie Kelley (“UnReal”) and Elizabeth Gillies (“Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll”). It hails from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the duo behind one of the CW’s biggest soaps, “Gossip Girl.” Sallie Patrick, who previously served as a writer and producer on “Revenge,” is the showrunner.

Patrick, who grew up watching the original show with her family, says one thing was paramount in updating the series for 2017: not being too faithful to the original.

“The show obviously exists on different platforms now, and people can go back and watch it,” says Patrick. (In fact, the CW is streaming the complete series of the original “Dynasty” on its digital outlet, CW Seed.) “We thought, if we’re doing this, let’s have it be our own version that can stand on its own feet.”

We watched the original pilot with Patrick to get her do’s and don’ts of rebooting “Dynasty.” (Showrunners of fellow 2017 returnees like “Will & Grace” and “S.W.A.T.,” among others, may want to take heed.)