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The third season of '' Dynasty'', an American television series based on the 1980s prime time soap opera of the same name, premiered in the United States on The CW on October 11, 2019. 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 third season on January 31, 2019, and for a fourth season on January 10, 2020. Production of season three was suspended in March 2020 as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with only 20 of a planned 22 episodes completed.

Season three 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 Jeff's mother. New series regular Elaine Hendrix portrays Blake's ex-wife Alexis Carrington, the mother of Adam, Steven and Fallon. Notable recurring characters featured in season three include Monica Colby (Wakeema Hollis), Jeff's sister and Dominique's daughter; Laura Van Kirk (Sharon Lawrence), Liam's mother; Vanessa Deveraux (Jade Payton), Dominique's stepdaughter; and Fletcher Myers (Daniel Di Tomasso), Sam's newest love interest.

Cast and characters

Main

* Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington, a self-made CEO and heiress who is the daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington and his first wife, Alexis
* Daniella Alonso as Cristal Jennings Carrington, a close friend of Blake's late second wife who becomes his third wife
* Rafael de La Fuente as Samuel Josiah "Sammy Jo" Jones Carrington, nephew of Blake's second wife Cristal, and Steven Carrington's ex-husband
* Sam Underwood as Adam Carrington, Blake and Alexis's eldest son, a doctor
* Michael Michele as Dominique Deveraux, Jeff and Monica's mother and Blake's half-sister
* Robert Christopher Riley as Michael Culhane, Fallon's ex-fiancé, formerly the Carrington chauffeur
* Sam Adegoke as Jeff Colby, Dominique's son and Blake's nephew
* Maddison Brown as Kirby Anders, Joseph's daughter
* Adam Huber as Liam Ridley, Fallon's former husband and new fiancé
* Alan Dale as Joseph Anders, the Carrington majordomo
* Grant Show as Blake Carrington, billionaire and the father of Adam and Fallon by his first wife, Alexis
* Elaine Hendrix as Alexis Carrington Colby, Blake's ex-wife, Jeff's current wife and Adam, Steven, and Fallon's mother.

Recurring

* Wakeema Hollis as Monica Colby, Jeff's sister
* Kelli Barrett as Nadia, Adam's physical therapist
* Jade Payton as Vanessa Deveraux, an aspiring singer who is Dominique's stepdaughter and Jeff and Monica's stepsister
* Daniel Di Tomasso as Fletcher Myers, a public relations consultant who helps Sam at La Mirage
* Emily Rudd as Heidi, Liam's former girlfriend and the mother of his brother Connor
* John Jackson Hunter as Connor, Liam's brother who he initially believes is his son
* Sharon Lawrence as Laura Van Kirk, Liam's mother
* Ken Kirby as Evan Tate, the older brother of Fallon's childhood friend Trixie

Guest

* Taylor Black as Ashley Cunningham, Liam's ex-girlfriend
* Jessi Goei as Trixie Tate, a childhood friend of Fallon's who was killed at Carrington Manor
* Rob Nagle as Mitchell, Blake's lawyer
* Kelly Rutherford as Melissa Daniels, Steven's former lover
* Chase Anderson as Tony, the Carrington gardener
* Natalie Karp as Mrs. Gunnerson, the Carrington cook
* Christian Ochoa as Victor, a new player on the Atlantix
* Ashanti as herself
* Pierson Fodé as Joel Turner, a motivational speaker who becomes involved with Kirby
* Chukwudi Iwuji as Landon, a creative director and old friend of Liam
* Erin Cummings as District Attorney Erica Brown, the prosecutor in Blake's murder trial
* Nicole Zyana as Allison, Fallon's assistant
* Keller Wortham as Jacks Davis, Fallon's real estate agent
* Lilli Cooper as Stacey, a reality show producer who meets with Dominique
* Geovanni Gopradi as Roberto "Beto" Flores, Cristal's brother
* Wil Traval as Father Caleb Collins, a priest who is the new hospital chaplain
* Mustafa Elzein as Ramy Crockett, Sam's criminal friend from season one
* Alice Hunter as Sydney Newlove, a fashion podcaster
* Shannon Thornton as Mia, a college friend of Jeff's
* Laura Osnes as Donna, a singer in the duo Kelly and Donna
* Najah Bradley as Kelly, a singer in the duo Kelly and Donna
* Aerica D'Amaro as Dr. Bailey, Adam's supervisor at the hospital
* Danny Trejo as himself
* Lachlan Buchanan as Ryan, a stripper Sam marries briefly
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Episodes

Production

Development

''Dynasty'' was renewed for a third season on January 31, 2019. In May 2019, '' Deadline Hollywood'' reported that co-executive producer Josh Reims would succeed co-creator Sallie Patrick as executive producer and showrunner for season three. On January 7, 2020, ''Dynasty'' was renewed for a fourth season.

Casting

In July 2019, it was announced that Ana Brenda Contreras would not be returning for season three for personal reasons, and that Daniella Alonso would take over the role of Cristal. In August 2019, it was reported that Michael Michele had been promoted to a series regular for the third season, and it was announced in October 2019 that Adam Huber had been promoted to a series regular as well. On September 5, 2019, Ken Kirby was announced to be joining the show in a recurring role as Evan Tate, Trixie's older brother. Kelli Barrett and Jade Payton also joined the show in recurring roles, Barrett acting as Adam's nurse, Nadia, and Payton portraying Dominique's stepdaughter, Vanessa.

On October 28, 2019, it was announced that the role of Alexis Carrington had been recast with Elaine Hendrix, who would appear as a series regular. The CW noted that "Alexis is back in Atlanta, with a new look, a new man, and plenty of scores to settle". Hendrix debuted as Alexis in " The Sensational Blake Carrington Trial". In February 2020, it was announced that Wil Traval had been cast to recur as Father Caleb Collins, a "young, charming and irreverent priest with a soft spot for the disabled vets who rehab in the hospital's clinic." He was teased as a potential love interest for Cristal. Danny Trejo appeared as himself in the May 2020 episode "Robin Hood Rescues".

Filming

Production of ''Dynasty'' was suspended in March 2020 as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming of only 20 of the 22 ordered episodes of the third season had been completed at that time. Gillies said, "So there is no finale at this juncture, and there is no episode before the finale. So it ends in a very weird place ... I don't know if we'll pick up the finale later, I’m not sure what the plan is. It certainly shouldn't end on the episode we finished, because it's just really random and nothing’s resolved. I apologize if it does." It was later confirmed that the 20th episode of the season, "My Hangover's Arrived", would serve as the season finale, though it has not been announced whether the remaining two episodes of the season will be produced later.

Reims said in May 2020 that the writers had been building to Fallon and Liam's wedding all season, and it was "frustrating" to not be able to film the last two episodes. Hoping to use reworked versions of the two scripts to start the fourth season, Reims teased Blake going to war with Alexis, Jeff and Adam; Sam's new relationship with Ryan; and the return of the Moldavians.

Broadcast

Season three of ''Dynasty'' premiered on October 11, 2019, and the season finale aired on May 8, 2020. Unlike previous seasons, the full third season was released globally on Netflix on May 23, 2020, a few weeks after the season finale.

Reception

Season three debuted at No. 1 on Netflix's list of most watched series for the week of May 18 through May 24, 2020.

Ratings

References

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