1. Dynasty: if JR Ewing was the man you loved to hate, Joan Collins's "Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter Etc" was the woman you loved to hate to love to hate. A total B-word, that's the way she was marketed in the '80s. It's another oil tycoon show, which makes it a little outdated by today's concerns and probably a little old fashioned, but the cat fights and bickering never get old. I find the show remarkable for three reasons. One, if I remember correctly, was the show's inclusion of a gay character, which is not common for the decade. And two, Prince mentioned the show in his song "Kiss": "You don't have to watch Dynasty / to have an attitude." Third: Heather Locklear.
2. Falcon Crest: Yo, a family with a fortune built on cultivating wine? Great, just stay
away from another oil plot and I am happy as a clam bake. This show gave us Lorenzo Lamas, which is a downer, and I don't remember it being too big on eye candy, but that can be easily remedied. Give it the reboot!
3. The Love Boat: Has this not been tried? Or re-tried? People taking a cruise and finding love or rekindling love largely because they are trapped on the boat and either have to be miserable or figure out how to work out their issues? Yeah, I might watch that.
4. Guiding Light: yes, I realize this was a daytime soap that has been cancelled, but they ought to reboot it for nighttime! That would be crazy, and it would totally work. Just make sure you have the old faithfuls in the Spaulding family, the Lewis clan, and of course the queen diva Reva Shayne, and it's gotta be a hit.
Four relics would be quite enough, considering what's been done already. Geez.
Peace and soap operas!
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