‘Dynasty’ Series Finale: “There Was Never Discussion About Ratings Ever,” Admits Showrunner Josh Reims

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Dynasty, the CW’s reboot of the beloved ABC sudser from the ’80s, came to an end Friday night after five seasons. Here, showrunner Josh Reims talks about what he really wanted to do in the series finale, and how odd it was that ratings for the sudser were never really discussed.DEADLINE: Did you have enough time to plan for a series finale? JOSH REIMS We actually planned a series finale and a season finale, just in case.

We did twice the work, basically.Did you know you wanted to end with the wedding?REIMS That came up near the end.

For some reason we kept ending seasons with weddings and we thought it would be fun to do it again. We figured Culhane (Robert C.

Riley) and Nina (Felisha Terrell) were the best couple to do it, and we liked the idea of playing around and having viewers think it was Sam (Rafael de la Fuente) and Steven (James Mackay), at first.Wait, how many seasons did you end with the wedding?REIMS I think there were like three and one in the middle.