A quick scroll up and down your TV's schedule finder and you could easily get the feeling it's Old Home Week. With reboots of Hawaii Five-0, 90210 and Charlie's Angels currently in rotation on the broadcast networks, a Dallas continuation coming to cable next summer and a limited run Arrested Development follow-up reportedly causing a bidding war, everything old is definitely new again. With that in mind, I decided to do a little Wishful Casting for my dream reboot of one of American's favorite primetime soaps, Dynasty!

If the CBS mega hit Dallas was the show that personified Reagan era greed, ABC's Dynasty was Dallas on acid and with much bigger shoulder pads. Created by Esther and Richard Shapiro and produced by the late Aaron Spelling, a showrunner so prolific it was once joked ABC stood for "Aaron's Broadcast Company," Dynasty was the campy saga of the warring Carringtons and Colbys, two Denver-based oil dynasties headed up by Blake Carrington (the late John Forsythe) and his ex-wife, the unforgettable Alexis Carrington Colby (Joan Collins).

With sultry primetime soaps making a slight comeback, as both ABC's Revenge and The CW's Ringer are doing solid business, I'd say Dynasty is a primetime franchise ripe for a reboot. I know the creators are planning to take the characters of Blake and Alexis to the big screen in a prequel, but I have to admit, I think these characters play out much better in our living rooms—or on our laptops, as the case may be—than they would in a crowded theater.

The CW has been trying to target more than just tweens and teens in recent years, and could prove the perfect hub for Dynasty 2.0, especially with the netlet's glossiest sudser, Gossip Girl, getting a little long in the porcelain veneer. A Dynasty sequel would be a series The CW's core audience, who grew up on sudsers like The O.C. or Melrose Place could watch with their moms, who came of age while Alexis was catching couture-clad beat downs from Krystal (Linda Evans).

I'd reboot Dynasty: The Next Generation with the show centered on striking, twentysomething heiress Krystina Carrington, daughter of Blake and Krystal, as the female protagonist. The show could launch against the backdrop of Blake Carrington's demise, as the various Carrington children and grandchildren return to Colorado to see just how Blake divided the spoils of his epic oil wars with Alexis, Cecil (the late Lloyd Bochner) and Jason Colby (the late Charleton Heston).

 Who wouldn't want to see Pamela Sue Martin reprise the role of Blake's vampy, eldest daughter Fallon Carrington Colby, now a couragious matriarch and CEO of Denver Carrington? Sorry, I was never a big fan of Emma Samms in the role! Fallon is determined to get what she feels rightfully belongs to her and her children, the now adult Little Blake and Lauren Colby.

Fallon's former sister-in-law and bitter rival, the scheming Sammy Jo Dean (Heather Locklear) would also be skulking around to see if her ex-father-in-law left her anything in his will. When the will is read, it reveals Blake left his shares of Denver Carrington in equal distribution to Krystina, L.B., Lauren and Danny (son of Sammy Jo and Blake's gay son Steven),  thus setting off an epic power struggle between the next generation of Carringtons and Colbys.

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It's no secret ABC Daytime's General Hospital is in trouble. Whether we like it or not, Katie Couric is a comin', which means GH has less than a year to post a significant and consistent ratings spike, or it will be kicked off the ABC Daytime lineup like All My Children and One Life to Live before it. Considering more people have been watching those aforementioned sudsers, both of which have already been officially cancelled by ABC, something has to give and soon in regards to GH. As I previously reported, I've heard Prospect Park has licensed the off network rights to GH—a report that has been denied, but I stand by it—so there is hope, however, I don't see why GH needs to wait until 3 months before Katie debuts to try to fix what's broken. That being said, here are 10 steps to fix General Hospital:

1.) Have the hospital enter a state of financial crisis. The board (comprised of Edward, Monica, Tracy, Audrey, Sonny and a few dayplayers) have to find a new CEO capable of getting GH back in the red. Enter Carly Corinthos Jacks (Laura Wright). Carly made Metro Court a success, so she thinks she can do the same thing with a hospital. I mean, what is a hospital, except a hotel for sick people? The board comes to a gridlock over hiring her, with Sonny (Maurice Benard) casting the deciding vote. He tells Carly he'll vote for her, if she brings Morgan home.

2.) Once Carly is named CEO of the hospital, she immediately butts heads with the Chief of Staff aka Carly's mortal enemy, Dr. Robin Scorpio Drake (Kimberly McCullough). Carly wants to fire Robin on the spot, but only the board can fire the Chief of Staff. The two women are forced to work together day in and day out at GH, their stormy history always playing out in the background. Carly is focused on the bottom line, while Robin is concerned with patient care. Carly wants any patients without insurance shipped over to Mercy, while Robin balks. Robin also takes issues with Carly's plan to see the hospital cut research and teaching programs. Carly's penchant for flirting with Patrick (Jason Thompson) in front of Robin only ramps up the tension. Think the Amanda/Billy/Alison dynamic from Melrose Place 1.0, only in a hospital setting. Liz (Rebecca Herbst) and Epiphany (Sonya Eddy) are also wary of Carly, while the men seem to love their new boss! Carly decides GH needs a new PR image and hires Olivia (Lisa LoCicero) for the job, facilitating many a steamy hook up for Liv and Dr. Steven Webber (Scott Reeves). Carly also hires Shawn (Sean Blakemore) as head of security, causing Monica and Robin to accuse her of using her position for personal gains.

3.) A nurses' strike, led by Epiphany and Liz threatens to derail GH and forces Carly and Robin to work together to find a solution, or the board could toss them both. Bobbie Spencer (Jackie Zeman) returns to Port Charles and is hired by GH as a liaison between the disgruntled nurses and the hospital administation. Piph accuses Bobbie of being biased, considering she's Carly's mother. Her first day back in town, Bobbie stops by Carly's house to surprise her. Using her key to let herself into Carly's place, Bobbie finds her daughter and Sean making love on the couch. Like mother, like daughter!

4.) Sean has issues with working for Carly at GH while dating her. He knows that people are whispering about how he got his job behind his back and it irks him, causing tension in his newfound, red-hot relationship with Carly.
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