In 1991, Dan Curtis made a weekly primetime re-imagining of his Dark Shadows television series for NBC. It starred the same cast from the 1990 made-for-television movie and told a streamlined version of the original storyline - the arrival of Governess Victoria Winters at Collinwood, vampire Barnabas Collins being released from his coffin, Dr. Hoffman's attempt to medically cure Barnabas' vampirism, and finally Victoria's time warp into the past to witness the still-human Barnabas' encounter with Angelique, and his transformation into an undead creature. The show was canceled after is first season finale, due to low ratings.

Cast

• Ben Cross as Barnabas Collins
• Joanna Going as Victoria Winters / Josette Du Pres Collins
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as David Collins / Daniel Collins
• Michael T. Weiss as Joe Haskell / Peter Bradford
• Lysette Anthony as Angelique Bouchard
• Roy Thinnes as Roger Collins / Rev. Trask
• Jean Simmons as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
• Barbara Steele as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie Du Pres
• Barbara Blackburn as Carolyn Stoddard / Millicent Collins
• Jim Fyfe as Willie Loomis / Ben Loomis
• Veronica Lauren as Sarah Collins
• Julianna McCarthy as Mrs. Johnson / Abigail Collins
• Ely Pouget as Maggie Evans
• Eddie Jones as Sam Evans / Bailiff Henry Evans
• Stefan Gierasch as Professor Michael Woodard / Joshua Collins

Actress Rebecca Staab appeared in the premiere as Daphne Collins, niece of Elizabeth, who never appeared in the original series. Original series characters Professor Timothy Eliot Stokes and Laura Collins did not appear in the '91 series, although Professor Michael Woodard (in the 1991 series) was like a combination of original characters Dr. Woodard and Professor Stokes. Mention was made of Laura Collins and she likely would have appeared, had the series been renewed for a second season.