One thing that matters in business is timing. If nothing else, the CW’s reboot of “Dynasty” knows it has that, and it lets you know quick.

“Like it or not, we live in an age of dynasties,” says the voice-over opening the pilot (which airs Wednesday), over footage of the Trumps, the Murdochs, the Kardashians.

Unfortunately, the first episode — all that the network provided for review — suggests that this “Dynasty” hasn’t done much to rethink the 1981–89 nighttime soap other than to offer a different set of real-life analogues than you would have had in the ‘80s. (In the case of the Trumps, not even that.)

Unlike the three-season TNT version of “Dallas,” which continued the Ewing family saga with a new generation, this “Dynasty” is a remake, starting from scratch. Beyond some updates and nods to the times — the cast is more diverse, the setting is Atlanta rather than Denver, the word “mansplainer” is used — the story line stays very close to the outlines of the Aaron Spelling original.