Dorian Gregory was not brought back for the show's eighth season due to budget cuts. However Brad Kern also stated that he felt the character's story was done by the season seven finale. ... When asked which character he would chose from the show. Dorian answered Cole Turner.

Charmed: Season 9 is set eighteen months after the events of the television show's final episode. The first issue was released on July 21, 2010 and made its premiere at San Diego Comic-Con International.

Both Thiessen and Hewitt turned down the role. At the time Spelling told that Thiessen wanted to branch into network comedy instead. With the role rejected by two popular actors, the decision was finally made to kill Prue off. It was a bold move, but it did inject a new energy into Charmed.

The rebooted Charmed premieres on Oct. 14 on The CW, 20 years after the original premiered. While the two versions tell different stories, the new Charmed connects to the original on many of the basic plot points.