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‘Bewitched’ Reboot With Interracial Family Set At ABC(tr)
Deadline ^ | August 23, 2018 | Nellie Andreeva

Posted on 08/23/2018 2:12:27 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Edited on 08/23/2018 2:35:09 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Just before he recently departed ABC Studios to embark on a rich overall deal at Netflix, Black-ish creator Kenya Barris sold one last high-profile project to ABC: Bewitched, a single camera, interracial blended family comedy based on the popular 1960s sitcom of the same name. It took a little while for all the deals to close, but the network has given a pilot production commitment to the new take on the classic supernatural sitcom, from Barris and Black-ish writer/producer Yamara Taylor. The project hails from ABC Studios; Sony Pictures TV, which has the rights to the title; and Sony-based Davis Entertainment (The Blacklist).


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To: Rio

Jeannie


101 posted on 08/23/2018 6:05:47 PM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: butlerweave
Don’t forget the New Magnum PI

And the new Murphy Brown....

102 posted on 08/23/2018 6:09:50 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: NorthMountain
Yes ... Dick Sargent was a faggot, and he played the character as faggot.

Married to Elizabeth Montgomery. But gay? What a waste!

103 posted on 08/23/2018 6:12:41 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: kaktuskid
How about a reboot of “Cannon”(Ca~non?) with Gabe “Fluffy” Iglesias?

William Conrad had a long history of playing radio and movie bad guys, heavies if you will. Okay, he'd never capture anyone if a footrace was required but he had that great voice. He was one of Burt Lancaster's assassins in The KIllers.

104 posted on 08/23/2018 6:21:32 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: EdnaMode

I’m old enough to remember when TV was described as a “vast wasteland”. Don’t think much has changed.


105 posted on 08/23/2018 6:36:52 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: bgill

Yup. If they did the Cosby Show or The Jeffersons with a white family, people would be livid.


106 posted on 08/23/2018 6:41:29 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: Da Coyote

I can’t argue with you.
Don’t give them any ideas.


107 posted on 08/23/2018 6:56:30 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

They already made the pilot back in 1970.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0523217/?ref_=ttep_ep13

It had Larry Tate in blackface — not sure about the others.


108 posted on 08/23/2018 7:22:46 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Captain Peter Blood

#93 She was around during the Salem witch trials. So Samantha was more like 400 or 500 years old at least.

She must have had 1000 mortal husbands + many boyfriends....


109 posted on 08/24/2018 8:36:33 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: EdnaMode

How about a reboot of Bewitched and Mad Men combined? Samantha marries ad man Don Draper.


110 posted on 08/24/2018 11:13:43 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: EdnaMode

I don’t care what race the actors are.

But this:

“In Bewitched, written by Barris and Taylor, Samantha, a hardworking black single mom who happens to be a witch, marries Darren, a white mortal who happens to be a bit of a slacker. They struggle to navigate their differences as she discovers that even when a black girl is literally magic, she’s still not as powerful as a decently tall white man with a full head of hair in America.”

...is stupid.


111 posted on 08/24/2018 11:22:24 AM PDT by mlo
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