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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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KEYWORDS: abc; bewitched; bewitchedreboot; blackwashing; hollywood; kenyabarris; mediawingofthednc; netflix; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; reboot; smearmachine; thanksbutnothanks
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To: Ikeon

I know, but that’s exactly the way I remember the original series. Why couldn’t they see how evil Smith was. He always managed to skirt by.


61 posted on 08/23/2018 3:04:41 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: EdnaMode

No new ideas.

Might as well watch the old one with the good Darrin.


62 posted on 08/23/2018 3:08:52 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: MUDDOG

Honestly so far [3 episodes in] that has been a pretty decent show. I’m suprised. Great visuals.

The original was campy as heck.


63 posted on 08/23/2018 3:10:21 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: a fool in paradise

Meh.

Honestly how many people under 37 even watched the original? Revising history may be a bit strong.

If it sucks it will be as forgotton as that Ghostbusters reboot.


64 posted on 08/23/2018 3:14:28 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: a fool in paradise
Does he or doesn't he ...

... only his hairdresser knows for sure ...

65 posted on 08/23/2018 3:24:42 PM PDT by x
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To: dfwgator

And it makes the white folks look like retrograde idiots, despite reality.

It won’t get past the pilot I bet.


66 posted on 08/23/2018 3:24:43 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: EdnaMode

They are doing all of this for each other. Maybe NFL players will watch. :)


67 posted on 08/23/2018 3:27:29 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: x

who played the role best?

Dick Sargent?
Dick York?
or Sergeant York?


68 posted on 08/23/2018 3:28:03 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: x

The first “Darren” was not gay.


69 posted on 08/23/2018 3:29:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

well the cast, directors, producers, and writers should all have inter-racial spouses IRL as well (In Real Life).

Otherwise it is appropriation and exploitation.


70 posted on 08/23/2018 3:29:39 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: a fool in paradise

Weren’t the neighbors on “The Jefferson’s” TV’s first interracial couple?


71 posted on 08/23/2018 3:31:04 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Falconspeed

https://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rapingmychildhood/index


72 posted on 08/23/2018 3:32:29 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: a fool in paradise
Dick York was more memorable.

Probably because he was more annoying.

If "crazy idiot exasperated husband" was the role, he played it better.

Dick Sargent was smoother but blander.

73 posted on 08/23/2018 3:32:56 PM PDT by x
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Why not a LBGTWXYZwhatever family?
What about two giant breasts living together?
No, wait, howz about a belly button (fuzzy one) and a straight belly button as the witch?
Hollywood is about as creative as the Dimbulbcrat Party.
Oh, forgot......


74 posted on 08/23/2018 3:34:19 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: x

I agree


75 posted on 08/23/2018 3:36:22 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: EdnaMode

Hey look! More cultural appropriation from the a**holes who always complain about cultural appropriation!


76 posted on 08/23/2018 3:37:24 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: x

And gayer.


77 posted on 08/23/2018 3:38:18 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: VanDeKoik

I quit the Netflix Lost in Space about 5 minutes into the first episode. Then I read various comments in similar threads, so I went back and watched the entire series.

It was actually pretty good.


78 posted on 08/23/2018 3:41:21 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: NorthMountain

I never cared for the show at all.


79 posted on 08/23/2018 3:41:39 PM PDT by wally_bert (Terrific! Terrific? Harve Nyquist never ordered any radials.)
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To: dfwgator

The Jeffersons was a good sitcom.


80 posted on 08/23/2018 3:43:27 PM PDT by wally_bert (Terrific! Terrific? Harve Nyquist never ordered any radials.)
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