Excellent point!
This show will sink like a stone.
But when it does, I bet it doesn't hurt Mr. Geller's career at all. Because "he tried."
The show might do OK (because it ISN’T reading); they’ll probably have to push the envelope to garner some hype, but it might work. Girls dressed like sluts, no big words - tailor-made for a young American audience...though it will bear no resemblance to the book series.