Posted on 12/19/2016 2:30:15 PM PST by Red Badger
Sony Pictures Television is in very early stages of rebooting several classic sitcoms from TV legend Norman Lear as miniseries — including “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons,” and “Good Times” — Variety has learned exclusively.
The idea currently being discussed by Lear and Sony executives would be to have new actors recreate classic episodes of the shows, working from the original scripts, and package them as short, six-episode anthologies. The scripts would be treated similar to plays being mounted in new productions.
“There is some talk about doing some of the original shows, redoing them with today’s stars,” Lear told Variety. “There is a possibility that we’ll do ‘All in the Family,’ ‘Maude,’ ‘The Jeffersons,’ “Good Times.'”
Discussions about remaking more of Lear’s catalogue come as Sony gears up for the premiere of the new “One Day at a Time,” which re-imagines Lear’s ’80s sitcom about a single mother raising two children. The new series, which premieres on Netflix Jan. 6, focuses on a Latino family with a female Army veteran at its center.
Lear serves as executive producer on the new “One Day at a Time,” with original scripts coming from the show’s writing staff and showrunners Gloria Calderon-Kellett and Mike Royce, with contributions from Lear.
Sony has been in discussions with Lear about the miniseries-reboot concept since before development began on “One Day at a Time.” That series was developed specifically for Netflix, and was never shopped to other buyers. No network or streaming service is yet attached to the miniseries projects.
The miniseries project is a separate idea from the possible “All in the Family” reboot that Lear discussed two years ago at a Paley Center event, which would have seen the show revived with new characters, possibly Latino. That idea was set aside in favor of the new “One Day at a Time.”
“We’re exploring it,” Glenn Adilman, executive vice president of comedy development for Sony told Variety. “It’s sort of tricky to figure out what the business of that is and what that would be and how it would work. But its something we’re trying to figure out.”
Adilman added, “It’s tricky for a lot of reasons, and it’s something we’re exploring.”
Sony controls most of Lear’s TV library through its 1985 acquisition of the producer’s Embassy Communications.
In today’s politically correct/snowflake society, I don’t see how these can be re-done.
Of course.
Very effective Anti-American propaganda.
Maude??????????? spare us please. then i don’t watch tv anymore main reason tv sucks.
What an unbelievably stupid idea.
Archie Bunker’s prophetic words to Meathead:
You’re gettin’ Ronald Reagan in 80!.................
Of course, in the remake, Archie and Mike are gay. The Jefferson’s have a white male maid, who is gay.
I think it would work well if JJ on Good Times way maybe...gay.
Dynomite.
I won’t be watching. I will support nothing that tarnishes those great old classic sitcoms I watched as a kid growing up.
Not as much propaganda as the left wanted. A lot of themes sort of backfired on the left.
The Jefferson’s was really funnier though
You forgot to mention that Maude would be Transgender.
I suggest they combine them into one show and call it Once Was Enough.
How can you re-do All in the Family - the snowflakes will riot if the new Archie says, “Coon” or “Hebe” or “Chink,” etc., etc., etc. The whole show would have to be bleeped out.
Here’s my advice: don’t mess with the original. Many have tried it across many industries, and it fails miserably about 95% of the time, and simultaneously diminishes the reputation of the original. Prime example: the Pontiac GTO - the 1974 was a warmed-over Pontiac Ventura (i.e. a Chevy Nova) with an anemic engine, and the 2000s version was not even American. Better for Pontiac to have let the nameplate die.
Archie(to obviously gay TV commercial producer): Are you gay?
Gay TV producer: Are you?
Archie: No.
Gay TV Producer: I’m soooo relieved...................
“In today’s politically correct/snowflake society, I don’t see how these can be re-done.”
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Easy. Just make Archie politically correct, too!
Oh, wait...then it would even more pointless exercize than the idea of a “reboot” already is.
The Jeffersons is on one of the retro-TV channels now. I’ve watched some of the episodes and it reminded me that I always used to like to watch it as a kid. One a couple of them, they made George out to be a Republican or supporting the Republicans. Of course, he was doing it to advance his business but he nevertheless was a Republican. It was a different age.
Norman Lear actually walked a very fine line with the Archie Bunker character.
Archie might have been a right wing bigot, but the many times he was right; the many ways in which his world views were correct were very spot on.
Maude on the other hand came across as a bitter old liberal shrew. Which is in perfect harmony with all older liberal womyn.
Only if it attacks Christians or conservatives.... then it will be redone.
Next: Gilligan’s Island, but they’re marooned on an asteroid.
You sure she wasn't the first time around?
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