Posted on 09/17/2019 7:58:31 AM PDT by EdnaMode
A reboot of the acclaimed Battlestar Galactica space saga is among the announced offerings of NBC Universal’s upcoming streaming service, which has been named Peacock.
Sam Esmail, the creator of USA Network’s Mr. Robot and an executive producer on HBO’s Homecoming, is behind the reboot, it was announced on Tuesday morning. No other details were made available.
Other, previously announced drama series on tap for Peacock include Dr. Death, based on the true-crime podcast and starring Jamie Dornan, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater; Brave New World, based on the dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley and starring Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and Demi Moore; the Queer as Folk reboot that had been developed for Bravo; Angelyne, a limited series from Shameless‘ Emmy Rossum; and One of Us Is Lying, based on the New York Times best-selling young adult mystery-thriller.
On the comedy front, Peacock has in the pipeline a revival of Saved by the Bell, featuring original cast members Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley; Punky Brewster, starring Soleil Moon Frye as a grown-up version of her former character; a new season of the previously cancelled A.P. Bio; Rutherford Falls, co-created by Mike Schur, Ed Helms and Sierra Teller Ornelas, and starring Helms; and Straight Talk, from Rashida Jones and Jada Pinkett Smith.
And as far as library content, Peacock will be the exclusive streaming home to The Office, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Bates Motel, the original Battlestar Galactica series, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cheers, Covert Affairs, Downton Abbey, Everyone Loves Raymond, Frasier, Friday Night Lights, House, King of Queens, Married… With Children, Monk, Parenthood, Psych, Royal Pains, Saturday Night Live, Superstore, The Real Housewives and Will & Grace.
No new ideas.
Another spoiler: Starbuck is a tranny
I never saw the second one.
I sort of liked the original despite it being a bit stupid. It did have lots of pretty girls.
And a hermaphrodite.
Wouldn’t be surprised.
Guess they took the “all of this has happened before and will happen again” line from the last version literally.
They’re bringing back Punky Brewster?
Finally.
I guess all my letters paid off.
How many f’ing (failed) reboots of this awesome show do they need to do???
The original was better despite the problems.
I sort of like the 2nd version.
LOL! And Saved by the Bell too.
Maybe if I sent enough in, Time Trax would get off the ground again.
Agree!
No new ideas to bring to TV except rehashed old stuff!
Here’s some old stuff!
Want to do space opera? How about?
The Foundation
Ringworld
Heck do the Lensmen!
There’s plenty of classic famous SciFi begging to be brought to life on TV!
we HAD a reboot already, and that reboot is considered to be a masterpiece in TV sci-fi history...
Ok, the ending sucked, but it is still unsurpassed by any other sci-fi series since it aired, thanks to it being made before snowflake culture existed.
And here comes NBC to take a big old SJW squat on this!
NBC is going to start a streaming service?
Will this be a Netflix type of service?
Wasn’t Disney going to have a streaming service also?
How many streaming services can anyone want to subscribe to?
I like good entertainment as much as anyone, but, there’s only 24 hours in a day, to watch TV or anything else.
Don’t forget the launch control girl who was always on the job, whoever she was.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Keep trying. Will be full of fag story lines for sure.
Trans-species relationships too
“....Trans-species relationships too ....”
Kirk & Zapp Branagan beat them to it!
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