It’s officially been picked up as a series https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/night-court-sequel-series-nbc-melissa-rauch-john-larroquette-1235073586/amp/
On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 6:51 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 2:01 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the character of Dan is still chasing women in his 60s (70s?), there is > no creative standpoint. It’s what made the Murphy Brown reboot so bad… none > of the characters had grown in the years they’d been off the air. Even the > Brady Bunch made Greg a doctor and sent Cindy to college. > > I note that the press release Variety quoted called the new series a > spinoff rather than a reboot. So I agree that trying to resurrect the old > show with Fielding now in his seventies and pulling the same shtick would > be creepy and repellent. And it would be creepy and repellent coming from a > new prosecutor character who would be the age Fielding was when Night Court > aired. > > But Dan Rubin found something to write about in that show's universe and > it got enough talent on board to get NBC interested. So maybe they figured > out how to move on and make it a new series rather than a reboot. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHDUmTJuOtXP5eksVLHyxNaV%2BRNhQLY%2Bv8sGk7Hu7azsA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHDUmTJuOtXP5eksVLHyxNaV%2BRNhQLY%2Bv8sGk7Hu7azsA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DY8765saZVqfon_BYJC9_5%3Du6Xr-noAmWVq-c1FsGhOw%40mail.gmail.com.
