Hawaii Five-0 and The Witches of Eastwick are set to be destroyed, I mean be redone for TV.
The showrunner of Criminal Minds is looking to book Hawaii Five-0 on CBS according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Like the original series, it is a procedural chronicling the workings of the fictional Hawaiian state police department. In the original, the unit was headed by Steve McGarrett, played by Jack Lord. In the new series, McGarrett’s son Chris will be the top cop.
While the characters, storytelling and pacing will be updated, “we will try to keep as much of the original show as possible,” Bernero said. “I’m not trying to reinvent it.”
The famous opening music will be back but may also get a face-lift, much in the vein of the theme from the 1966-73 series “Mission: Impossible,” which was rearranged for the 1990s movie franchise.
As for the staple “Book ’em, Danno” closing line, there will be a version of it in the new installment, Bernero said.
Over on ABC they are working their potion to bring The Witches of Eastwick on to the small screen according to Sci Fi Wire. Not much more is known about the project except that ABC ordered a pilot for the possible show.
Hey network executives, what happened to coming up with original programming? I mean did you guys really need to bring back or import shows like Knight Rider, Kath & Kim and 90210? Well 90210 is OK, but the rest could have remained where they were. Please try to come up with something new and original and not remake what had already been done!
CBS is bringing back The Streets of San Francisco to the small screen according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The remake will keep key elements from the original Quinn Martin production: the title, the names of the two main characters and, of course, the backdrop of the City by the Bay. But the main focus is to bring the spirit of the original “Streets” into the new reincarnation.
“The times are very similar — it was the Vietnam War in the 1970s and the Iraq War now,” said Robert Port, who will write the pilot script with Sheldon Turner. “There is the same sort of tension between generations, and we wanted to carry that to the new series.”
Out of all the shows to dig up from the archives, I don’t know why this is the one they are bringing back. I remember watching it in syndication and wondering what the big deal about the show was. Wouldn’t have CBS been better doing CSI: San Francisco instead? CBS can afford to have another CSI, it is not like 3 is enough.
I wonder what will be the next ’70s/’80s failure, I mean show that the networks will bring back. Let’s see there was Kolchak (I am still bitter about that one), Bionic Woman, Dragnet and Knight Rider to name a few.
An U.S. Appeals court has ruled in favor of CBS and over turned the $550,000 fine that was given to CBS Corporation for Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl half-time show according to Reuters.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission "arbitrarily and capriciously departed from its prior policy" that exempted fleeting broadcast material from actionable indecency violations.
"Moreover, the FCC cannot impose liability on CBS for the acts of Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, independent contractors hired for the limited purposes of the Halftime Show..," wrote Chief Judge Anthony Scirica for the three-judge panel that heard the case.
I am so glad that The U.S. Appeals court sided with CBS because the FCC has become way to powerful and uptight. We need to have some freedom of speech on TV and the FCC should not dictate what is vulgar obscene because the PTC complain in droves. Hopefully more of the recent FCC fines will also be overturned!
Both NBC’s Fear Itself and CBS’s Swingtown are all new tonight at 10p and it is nice to see what if the two were combined. Kind of like the last Fear Itself had two of the leads from Psych who have sexual tension on the show get married on the other one.
So tune in to NBC’s Fear Factor and CBS’ Swingtown at 10p for some horror and loving!
William Petersen got his wish, he will be out of CSI as a series regular after this season's 10th episode according to Michael Ausiello.
"Billy is leaving," confirms the show's executive producer, Carol Mendelsohn. "But he will remain throughout the run of the series an executive producer. And he will, whenever CBS asks, come back. I don't think you've seen the last of Gil Grissom."
If I was still watching this show, I would care more. But since it is the #1 scripted show in The States I figured one or two of you might care.
