New from NBC: 'The Rerun Show'
05-24-02, 10:49 AM
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New from NBC: 'The Rerun Show'
I'm sure most of you have seen the commercials by now. Here's a short blurb from CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...eut/index.html):
I'm kind of torn on this idea. Done right, it could be very funny. But, if the show is just a handfull of scenes from different shows lumped together, I think it will play out like sketch comedy and get old rather fast.
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NBC is adding some all-new reruns to its summer schedule.
Variety reports the network has ordered six new episodes of "The Rerun Show," a half-hour comedy that uses an ensemble troupe to re-create and spoof scenes from classic (or campy) sitcoms such as "The Facts of Life" or "The Partridge Family." It is set to air Tuesdays at 8:30 starting in mid-July. The cast is still being finalized.
"Rerun," from NBC Studios and Sony's Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, will use the Sony library of sitcoms as the basis for scripts.
While "Rerun" scenes will be shot tongue-in-cheek, "every word spoken will be as written in the original script," said Russ Krasnoff, president of programming and production at Columbia TriStar. "The costumes and actions will change, but not the words."
Variety reports the network has ordered six new episodes of "The Rerun Show," a half-hour comedy that uses an ensemble troupe to re-create and spoof scenes from classic (or campy) sitcoms such as "The Facts of Life" or "The Partridge Family." It is set to air Tuesdays at 8:30 starting in mid-July. The cast is still being finalized.
"Rerun," from NBC Studios and Sony's Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, will use the Sony library of sitcoms as the basis for scripts.
While "Rerun" scenes will be shot tongue-in-cheek, "every word spoken will be as written in the original script," said Russ Krasnoff, president of programming and production at Columbia TriStar. "The costumes and actions will change, but not the words."
Thoughts?
05-24-02, 11:09 AM
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It's going to depend on the strength of the cast. The concept could be interesting if approached properly, but with it being NBC, it could just be more cheese from them. In any case, I'll definitely tune in and give it a shot.
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05-24-02, 02:21 PM
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Re: New from NBC: 'The Rerun Show'
Aww... i thought Fred Barry was gonna have his own show!
... a half-hour comedy that uses an ensemble troupe to re-create and spoof scenes from classic (or campy) sitcoms....
Didn't ABC's `80's era TGIF line-up do this already? 
... a half-hour comedy that uses an ensemble troupe to re-create and spoof scenes from classic (or campy) sitcoms....
I'll be tuning in as well.
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I wonder if it will been done in the same style as "Fun With Real Audio" from SNL, but with people playing out the actions instead of animation.
05-26-02, 02:06 AM
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Just another example of network suits being incapable of coming up with an actually NEW idea anymore. This just sounds idiotic as all hell to me, but what do I know? I thought "Baby Bob" would last a week.
