A Riot of Reboots Coming to The CW?

First up The longrunning supernatural fantasy about sibling witchesamp160Charmed amp160The proposed new series is being touted as a amp821670sset prequel to the amp821690s hit The original starred Shannen Doherty Holly Marie Combs Alyssa Milano and later Rose McGowan following Dohertyamp8217s departureamp160 It ran for eight seasons from 1998 to 2006 and tallied179 episodes amp160It was the late Aaron Spellingamp8217s most popular threefemalelead series since Charlieamp8217s Angels in 1976amp8220At this point it is a selfamp8209contained selfsustaining showamp8221 Pedowitz explained amp8220We are waiting to see the pilot script from our teamamp160 When Jennie Snyder Urman executive producer of Jane the Virgin comes in and says amp8216I think I have a take on how to do Charmedamp8217 you39ve got to listen amp160In terms of whether the characters or the original actresses will come into the series weamp8217ll see what happens That39s to be determined amp160There is the Power of Three element in there but at this time it39s a very standalone separate showamp8221Dynasty pictured at top another Aaron Spelling smash is also in the worksamp160The glitzy ritzy tale of the Colby and Carrington families will continue Pedowitz said although no script has been seen as yet While Pedowitz admits to being more Team Dallas than Team Dynasty in the seriesamp8217 heyday heamp8217s excited about what form a new series may take amp8220In the outline that we did hear the two families will be rebootedamp8221 he said amp8220There will be additionally new characters involvedamp160 How the families will be rebooted I will not tell youamp8220When you have talent like Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage who did a great job with The OC as well as Gossip Girl letamp8217s see what they bringamp8221 he continued amp160amp8220They understand how to deliver a serialized soapy showamp8221Pedowitz told me there has been no discussion regarding the possibility of The OC also making a comeback but mused amp8220I can just see the headline amp8216They are Bringing Back The OCamp8217amp8221With The Vampire Diaries coming to an end the network is hoping to sink its teeth into a series based on the 1987 thriller The Lost Boys penned by iZombie scribe Rob Thomas amp8220We have not ordered anything beyond the pilot scriptamp8221 Pedowitz said amp8220I have not seen it but Rob is a great showrunner and he39s a great writer I39m looking forward to seeing what they doamp8221Click on the social media tiles above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated bloggersamp160

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