Bill Simmons at ESPN.com has an interesting idea -- remaking TV shows. Not remaking them as movies as was done with poor results with Get Smart and less-poor results with Mission Impossible, but actually making a new TV series.
His friend and fellow ESPN worker Kevin Wildes actually came up with the idea on Monday's edition of Simmons' podcast, The BS Report (mp3).
And the first idea up? Cheers: Chicago.
Before you cry "blasphemy!" think about it -- it if was a good enough idea and a good enough show, why couldn't they do a remake of it? Wildes and Simmons make the point that we have no problem envisioning an old TV show becoming a movie (Charlie's Angels, Miami Vice, etc. etc.) or of taking a show popular in England and importing it over here (done well with The Office and not so much with Coupling) -- so why not redo a classic TV show as a new TV show?
It's at least worth a listen.
And if you're into the whole Twitter thing, you can follow Simmons (caution: Basketball heavy) at @sportsguy33 and Wildes is at @kevinwildes.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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