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06-12-2019, 01:32 AM
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7131017/Growing-Pains-revival-works-original-cast-hoping-honor-late-Alan-Thicke.html
Another 1980s classic family sitcom may be coming back to the small screen, with a Growing Pains revival reportedly in the works.
Jeremy Miller, who played Ben Seaver on the hit series, revealed to US Weekly (https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/growing-pains-revival-in-the-works-to-honor-alan-thicke/) that a revival is in the works that would honor the late Alan Thicke.
'We’re still in talks right now. We’re actually doing story creation and brainstorming right now,' Miller said at the Reel: Portrayals and Perceptions of LGBTs in Hollywood exhibit at The Hollywood Museum last week.
Miller, 42, said he is in 'constant contact' with his original Growing Pains co-stars Kirk Cameron and Tracey Gold, who played his on-screen siblings Mike and Carol.
'(We) are trying to put together a workable storyline that will be respectful to Alan (Thicke) and the cast and the history and everything,' Miller said.
'So it’s challenging, it is. But between the three of us, I think we may be able to knock something out,' he added. 'Once we put together a good starting point, then we’ll start talking to the production companies.'
The original series followed the Seaver family, lead by Thicke's Dr. Jason Seaver, a psychiatrist who worked out of a home office, and Maggie (Joanna Kerns), a TV journalist.
The show also became a stepping stone for a few young stars, including Leonardo DiCaprio, who played a homeless teen named Luke Brower, who the Seavers took in, and Ashley Johnson as the youngest Seaver child, Chrissy.
Miller added in his interview that the 'motivation' for putting this show together would be to pay homage to Thicke.
'It would be to really pay tribute to a man who was a real pop to all of us,' Miller added.
Thicke passed away just before Christmas in December 2016 at the age of 69, after collapsing while playing ice hockey with his son.
Witnesses said he was talking with and even joking with his son Carter while being wheeled away, but he passed from a type-A aortic dissection.
Miller said that he still misses being able to talk to his TV dad about anything, even decades after the show went off the air.
'What I miss the most is just being able to call him about anything. I mean, that was the case 25 years after the show,' he said.
'No matter what was going on, I could just pick up the phone to call him and tell him good news, call him to get advice, call him to just talk and see how he’s doing,' he continued.
'He was my other dad and I miss that connection, and he was the most loving, warm, caring man I’ve ever known to everybody. I miss that desperately,' he concluded.
It isn't known if Growing Pains series creator Neal Marlens will be involved in this new revival series or not.
Another 1980s classic family sitcom may be coming back to the small screen, with a Growing Pains revival reportedly in the works.
Jeremy Miller, who played Ben Seaver on the hit series, revealed to US Weekly (https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/growing-pains-revival-in-the-works-to-honor-alan-thicke/) that a revival is in the works that would honor the late Alan Thicke.
'We’re still in talks right now. We’re actually doing story creation and brainstorming right now,' Miller said at the Reel: Portrayals and Perceptions of LGBTs in Hollywood exhibit at The Hollywood Museum last week.
Miller, 42, said he is in 'constant contact' with his original Growing Pains co-stars Kirk Cameron and Tracey Gold, who played his on-screen siblings Mike and Carol.
'(We) are trying to put together a workable storyline that will be respectful to Alan (Thicke) and the cast and the history and everything,' Miller said.
'So it’s challenging, it is. But between the three of us, I think we may be able to knock something out,' he added. 'Once we put together a good starting point, then we’ll start talking to the production companies.'
The original series followed the Seaver family, lead by Thicke's Dr. Jason Seaver, a psychiatrist who worked out of a home office, and Maggie (Joanna Kerns), a TV journalist.
The show also became a stepping stone for a few young stars, including Leonardo DiCaprio, who played a homeless teen named Luke Brower, who the Seavers took in, and Ashley Johnson as the youngest Seaver child, Chrissy.
Miller added in his interview that the 'motivation' for putting this show together would be to pay homage to Thicke.
'It would be to really pay tribute to a man who was a real pop to all of us,' Miller added.
Thicke passed away just before Christmas in December 2016 at the age of 69, after collapsing while playing ice hockey with his son.
Witnesses said he was talking with and even joking with his son Carter while being wheeled away, but he passed from a type-A aortic dissection.
Miller said that he still misses being able to talk to his TV dad about anything, even decades after the show went off the air.
'What I miss the most is just being able to call him about anything. I mean, that was the case 25 years after the show,' he said.
'No matter what was going on, I could just pick up the phone to call him and tell him good news, call him to get advice, call him to just talk and see how he’s doing,' he continued.
'He was my other dad and I miss that connection, and he was the most loving, warm, caring man I’ve ever known to everybody. I miss that desperately,' he concluded.
It isn't known if Growing Pains series creator Neal Marlens will be involved in this new revival series or not.