See Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt in First Look at the "Mad About You" Revival
by Sarah Rodman
September 4, 2019


In EW’s exclusive first look, we see a black-and-white snap of Paul and Jamie Buchman that echoes those from the original opening sequence showing the couple out and about in New York City.

“That image, among several others, will be used in the opening credits,” says showrunner Peter Tolan. “Some of those pictures were taken in some of the same locations as the original, and some are totally new.”




Tolan knows what some diehard fans might be thinking: What about that series finale that flashed far into the future?

“Believe me, there was a lot of discussion about that final episode, and how we were going to conveniently ignore it,” he says. “There’s things we wanted the latitude to explore without committing to that [version of the narrative]. So I think there will be some true fans who will go, ‘What the hell just happened?’ But for everybody else, I think they’ll be perfectly fine with how it lays out.”

https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/04/mad-about-you-revival-paul-reiser-helen-hunt-first-look/

Oh,OK.

Hey, Will & Grace ignored having had kids, so ....

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Paul Reiser: We hit the ground running filming the Mad About You reboot (https://people.com/tv/paul-reiser-and-helen-hunt-open-up-about-returning-to-mad-about-you-20-years-later/)

Reiser and Hunt began filming their Spectrum Originals Mad About You revival series late last week. “I keep telling people, it’s like getting together with old friends that you haven’t seen. There’s no awkwardness,” says Reiser. “You hit the ground running, and that’s how it felt with this show.” Hunt adds that right before shooting the first scene, "I was good nervous. But that’s what rehearsals are for, to sort of see you through when you’re nervous.”

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Tolan knows what some diehard fans might be thinking: What about that series finale that flashed far into the future?

“Believe me, there was a lot of discussion about that final episode, and how we were going to conveniently ignore it,” he says. “There’s things we wanted the latitude to explore without committing to that [version of the narrative]. So I think there will be some true fans who will go, ‘What the hell just happened?’ But for everybody else, I think they’ll be perfectly fine with how it lays out.”

https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/04/mad-about-you-revival-paul-reiser-helen-hunt-first-look/

Why am I not surprised they are going to ignore the final episode's version of the future...but then again, Mabel was born in 1997 and should be 22 not 17 so once you get past that change,everything else is no big deal... (Keep in mind this took years to get from talk to screen so I think we can forgive them for wanting to keep the basic idea they started with a few years ago)

...but didn't Paul once say the reason they did the flash-forward in the finale was so they couldn't or wouldn't be tempted to do a reunion show some day... :)

Watch the Mad About You revival's opening credits (https://people.com/tv/mad-about-you-opening-credits-theme-song/)

The Spectrum Original series is made in the same style of the original opening credits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOLMbV3VHyA) and features a remixed version of the original "Final Frontier" theme song sung by Lyle Lovett and Kecia Lewis.