TMC
03-02-2022, 09:32 PM
https://www.looper.com/785500/classic-sitcoms-we-want-to-get-the-dramatic-treatment/
BY HUNTER CATES/MARCH 2, 2022 1:23 PM EST
Let's face it, we live in the intellectual property era, a business school way of saying "every movie, TV show, or book is ripe for reboots, remakes, or sequels." However, now we're seeing something else — a reimagining. Take a story people know and love but tell it in a different way. Enter "Bel-Air." It's based on the popular syndicated sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," which ran for six seasons on NBC from 1990 to 1996. (You're humming the theme in your head right now, right?) Only instead of a sitcom with a studio audience, the story is being told as a single-camera drama.
"Bel-Air" began with a proof-of-concept trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAfJpyBgcgA) and short film (https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/bel-air-series-everything-to-know-about-fresh-prince-reboot/) in 2019 from creator Morgan Cooper, which caught the attention of Will Smith himself and became a Peacock series in 2022. So the moral of the story is if you're dreaming of making an "ALF" drama series, go for it. Of course, "Fresh Prince" and its semi-autobiographical, rags-to-riches story of Will Smith going from the mean streets of Philly to the posh neighborhoods of Bel-Air lends itself well to drama, which got us thinking: What other shows work with this reimagining? We admit some of these would be stretches, but they'd all definitely be interesting. See if you agree with our picks. Here are classic sitcoms we want to get the dramatic treatment!
BY HUNTER CATES/MARCH 2, 2022 1:23 PM EST
Let's face it, we live in the intellectual property era, a business school way of saying "every movie, TV show, or book is ripe for reboots, remakes, or sequels." However, now we're seeing something else — a reimagining. Take a story people know and love but tell it in a different way. Enter "Bel-Air." It's based on the popular syndicated sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," which ran for six seasons on NBC from 1990 to 1996. (You're humming the theme in your head right now, right?) Only instead of a sitcom with a studio audience, the story is being told as a single-camera drama.
"Bel-Air" began with a proof-of-concept trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAfJpyBgcgA) and short film (https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/bel-air-series-everything-to-know-about-fresh-prince-reboot/) in 2019 from creator Morgan Cooper, which caught the attention of Will Smith himself and became a Peacock series in 2022. So the moral of the story is if you're dreaming of making an "ALF" drama series, go for it. Of course, "Fresh Prince" and its semi-autobiographical, rags-to-riches story of Will Smith going from the mean streets of Philly to the posh neighborhoods of Bel-Air lends itself well to drama, which got us thinking: What other shows work with this reimagining? We admit some of these would be stretches, but they'd all definitely be interesting. See if you agree with our picks. Here are classic sitcoms we want to get the dramatic treatment!