EXCLUSIVE: The Who’s the Boss? sequel series has found a home. The project, reuniting original stars Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano and executive produced by Norman Lear, has landed at Amazon Freevee for development. The followup is being written/executive produced by One Day at a Time co-creator/exec producer/co-showrunner Mike Royce and co-executive producer Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz. Sony Pictures Television, which owns the rights to the original series and has been working on the sequel for the last two years, is the studio.

Danza and Milano are set to reprise their roles as Tony and Samantha Micelli. Set 30 years after the events of the original series, the sequel will focus on former Major League Baseball player/retired housekeeper Tony Micelli (Danza) and his relationship with his daughter Samantha (Milano). She is now a single mother, living in the family house. In line with Norman Lear’s classic shows, the new comedy will explore generational differences, as well as opposing world views and parenting styles within the dynamic of a modern family in 2022.

The original sitcom ran for eight seasons and 196 episodes on ABC from 1984-92 and drew more than 30 million viewers in its heyday. It was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards and became a syndication staple.

While Lear was not a creative auspice on Who’s the Boss?, it is part of the extensive library under his Embassy Communications banner, which is now owned by Sony Pictures TV.

Lear and his producing partner Brent Miller of ACT III Productions executive produce the sequel alongside Danza, Milano, Royce, Muñoz-Liebowitz and Dan Farah of Farah Films, who originally brought the updated take to Sony with Danza and Milano attached.

This marks a reunion for Royce, Muñoz-Liebowitz, Lear and Miller after their work together on the reimagining of Lear’s classic One Day at a Time for Sony TV.

For Muñoz-Liebowitz, Who’s the Boss falls under the overall deal she has at Sony Pictures TV where she also is executive producer/showrunner on the new comedy series for HBO Max, Gordita Chronicles.

https://deadline.com/2022/06/whos-the-boss-sequel-tony-danza-alyssa-milano-freevee-mike-royce-brigitte-munoz-liebowitz-1235053179/

They better get this show ready in a hurry, Lear turns 100 next month.

Again, no mention of Angela or Jonathan…


It’s gonna last one season and gone if they don’t have Judith full time.

Again, no mention of Angela or Jonathan…


It’s gonna last one season and gone if they don’t have Judith full time.

Who's The Boss? Sequel Series - What We Know So Far (https://www.looper.com/912134/whos-the-boss-sequel-series-what-we-know-so-far/)

Samantha and Tony will be back, but where's Angela?

According to a brief plot synopsis (https://tvline.com/2022/06/28/whos-the-boss-revival-freevee-sequel-series-tony-danza-alyssa-milano/) in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amazon-freevee-whos-the-boss-sequel-1235173426/), the sequel series (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/vn0qtx/whos_the_boss_sequel_starring_tony_danza_alyssa/) will pick up (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/31122638-%E2%80%98who%E2%80%99s-the-boss%E2%80%99-sequel-lands-at-amazon%E2%80%99s-freevee) with the Micellis thirty years after "Who's the Boss?" (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/112906-whos-the-boss/page/2/#comments) ended. Tony and Samantha now live together in Angela's suburban home with Samantha's children. That is certainly an interesting detail, as it raises a few questions, namely: Why are Tony and Samantha still living in Angela's home? And if Judith Light doesn't come back for the sequel series, we'll be very curious to know what happened to Angela and why she seemingly left her house to the Micellis.

Tony is retired from both housekeeping and coaching baseball, while Sam is a single mom — which once more puts Tony in charge of helping raise some kids. Naturally, this batch will be different from Jonathan and Sam, and the show's logline suggests it will mine its humor from the differences between Tony, Sam, and her children and the generational gaps that lie between them. There's no word as to what happened to Hank Thomopolis (Curnal Achilles Aulisio), whom Samantha married during Season 8, but it's safe to assume that the kids are from her marriage to him. Fans will have to keep their eyes peeled for more details as they develop.

I have Amazon Prime. Would this show up there too?

Freevee is free. So you can watch it anywhere

Alyssa said 2 days ago that she didn't know what to expect with this reboot. They are still writing the pilot and she "hopes" it will make it on air.


If they don't get Judith full time this show is ruined. We don't care to see her as a Mom these days. She should have had kids with her husband YEARS AGO, not in the early 2010s or a few years prior. They're gonna go that route to scout out crap newbie actors who act all hip. It's the same with all these new shows.


I can't see it lasting more than 1 season. Tony is the only reason to watch, and without Angela...come on!


Angela either...

1. Moved out after she and Tony split up/divorced
2. Moved to another house with her new husband after the original ended

NOBODY WANTS THAT! Those are the only ways she could have left Sam the house. Sam bought it from her or rented it from her or something....Now Tony's moving in and single? Come on!

Alyssa said 2 days ago that she didn't know what to expect with this reboot. They are still writing the pilot and she "hopes" it will make it on air.


If they don't get Judith full time this show is ruined. We don't care to see her as a Mom these days. She should have had kids with her husband YEARS AGO, not in the early 2010s or a few years prior. They're gonna go that route to scout out crap newbie actors who act all hip. It's the same with all these new shows.


I can't see it lasting more than 1 season. Tony is the only reason to watch, and without Angela...come on!


Angela either...

1. Moved out after she and Tony split up/divorced
2. Moved to another house with her new husband after the original ended

NOBODY WANTS THAT! Those are the only ways she could have left Sam the house. Sam bought it from her or rented it from her or something....Now Tony's moving in and single? Come on!

I don't think it would be that far fetched to imagine Sam having underaged children (https://people.com/parents/alyssa-milano-reveals-why-her-kids-have-not-watched-charmed-i-kiss-a-lot-of-guys/). Alyssa Milano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyssa_Milano) is 49 years old now but her real life children I read, are 10 (her son) and 7 (her daughter). Assuming of course, that Hank is the father of her kids (and they got married 30 years ago) in this new version, then I suppose that it would be easier to imagine Sam having her kids much sooner.

Alyssa said 2 days ago that she didn't know what to expect with this reboot. They are still writing the pilot and she "hopes" it will make it on air.


If they don't get Judith full time this show is ruined. We don't care to see her as a Mom these days. She should have had kids with her husband YEARS AGO, not in the early 2010s or a few years prior. They're gonna go that route to scout out crap newbie actors who act all hip. It's the same with all these new shows.


I can't see it lasting more than 1 season. Tony is the only reason to watch, and without Angela...come on!


Angela either...

1. Moved out after she and Tony split up/divorced
2. Moved to another house with her new husband after the original ended

NOBODY WANTS THAT! Those are the only ways she could have left Sam the house. Sam bought it from her or rented it from her or something....Now Tony's moving in and single? Come on!

Would this be the closest thing that Alyssa Milano had to a "solo" (https://www.quora.com/What-has-shocked-you-the-most-about-Alyssa-Milano/answer/Jon-Mixon-1) television vehicle? Of course, we don't know what the full extent of Tony Danza or even Judith Light's roles and participation in this new version of Who's the Boss?

Even though Alyssa was the first billed star on Charmed after Shannen Doherty's departure, that show was still at heart, an ensemble show. And on the old Who's the Boss?, Tony Danza and Judith Light were the "stars" and Alyssa was a supporting player.

I haven't seen her more recent show, Insatiable (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insatiable_(TV_series)), but it appears to really be more of a showcase for Debby Ryan (https://cartermatt.com/315842/insatiable-premiere-date-netflix-debby-ryan/), post-Disney.

It's already been given a home at Freevee and she just wants to see it make it to the air.


Something tells me they aren't getting a season yet. They just got the pilot to film. The way they did Coach I can see it happening here. What they will do with Angela will ruin this. They killed off Christine on Coach's reboot pilot. Fans weren't too happy about that. You just had the star of that show interacting with some newbies and it wasn't funny and it was shut down halfway through the taping of the pilot. I'm thinking that won't happen here, but it won't get many viewers. Nobody knows this show. Anyone over 40/45 and older would (very few mid 30s would know it), but many don't like Alyssa and would only watch for Tony/Angela together.. That alone will be the death of this as they won't be.


The dumb writers will write whatever we have to believe...


1. Angela and Tony split again after 1992, she married someone else. She left the house to Sam and Hank and Tony got his own place after Angela married another man
2. Angela and Tony either married and moved elsewhere shortly after 1992 and left Sam and Hank the house. They split and now Tony's moving in with Sam.
3. Angela is an emotional wreck after the loss of Mona. She leaves Sam the house and then Hank divorced her. She and Tony live elsewhere and are married but separated. She throws him out and needs peace on vacation.
4. Angela is overseas some crap like that. Working on something. She left Tony or they divorced. He moves in with Sam.



To me, Tony and Angela were living together elsewhere after 1992. I think that's the most logical thing here. Why the heck would he move "In" again?


Sam and Hank married but I DOUBT it would be believable they had kids this late in life? Or will she have kids with him and another "husband" who left her?


The very thought of Tony moving in and Angela not there, even just slightly from time to time gives me the hint the two NEVER married or they SPLIT UP and he was forced to move out and at the right time, when Sam was single again and needing to raise her kids.


Fans won't like these scenarios. They'd want Tony and Angela together. They would have wished they stayed together, maybe had kids or something after 1992....but we're not getting that.


It's obvious, even if they married or split, they didn't have any from the rumors of what will happen. Tony moves in. No word on single, divorced, or if he has more kids...


Angela with another man is gonna be crap. They'll probably go the Fuller House route. Angela and Tony never married but she married someone else, or they did marry and divorced/split and she's seeing someone new. BIG SHARK JUMPER IF THEY DID THAT. Even if Angela lives alone elsewhere and she has a new guy. Past audiences don't want that.

It's either they are happily married or NOTHING. And if he's moving in, would she be okay with it? Why wouldn't she be there from time to time as she's near retirement herself?! UGH! It just makes no sense if they are married and he moves in to help Sam....My guess is they split up if they are married and she's living elsehwere. Maybe even a state away? This will make it harder and harder for her to have appearances, and what if there's another man? Fans won't like it.



Fans on here would be the biggest clue this will be a success. They watched the original. There hasn't been much excitement on here with talk from fans. Not that much. If Family Matters was rebooted I'm sure they'd be TONS on that message board.


If they are the least bit for the original fans and Judith can't be there full time...

She and Tony married after he returned home from teaching in 1992/1993. SHe gave Sam and Hank the house. They lived there and now Sam is divorced and has kids later in life. Tony and Angela are STILL married. They live an hour or 2 away elsewhere. Angela agrees to let him move in for the time being since Sam is single and Tony is retired. It makes no sense but that's the BEST situation they can do to make the original fans happy...

Yet with Judith rarely there and the focus being on "Sam's Show", it won't last.

From whostheboss_edits (https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg-NjljpxkO/):
Hoping we can see @candicecandyazzara (https://www.instagram.com/candicecandyazzara/) as Hank’s mom on our screens again in the sequel. The in-laws (especially this car scene in Better Off Wed) added such physical comedy to S8. I think if Sam had kids with Hank, they’d want to still be involved somehow. I can see them being a Mrs. Rossini like presence and have a recurring role. Also did you know her acting history includes Broadway, off Broadway as well as TV (70s through today)? Including work with James Coco? AND — didn’t know this!!? — her niece is the insanely gorgeous @lanaparrilla (https://www.instagram.com/lanaparrilla/) (bottom pic) and she’s been so many things I can’t even list them all. Her smile reminds me of Tony’s and she’s another pic of mine for a Micelli family relative in the sequel. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 ❤️

Angela either...

1. Moved out after she and Tony split up/divorced
2. Moved to another house with her new husband after the original ended
!

3. Angela is recently deceased and her ghost recurs to encourage Tony to carry on. This gives renewed reason for Tony to be around Sam/family and eventually start dating again without vilifying any of the original characters.

While not as outright off- putting, it still lacks appeal, especially considering the rest of the revealed premise. Even if all the best pieces were in place (including Mona and Angela with non-caricature Tony), this reboot/sequel is well past its 'best by' date.

They waited too long to do this reboot, it should have been done and finished by now. I read Tony wanted to do a 2 hour movie or something in 2002. That's what should have happened. That's when Sam would have had kids around 9/10 years old. But then time jump to 2023 and 20+ years later and we are to believe she has kids at 9/10/11/12 years of age still?! UGH!


The reboot won't last more than 1 season of 10 episodes or whatever number they got. Hopefully they make a good finale and wrap it up. It's gonna be worse than Punky Brewster because at least that came back and they tied up the story of her mother who abandoned her.

They waited too long to do this reboot, it should have been done and finished by now. I read Tony wanted to do a 2 hour movie or something in 2002. That's what should have happened. That's when Sam would have had kids around 9/10 years old. But then time jump to 2023 and 20+ years later and we are to believe she has kids at 9/10/11/12 years of age still?! UGH!


The reboot won't last more than 1 season of 10 episodes or whatever number they got. Hopefully they make a good finale and wrap it up. It's gonna be worse than Punky Brewster because at least that came back and they tied up the story of her mother who abandoned her.

Of course, in a perfect world and reality, we could've gotten some type of Who's the Boss? reunion when Katherine Helmond was still alive (thus we wouldn't have to get into the inevitably awkward question of Mona's current whereabouts).

But I suppose that at this point, we might as well see it now (just for the hell of it) than not see it at all. I guess there is part of me that's intrigued at the idea of seeing a now grown up Samantha with kids of her own (and somehow, still living in Angela's house in Connecticut) and Tony now as a grandfather who still works as a housekeeper.

98% of these reboots are awful.

Please note that this was written (http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/2018/01/do-not-resuscitate-whos-boss.html) over a year before Katherine Helmond passed away and long, long before the deal with Freevee was announced:
Reasons Why This Show Needs to Stay Cancelled

1. The dynamic of the cast led to its success, with its five ensemble character's chemistry only taking second to the romantic tension of Tony and Angela. In a reboot, both would be well into their 60's and likely would be in supporting capacity in a reboot. What a tragic fate to befall two strong players like Judith Light and Tony Danza.
2. Katherine Helmond turns 89 on July 5. Though several viable actresses are acting well into their 80's and 90's, Helmond's resume has sharply dropped off since 2011, already sparse since Who's the Boss ended. Mona was the dynamic scene stealer of the original, and having her at a reduced capacity would be an aging heartbreak.
3. Danny Pintauro has all but stepped away from acting since Who's The Boss ended in 1992, with three sparse credits to his name following 1992. And when the series ended, Pintauro was 16. Child acting vs. the adult craft is a differing dynamic, and it appears Pintauro has moved on from his former career.
4. Alyssa Milano has indeed evolved into a lovely adult actress with a thicked resume to show for it. A reboot would likely have to center on Milano, who seems to enjoy committing to shorter projects so she can focus on raising a family. Would Milano enjoy stepping back into the role, or would she prefer to move on and take a new role?
5. ABC Tuesdays are not the powerhouse they used to be during Who's The Boss' heyday, and likely would never regenerate the same fire they once did. Sometimes, you just cannot go home, and it is best to remember a lovely setting like Angela's colonial when it housed this dynamic series.
6. How would a revival of Who's the Boss rate on a Tuesday in the 2010's. It would barely scrape a 1.0, a sad shell of a memory considering it was a top 10 player from 1985-90.
7. The dynamics which made this series bold and inventive have since become common across the television landscape. A powerful woman in charge with a loving man second in command? Sounds like Desperate Housewives' Lynette and Tom Scavo. An unorthodox family blending into one beautiful home? Too many sitcoms to boot which have made this happen. An employee marries their household employer? How about Fran Drescher's The Nanny? A vibrant, middle aged cougar stealing laughs while building a career and boasting a healthy sexual appetite? Didn't we already replay that story on Hot in Cleveland?
8. Part of the intrigue of Who's the Boss was the "Will they, won't they?" dynamic between Tony and Angela. And later, viewers were rewarded with the pair finally connecting. What would be left to explore today?

I know that it won't happen, but I'd really like to see an "Old Man Tony" show set back in Brooklyn.

WTB was always a fish out of water show. Tony, and to a lesser extent Sam, represented blue collar Americans, while Angela and her Mom were the elites. Unlike All in the Family, it attempted to show that culture clashes weren't necessarily combative.

If the sequel attempts to turn Sam and Tony into the "Angela and Mona" of the new show, it's not going to work.

Yes, they tried turning Sam into a genius who got to skip her Senior year of high school - however, that was out of character for party girl Sam. Tony, also out of character, graduated from college and became a university professor. Of course, most would agree those later seasons weren't the show at it's creative zenith.

The humor in Sanford and Son and Good Times worked because the audience was sympathetic to the plight of the underprivileged. Nothing was given to these characters, and they struggled for little material gain. Those who work the hardest get screwed over the most. There is humor in pain, but that type of humor seems lost in today's Hollywood.

Put Tony back in an apartment in Brooklyn! Bring back Rhoda Gemignani as Mrs. Rossini - perhaps she is living with her children or grandchildren.

Tony and Sam now own and operate a local deli, while Sam raises her children in a nearby apartment.

Surround Tony with a bunch of Brooklyn tough guys! Perhaps Tony does social work with troubled youths, or perhaps he coaches baseball at the Y. Have Tony brag about the time he became a university professor and lived with a female executive (and have no one believe him).

Unfortunately, what we'll get is a watered down version of the original concept and it won't be funny or endearing. Alyssa lacks the charisma of either Judith Light or Tony Danza. The "culture clash" humor of having an underprivileged person living with, and being in a subservient position to a white collar person won't fly in today's Hollywood. And the dramatic/sentimental storylines of the original are today considered "corny", and will be nixed for more snark.

Now, Tony is saying "I'd like to see it happen"...that means it might not. Wasn't the word they got the Pilot to film? And just because it's Norman Lear it will most likely get the minimum order and be done and cancelled?


He doesn't say much but that, and the only added thing is "I'd love to see where he is and Sam". Nothing about Angela.


That alone tells me it's not gonna last. It's not gonna focus on anyone but the two of them. It is so done.


If there's no Angela, or rarely, it's gonna lose fans.


We most likely won't be getting Mrs. Rosini. Isn't the actress over 90 and retired? Is she even in good health anymore? Just as bad as Mona being gone will be this. And the fact that Angela won't be there full time, nor Jonathan, because we can only hope for Special Guest Star roles from the two once or twice and over and gone with.

I can predict they will film the pilot, at least, and it won't get the go ahead if Norman passes or is not in good health by the time talk happens whether to do the series or not. I feel he should have left this alone and worked on Facts Of Life instead, but stayed true to the reunion movie in 2001 as he brought that back instead. Who's The Boss should have been well far over and done with years ago had it gotten a TV movie in 2002, 2004, or whenever Tony wanted it done. IT DOESN'T NEED A REBOOT NOW! Angela and Tony most likely would have been married or gotten married in 2002 or whenever he wanted it done. No way we are to believe they aren't together now. We should have a happy ever after and not a series about Sam, 30 years later with teens. YUCK!


Tony is not the bad part of this, it's Alyssa. Nobody wants to see her as the star. And Tony most likely has nothing more to do than push forward with just the two of them and nobody else on it as stars. No Jonathan. No Angela. And of course no Mona. Alyssa is no role model anymore and so many aren't happy with her. They won't watch because of her. I've seen many posts on it when many sites announced a "possible" reboot last year. Yes, it would be interesting to see, but it's gonna end up like all these reboots with teens or preteens. We've had enough of them. And these kids of Sam should have happened in the 1990s or 2000s. Not 2010s/2020s. It's been FAR too long. We can't think she didn't have kids then. Sex symbol and everything of that time period to many guys...come on!

One of Alyssa Milano's recent posts on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckh8KdWOIi-/?hl=en):
Getting closer. If you know what I mean. ���� Also, if you’re in LA and you like to smile—go see Tony at The Catalina Jazz Club. So good.

In it is Alyssa along with Tony Danza, Danny Pinataro, and Rhoda Gemignani (Mrs. Rossini).

Alyssa Milano reveals Who's The Boss revival script has been submitted (https://ew.com/tv/alyssa-milano-whos-the-boss-revival-series/)

Now this is a homerun: Alyssa Milano and Tony Danza's Who's The Boss? revival series is one step closer to hitting television screens.

The actress, who starred as Danza's daughter Samantha in the beloved '80s sitcom, revealed that a script for the long-awaited sequel — which is currently in development over at Amazon's FreeVee — has officially been submitted for approval.

"Okay, I'm dropping this news here first," Milano said while visiting The View on Tuesday. "We actually submitted a script last week to FreeVee, which is the network that picked up, and we're waiting to hear if we're greenlit to go to series. So, we are very close."

She added, "I'm very excited about the potential for the sequel. I'll keep you posted."

That doesn’t mean it’s gonna get green lit. They’re gonna be nuts if they ruin Angela’s character…wherever the heck she might be off at. That alone would be my reason to not greenlight it. Unless she’s there full time this shouldn’t happen…she claims it’s funny…it’s gonna be like every new teen actor acting all hip and cool. That’s all it’s been with these reboots. But this is not good if Judith isn’t there at the house. Just seems very off…fans won’t be happy with how they handle her character…

Alyssa Milano: Who's the Boss? Revival Must Be as 'Progressive' as Original (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alyssa-milano-whos-boss-revival-145827798.html)

Alyssa Milano hopes that the Who’s the Boss? revival (https://tvline.com/2022/06/28/whos-the-boss-revival-freevee-sequel-series-tony-danza-alyssa-milano/) in development at Amazon’s Freevee will be as progressive as the original ’80s/early-’90s sitcom.

Debuting on ABC in 1984, Who’s the Boss? starred Tony Danza as Tony Micelli, a former ball player who took a job working as a housekeeper for businesswoman Angela (Judith Light), moving into her Connecticut home along with his daughter Samantha (Milano).

This past June, the Who’s the Boss? sequel series found a home at Freevee, and Milano thus far has seen at least one script which she says is “really funny.”

The follow-up — penned by One Day at a Time executive producer Mike Royce and ODAAT writer Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz — takes place 30 years later, with Samantha now a single mother and living in the same house from the original series. Danza’s Tony would enter the mix “to take care of my children,” Milano shared in a new Entertainment Tonight (https://www.etonline.com/alyssa-milano-shares-update-on-progressive-whos-the-boss-reboot-with-tony-danza-exclusive-195140) interview, “because I get a job that makes me travel a lot.”

Light’s involvement to any degree remains TBD, though Milano ventured, “I’m sure she will [return].”

“I was very skeptical about this,” Milano told ET. “And then I spoke to Tony… and I got kind of excited.”

Milano noted how the original Who’s the Boss? was quite progressive for its time, revolving as it did around a single mom businesswoman with a sexually voracious mother (played by the late, great Katherine Helmond), and who hires a man to be her housekeeper.

As such, Milano says she hopes the new series can be put together “in a way that really stays true to that whole progressive thing that we had in the ’80s” while tapping into “today’s issues.”

As for the revival’s current status/possible series order, Milano told ET that “we submitted the script to Freevee before Thanksgiving and they are internally talking this week about it. So hopefully we will hear soon.”

Normally I would be excited about any of these classic reboots...but this one I haven't been since it was announced. You guys know I've worked at Fuller House, Girl Meets World, The Conners...did trivia out in line with audiences at those shows. All were so much fun to work at and the shows didn't upset fans much in their first seasons, that's why they continued. Okay, the Conners it did lose a lot of audience and should have been done by now. But overall, the fans actually didn't have much bad to say about them. This one, a lot of people hate Alyssa. And then the fact if no Judith full time and Angela isn't married to Tony...NO WAY.

I wasn't there, but some people I know got to work at Coach reboot. It was very bad. No Shelly Fabres. They killed her off. Halfway through the pilot they cancelled the series. I'm feeling that's gonna happen here, but since it's Norman Lear's show, that probably won't happen. But it will reflect in ratings. It won't be amazing in ratings.

That's not good. And this was a show I watched when I was a kid.


For them to not have Judith there full time, forget it. It's either all or nothing.

Fuller House worked because it was the girls and the adults visited from time to time. But there wasn't anything fans really wanted to see there. They did want Danny and Vicky back together, and though she appeared in one episode and the last one, they weren't officially "together" in the end. But it's nice to dream and guess they did get together in the end after DJ's wedding to Steve. Heck, if there's another remake years from now they can address they got married, even though their characters passed.

But this show, it's just not making sense for SAM to be the same house. Just no sense. She would have moved out with her husband eventually.

It just makes me think Angela moved out. She's not there. Or she's away. And it's not good in every possible scenario these "brilliant" writers who are all connect based will come up with and people will agree to.

1. Angela is married to another man
2. Angela has her own place, not with Tony
3. Angela is away mourning Mona's loss
4. Angela lives at the house still, but is AWAY on business, She and Tony aren't together and she's involved with someone else which is why Tony got his own place
5. Angela lives elsewhere, not with Tony, away on business
6. Angela is dead
7. Tony and Angela are married but she lets him move w Sam...House is 2 hours away
8. Tony and Angela are married but separated or divorced
9. Angela lives at least 2-3 hours away, whether separated or married to Tony, she allows him to move in w Sam after her divorce to help her out
10. Angela still lives at the house but is just "away"...on long business out of the country. Maybe phone scenes? She's NOT married to Tony but single



She needs to be there full time. It's just gonna turn fans off, even if "Wow...a Special Guest Appearance!" One or two times in a 10 episode season is not enough, and I feel all we are getting is a single season if it happens. There won't be a huge fanbase. You aren't seeing fans flocking here, even on sitcomsonline, happy about it. Like I said before, if you get a reboot of a popular show, fans won't shut the hell up. Like Fuller House, Family Matters, Cheers...Reboot those and you'll see the boards go nuts on here. This reboot is NOT getting many fans happy. There are just a few of us posting about it, myself the negatives if Judith isn't there full time. I'd rather see a reboot on Tony and Angela...Sam okay, but not focused just on Sam and Tony moves in to help out. Not good. They're doing that because they can't get Judith full time. Her involvement will be the make or break. If she does full time, and they wrote it differently, okay. But as it stands the brilliant funny pilot "script" Alyssa is thinking is so great WON'T include Angela. She says "Oh, I'm sure she'll stop by!" If Angela isn't married to Tony, MANY fans will be upset. It will throw them off and they won't continue watching. If she's not there in the Pilot or if she is and isn't married to him, they are gonna not watch anymore. Even if she comes back for an appearance or so. A lot of people want them together. It's not that show without the two together. Sam is not a good character. She should not be the main focus. Tony is good, but Angela needs to be there or fans will not be happy. It's just realistic talk. You need BOTH Tony and Angela there and MARRIED. Or this won't work.

In 2002, if they did the movie back then, what would have happened? My guess...Tony and Angela would have been married by now or they were getting married finally after 10 years. Now 31 years after it ended...Angela isn't around full time? Tony moves in? Come on! Hollywood is just out of ideas and Judith alone is the make or break of this series. She needs to be involved 100 percent. Angela and Tony should still be married. If that doesn't happen a BIG, BIG portion of original fans won't care to watch. The show isn't popular enough for a big audience. It's gonna get less than what Fuller House got, I'm sure. We get 10 episodes, Norman controls it, but in the end, it will most likely be gone after that. Look at Head Of The Class...one season. Murphy Brown...One season. Mad About You...One season...Night Court I'm hoping tanks. I never was a fan of the original, and Frasier, too...I feel those will also just get single seasons. But Who's The Boss? Can't be that without having both Tony and Angela there. You can also have Sam full time, but everyone else, it doesn't matter. Tony and Angela need to be married, together, end of it. HAH! That's just my feeling on the whole thing, and my instinct overall tells me Normal Lear will be the sole go ahead for this 10 episode series.

I feel like I'm being a bully...but seriously, it's just that a lot of the norm fans want Tony and Angela together. They want her there full time. I'm feeling the show will not last as long as the original for one, will last at least a season because Norman Lear is Producing, and if he passes before this gets the A-okay, they might decline doing it for one, or, it gets the go ahead and it's cancelled while filming, or it just doesn't work out and is gone regarldess after the 10 episode season 1 order.

If they get the go ahead...

Even if Judith isn't there full time...


Make Angela married to Tony. She allows him to move in to help Sam. Angela and Tony moved a few hours away and Sam got the house a while back. Have Angela make guest appearances. Wrap it up after 10 episodes, or in a way that fans know Tony and Angela did live happily ever after and are married...

I admit, I don't know every episode, but I did watch reruns and some first run when I was a kid up until it ended when I was 9. But the feeling of the two not together...ugh...no.

Now Judith was interviewed again and she said she doesn’t know what they are doing, just that they are doing something in the works. Doesn’t sound too promising she will be on the cast or even in a majority of episodes. Alyssa said Sam is gonna “travel” in business and Tony moves in to her old childhood house to take care of her kids…ugh! Please don’t happen! It’s gonna be a total flop!

Now Judith was interviewed again and she said she doesn’t know what they are doing, just that they are doing something in the works. Doesn’t sound too promising she will be on the cast or even in a majority of episodes. Alyssa said Sam is gonna “travel” in business and Tony moves in to her old childhood house to take care of her kids…ugh! Please don’t happen! It’s gonna be a total flop!

Judith Light Says No One Has Talked to Her About the ‘Who’s the Boss?’ Reboot (Exclusive) (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/judith-light-says-no-one-004107837.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall)

I really would love to see what true fans of the show that come on this board have to say about what we know so far on this "reboot".


We aren't getting much activity. We usually get fans who post of the past and what happened before. There's not much interest in this reboot, from what I can see on this board. We'd get hundreds of responses of happy, excited fans. We aren't. We are getting nitpicks and gripes of "It can't be done without Angela!" and of course Alyssa this and that...But it's not many of us talking about it.

I'd love to hear what the big longtime fans who post on this board but haven't posted on the reboot idea. What do they think about it? Will it work? Will it last passed a season? Will the new writers ruin it? If this thread got a lot of responses, and in positive ways, that would be a sign that maybe it would be something the old fans would want to check out, regardless of what they did to it...I just can't see it getting a long life.

The way they are going about it, being a Norman Lear Production and all (or connected to him) is not good. They aren't in talks with Judith. They aren't pushing to get her. They want Tony and Alyssa mostly, and that's making me feel they are gonna ruin the character of Angela with however they write her "away".

As much as I am a fan of Tony Danza, I am feeling maybe, just maybe he has say in all of this. Like how he didn't want to end the original with them getting married. I feel if it comes to that, it's gonna be over before it even begins. Sam being in that house after all these years, when it wasn't her house to begin with is just a bad idea.

If they focus it just on Sam and Tony it won't last passed a season.

If they think hard and make Tony and Angela happily married, the least, even if she's "away" doing whatever she's doing...maybe, just maybe it will last a short time. If she's there full time, most likely it will last a while.


I keep thinking of how I'm seeing reviews of how Tony was against Angela and Tony marrying in the end of the original, so if he keeps that same mindset, fans will NOT be happy, regardless of what they do with her to send her "away" because Judith won't be able to commit to a full season or they won't need her much because they want to focus on Tony and Sam.

I never really saw the original show for some reason, but I might have seen a few episodes and am familiar with the story.

The show was about 25 years ago. Tony and Angela are almost 70. I think the premise of the old show was a "Will they or wont they?" Did they? I dont know because I never followed it. I know Tony was like the housekeeper or something. Is he still living in the same house?

Tony Danza is 71 years old. Judith Light is 73. Aylssa Milano is 50. How does this work? Tony the character can be a great grandfather in this literally (if the daughter had a child at 25 and the child had a child at 25). Like I said, color me ignorant because for some reason I chose to never watch the show for some reason, but it seems like a dead end, let's say that the Tony character and the Judith Light character did get together and even had children, how would this be especially interesting? Or has Tony been the housekeeper for the past 30 years and they have played this same game all of these years? Again, I dont know how the original show ended.

Lastly, this show was somewhat of a hit in the 1990's but it has sort of been lost to history since then and few people would claim this was the greatest sitcom ever. I havent followed Alyssa Milano's career, but she has seemed to do very well for herself as well as Light and Danza. Does Light and Danza at their age really want to do a show? I doubt either are broke (especially Danza who has been in a lot of things, and Milano doesnt seem to be poor either) and although I dont know beans about acting or the making of a sitcom, I do know from reading it is hard work and it is work. Is it worth it?

Actress Alyssa Milano is bringing “Who’s the Boss?” back.

“Extra’s” Billy Bush spoke to Milano all about it!

The revival will have Alyssa, Tony Danza, and Judith Light.

Alyssa is “very pleased” with where the reboot picks up. She commented, “Our streamer has asked for a second script for a second episode, so we are submitting that… I think it’s great and it is going to totally touch on that generational difference.”



Okay, so now she's saying this.


Apparently, Judith knew NOTHING. But now Alyssa is saying her, Tony and Judith will be there?


I'm still not buying Judith will be there full time. And if that's the case, it will lose audience. For this to work she needs to be there 100 percent. Did the first script include Angela? Will the 2nd? Will Judith be told this? Will she agree to doing it? You bring the show back it shouldn't be all focus on Sam. Audience wants to see Tony and Angela. The returning audience will want that and if she's not there it will suffer.

Until we hear it from Judith herself and her commitment, then it will feel okay. I just feel if she's not there full time it won't pull in strong ratings.


Another thing is they spoke to her. It wasn't in quotes. The person who wrote the article said it would include all 3 of the actors. But didn't say it was from Alyssa specifically. So hopefully she said they will all be there and they just said it will include all 3. But we haven't gotten any confirmation from Judith. That's what's weird.

Actress Alyssa Milano is bringing “Who’s the Boss?” back.

“Extra’s” Billy Bush spoke to Milano all about it!

The revival will have Alyssa, Tony Danza, and Judith Light.

Alyssa is “very pleased” with where the reboot picks up. She commented, “Our streamer has asked for a second script for a second episode, so we are submitting that… I think it’s great and it is going to totally touch on that generational difference.”



Okay, so now she's saying this.


Apparently, Judith knew NOTHING. But now Alyssa is saying her, Tony and Judith will be there?


I'm still not buying Judith will be there full time. And if that's the case, it will lose audience. For this to work she needs to be there 100 percent. Did the first script include Angela? Will the 2nd? Will Judith be told this? Will she agree to doing it? You bring the show back it shouldn't be all focus on Sam. Audience wants to see Tony and Angela. The returning audience will want that and if she's not there it will suffer.

Until we hear it from Judith herself and her commitment, then it will feel okay. I just feel if she's not there full time it won't pull in strong ratings.


Another thing is they spoke to her. It wasn't in quotes. The person who wrote the article said it would include all 3 of the actors. But didn't say it was from Alyssa specifically. So hopefully she said they will all be there and they just said it will include all 3. But we haven't gotten any confirmation from Judith. That's what's weird.

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Actress Alyssa Milano (https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7bpidPinN/?hl=en) is bringing “Who’s the Boss?” back! She gave “Extra’s” Billy Bush an update about the revival, revealing she’s “very pleased” with the direction it’s taking. Alyssa also spoke about her activism and her decades-long work on behalf of UNICEF.

I never really saw the original show for some reason, but I might have seen a few episodes and am familiar with the story.

The show was about 25 years ago. Tony and Angela are almost 70. I think the premise of the old show was a "Will they or wont they?" Did they? I dont know because I never followed it. I know Tony was like the housekeeper or something. Is he still living in the same house?

Tony Danza is 71 years old. Judith Light is 73. Aylssa Milano is 50. How does this work? Tony the character can be a great grandfather in this literally (if the daughter had a child at 25 and the child had a child at 25). Like I said, color me ignorant because for some reason I chose to never watch the show for some reason, but it seems like a dead end, let's say that the Tony character and the Judith Light character did get together and even had children, how would this be especially interesting? Or has Tony been the housekeeper for the past 30 years and they have played this same game all of these years? Again, I dont know how the original show ended.

Lastly, this show was somewhat of a hit in the 1990's but it has sort of been lost to history since then and few people would claim this was the greatest sitcom ever. I havent followed Alyssa Milano's career, but she has seemed to do very well for herself as well as Light and Danza. Does Light and Danza at their age really want to do a show? I doubt either are broke (especially Danza who has been in a lot of things, and Milano doesnt seem to be poor either) and although I dont know beans about acting or the making of a sitcom, I do know from reading it is hard work and it is work. Is it worth it?

I haven't heard any details about the revival from Alyssa Milano other than the fact that Sam is somehow, still living in Angela's house in Connecticut, she's a single mother (just like Angela at the start of the old series), and Sam's father, Tony comes back to help raise her kids.

I immediately assume then, that Sam's kids are of preadolescent age if they need their grandfather to help raise them. I of course, also naturally assume that Hank, who Sam married in the final season, is the kids' father.

Alyssa Milano in real life (https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/alyssa-milano-explains-why-her-2-kids-havent-watched-charmed/), has two children under the age of 13. I want to believe that on Who's the Boss?, her character was essentially, the same age as her in real life. So all in all, it isn't that far-fetched to imagine her having kids who aren't even teenagers yet.

The only issue would be that how plausible would it be for Sam to have kids relatively late in her life if she and Hank got married when they were still barely out of high school (in 1992)? This is of course, still under the assumption that Hank is her children's father.

No, it doesn't make sense. 1992. 2023. Come on! They would not be kids!


Judith being there occasionally gives me the feeling she and Tony are not together. From the description Tony is single. It's not about him and Angela raising the kids.


What if Angela is Sam's boss? That's something I'm thinking now. Angela is away on business as is Sam.


There's no news Tony is married or married to Angela. So we should assume he's single. After everything we know now.


I give it one season. It would have gotten cancelled early on if Judith wasn't there, but even her being there occasionally, however they write her in, it just won't work. Like I said before, she can't be just a "Special Guest Star", she needs to be there all the time for this to work. Angela needs to be married to Tony or it will upset a lot of fans who watched originally. All I used to see was fanfic or such over the years in the 2000's of them married and having kids. Big disappointment if they aren't married.

It's already been given a home at Freevee and she just wants to see it make it to the air.


Something tells me they aren't getting a season yet. They just got the pilot to film. The way they did Coach I can see it happening here. What they will do with Angela will ruin this. They killed off Christine on Coach's reboot pilot. Fans weren't too happy about that. You just had the star of that show interacting with some newbies and it wasn't funny and it was shut down halfway through the taping of the pilot. I'm thinking that won't happen here, but it won't get many viewers. Nobody knows this show. Anyone over 40/45 and older would (very few mid 30s would know it), but many don't like Alyssa and would only watch for Tony/Angela together.. That alone will be the death of this as they won't be.


The dumb writers will write whatever we have to believe...


1. Angela and Tony split again after 1992, she married someone else. She left the house to Sam and Hank and Tony got his own place after Angela married another man
2. Angela and Tony either married and moved elsewhere shortly after 1992 and left Sam and Hank the house. They split and now Tony's moving in with Sam.
3. Angela is an emotional wreck after the loss of Mona. She leaves Sam the house and then Hank divorced her. She and Tony live elsewhere and are married but separated. She throws him out and needs peace on vacation.
4. Angela is overseas some crap like that. Working on something. She left Tony or they divorced. He moves in with Sam.



To me, Tony and Angela were living together elsewhere after 1992. I think that's the most logical thing here. Why the heck would he move "In" again?


Sam and Hank married but I DOUBT it would be believable they had kids this late in life? Or will she have kids with him and another "husband" who left her?


The very thought of Tony moving in and Angela not there, even just slightly from time to time gives me the hint the two NEVER married or they SPLIT UP and he was forced to move out and at the right time, when Sam was single again and needing to raise her kids.


Fans won't like these scenarios. They'd want Tony and Angela together. They would have wished they stayed together, maybe had kids or something after 1992....but we're not getting that.


It's obvious, even if they married or split, they didn't have any from the rumors of what will happen. Tony moves in. No word on single, divorced, or if he has more kids...


Angela with another man is gonna be crap. They'll probably go the Fuller House route. Angela and Tony never married but she married someone else, or they did marry and divorced/split and she's seeing someone new. BIG SHARK JUMPER IF THEY DID THAT. Even if Angela lives alone elsewhere and she has a new guy. Past audiences don't want that.

It's either they are happily married or NOTHING. And if he's moving in, would she be okay with it? Why wouldn't she be there from time to time as she's near retirement herself?! UGH! It just makes no sense if they are married and he moves in to help Sam....My guess is they split up if they are married and she's living elsehwere. Maybe even a state away? This will make it harder and harder for her to have appearances, and what if there's another man? Fans won't like it.



Fans on here would be the biggest clue this will be a success. They watched the original. There hasn't been much excitement on here with talk from fans. Not that much. If Family Matters was rebooted I'm sure they'd be TONS on that message board.


If they are the least bit for the original fans and Judith can't be there full time...

She and Tony married after he returned home from teaching in 1992/1993. SHe gave Sam and Hank the house. They lived there and now Sam is divorced and has kids later in life. Tony and Angela are STILL married. They live an hour or 2 away elsewhere. Angela agrees to let him move in for the time being since Sam is single and Tony is retired. It makes no sense but that's the BEST situation they can do to make the original fans happy...

Yet with Judith rarely there and the focus being on "Sam's Show", it won't last.



I hear ya but look at Night Court

98% of these reboots are awful.



They weren't always awful. Fuller House was good but in the beginning the original show runners were involved. Girl Meets World was good too. Roseanne was great until she shot off her damn mouth. I would have loved to have seen Coach despite Shelley Fabares not being involved. She had health problems and she had good reason to bow out. LA Law I would have loved to have seen. ABC were fools to pass it up. But I was looking forward to the one that was conceived in 2016 before Steven Bochco died. He and Bill Finklestein were working on a reboot.

Night Court I like but I wish that Richard Moll and Marsha Warfield would guest star.

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Normally I would be excited about any of these classic reboots...but this one I haven't been since it was announced. You guys know I've worked at Fuller House, Girl Meets World, The Conners...did trivia out in line with audiences at those shows. All were so much fun to work at and the shows didn't upset fans much in their first seasons, that's why they continued. Okay, the Conners it did lose a lot of audience and should have been done by now. But overall, the fans actually didn't have much bad to say about them. This one, a lot of people hate Alyssa. And then the fact if no Judith full time and Angela isn't married to Tony...NO WAY.

I wasn't there, but some people I know got to work at Coach reboot. It was very bad. No Shelly Fabres. They killed her off. Halfway through the pilot they cancelled the series. I'm feeling that's gonna happen here, but since it's Norman Lear's show, that probably won't happen. But it will reflect in ratings. It won't be amazing in ratings.

That's not good. And this was a show I watched when I was a kid.


For them to not have Judith there full time, forget it. It's either all or nothing.

Fuller House worked because it was the girls and the adults visited from time to time. But there wasn't anything fans really wanted to see there. They did want Danny and Vicky back together, and though she appeared in one episode and the last one, they weren't officially "together" in the end. But it's nice to dream and guess they did get together in the end after DJ's wedding to Steve. Heck, if there's another remake years from now they can address they got married, even though their characters passed.

But this show, it's just not making sense for SAM to be the same house. Just no sense. She would have moved out with her husband eventually.

It just makes me think Angela moved out. She's not there. Or she's away. And it's not good in every possible scenario these "brilliant" writers who are all connect based will come up with and people will agree to.

1. Angela is married to another man
2. Angela has her own place, not with Tony
3. Angela is away mourning Mona's loss
4. Angela lives at the house still, but is AWAY on business, She and Tony aren't together and she's involved with someone else which is why Tony got his own place
5. Angela lives elsewhere, not with Tony, away on business
6. Angela is dead
7. Tony and Angela are married but she lets him move w Sam...House is 2 hours away
8. Tony and Angela are married but separated or divorced
9. Angela lives at least 2-3 hours away, whether separated or married to Tony, she allows him to move in w Sam after her divorce to help her out
10. Angela still lives at the house but is just "away"...on long business out of the country. Maybe phone scenes? She's NOT married to Tony but single



She needs to be there full time. It's just gonna turn fans off, even if "Wow...a Special Guest Appearance!" One or two times in a 10 episode season is not enough, and I feel all we are getting is a single season if it happens. There won't be a huge fanbase. You aren't seeing fans flocking here, even on sitcomsonline, happy about it. Like I said before, if you get a reboot of a popular show, fans won't shut the hell up. Like Fuller House, Family Matters, Cheers...Reboot those and you'll see the boards go nuts on here. This reboot is NOT getting many fans happy. There are just a few of us posting about it, myself the negatives if Judith isn't there full time. I'd rather see a reboot on Tony and Angela...Sam okay, but not focused just on Sam and Tony moves in to help out. Not good. They're doing that because they can't get Judith full time. Her involvement will be the make or break. If she does full time, and they wrote it differently, okay. But as it stands the brilliant funny pilot "script" Alyssa is thinking is so great WON'T include Angela. She says "Oh, I'm sure she'll stop by!" If Angela isn't married to Tony, MANY fans will be upset. It will throw them off and they won't continue watching. If she's not there in the Pilot or if she is and isn't married to him, they are gonna not watch anymore. Even if she comes back for an appearance or so. A lot of people want them together. It's not that show without the two together. Sam is not a good character. She should not be the main focus. Tony is good, but Angela needs to be there or fans will not be happy. It's just realistic talk. You need BOTH Tony and Angela there and MARRIED. Or this won't work.

In 2002, if they did the movie back then, what would have happened? My guess...Tony and Angela would have been married by now or they were getting married finally after 10 years. Now 31 years after it ended...Angela isn't around full time? Tony moves in? Come on! Hollywood is just out of ideas and Judith alone is the make or break of this series. She needs to be involved 100 percent. Angela and Tony should still be married. If that doesn't happen a BIG, BIG portion of original fans won't care to watch. The show isn't popular enough for a big audience. It's gonna get less than what Fuller House got, I'm sure. We get 10 episodes, Norman controls it, but in the end, it will most likely be gone after that. Look at Head Of The Class...one season. Murphy Brown...One season. Mad About You...One season...Night Court I'm hoping tanks. I never was a fan of the original, and Frasier, too...I feel those will also just get single seasons. But Who's The Boss? Can't be that without having both Tony and Angela there. You can also have Sam full time, but everyone else, it doesn't matter. Tony and Angela need to be married, together, end of it. HAH! That's just my feeling on the whole thing, and my instinct overall tells me Normal Lear will be the sole go ahead for this 10 episode series.

I feel like I'm being a bully...but seriously, it's just that a lot of the norm fans want Tony and Angela together. They want her there full time. I'm feeling the show will not last as long as the original for one, will last at least a season because Norman Lear is Producing, and if he passes before this gets the A-okay, they might decline doing it for one, or, it gets the go ahead and it's cancelled while filming, or it just doesn't work out and is gone regarldess after the 10 episode season 1 order.

If they get the go ahead...

Even if Judith isn't there full time...


Make Angela married to Tony. She allows him to move in to help Sam. Angela and Tony moved a few hours away and Sam got the house a while back. Have Angela make guest appearances. Wrap it up after 10 episodes, or in a way that fans know Tony and Angela did live happily ever after and are married...

I admit, I don't know every episode, but I did watch reruns and some first run when I was a kid up until it ended when I was 9. But the feeling of the two not together...ugh...no.

I was hoping NC would tank but it got a second season and I watch every week. The only original actor reprising his role is Dan. (John Larroquette) I hope and wish that Richard Moll and Marsha Warfield come back as Bull and Roz in the second season.

I heard the LA Law reboot pilot turned out real good. I would love to see it. Makes me mad with ABC that they passed on it.

I also would have loved to have ween Revival it would have been up my alley as someone who is an 80s TV fan.

Yeah, Night Court… just look at it…

Boring show years ago…


7…6…5…4…3millions now!


Every week it loses a million!

I guessed after a few weeks they’d renew it Even as it dropped several million by then…it’s dropped even more since renewal!

Yeah, Night Court… just look at it…

Boring show years ago…


7…6…5…4…3millions now!


Every week it loses a million!

I guessed after a few weeks they’d renew it Even as it dropped several million by then…it’s dropped even more since renewal!

Exactly! There are no original members of NC but John Laroquette!

Yet dumb nbc will keep renewing it. It’s stabilized so says reports, yet got less ratings for the most recent episode in the low 3 million. Just wait until end of season, they’ll be down to 2 millions…


Who’s the Boss? Was a better show back then but NC lasted longer and would have more viewers regardless…the reboot of WTB will get worse ratings.

No news in several months on this. Each time they update its very little info. All they have is a pilot and episode 2 script?

Judith will be a part so says Alyssa, a few days after Judith said she knew nothing. It for sure won’t be full time and there goes the original audience, aside from a lot don’t do streaming that are 70 and older and a lot have passed on who were in their 50s and older when this was still on the air/ending.


I just hope it doesn’t happen. It’s for Alyssa’s sake, nobody else’s. The show was about Tony and Angela, not her.

Each time we get any info it’s always about Tony moving in to help Sam who’s a single parent. That’s it. Nobody cares!

And now with the writers strike and everything...it looks like it's not going to happen...Freeve would give it what? 10 episodes? How many will they get if it gets picked up? 5?

I was hoping NC would tank but it got a second season and I watch every week. The only original actor reprising his role is Dan. (John Larroquette) I hope and wish that Richard Moll and Marsha Warfield come back as Bull and Roz in the second season.

I heard the LA Law reboot pilot turned out real good. I would love to see it. Makes me mad with ABC that they passed on it.

I also would have loved to have ween Revival it would have been up my alley as someone who is an 80s TV fan.

I hope that this doesn't come across as too big of a spoiler, but Marsha Warfield does make a cameo at the end of the season finale of the Night Court revival. I highly doubt that Richard Moll would ever want to appear on the new Night Court, given that he has in the past (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=429128), been extremely adamant (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=307918) that he doesn't want to revisit that role.

Is this even happening anymore?


November/December/January was the last we heard of it.

Pilot script written. They ordered one more script to be written. But what's that mean? Doesn't sound too promising.

Judith: I know nothing of the reboot. Nobody's told me anything.

Alyssa: Oh, Judith is there! She's there! (she said this days after Judith gave her interview on the reboot happening).

THEN NOTHING SINCE THEN!

Also, with the strike going on, I think this idea will be pretty much halted for months to come. It's supposed to be on Freeve. Still, if it makes it to series, the number of episodes won't be many, Angela will not be at the house living there, so most likely Tony and she never married, and after a single season of what? 6-9 episodes, it will be over.

Is this even happening anymore?


November/December/January was the last we heard of it.

Pilot script written. They ordered one more script to be written. But what's that mean? Doesn't sound too promising.

Judith: I know nothing of the reboot. Nobody's told me anything.

Alyssa: Oh, Judith is there! She's there! (she said this days after Judith gave her interview on the reboot happening).

THEN NOTHING SINCE THEN!

Also, with the strike going on, I think this idea will be pretty much halted for months to come. It's supposed to be on Freeve. Still, if it makes it to series, the number of episodes won't be many, Angela will not be at the house living there, so most likely Tony and she never married, and after a single season of what? 6-9 episodes, it will be over.



At this point I could care less if this thing makes it to air or not. Without Judith Light and Danny Pintauro this is dead in the water.

Yes, I feel because of the strike it's taking longer and longer now to do. All they did was "Wrote" episodes 1 and 2, and most likely neither have Judith or Danny in them. "Oh, Judith is there! She's there!"

So if she's there, she would have already signed on. What if she didn't want to do it? You don't write unless she's signed on!

Ugh...or is she gonna just be there in the pilot and maybe even 2nd one, et. in a short phone convo or some crap? That's what I'm guessing. It will be a blow to us fans of the original, all for the sake of "Alyssa" having the show. It should be TONY'S show!

I can't see Norman Lear living much longer. 101 and still going?! I can't see him being there when this actually goes to pilot filming and series. He really should have left this alone and focused on something else, like The Facts Of Life.

And now with the writers strike and everything...it looks like it's not going to happen...Freeve would give it what? 10 episodes? How many will they get if it gets picked up? 5?

Well, now that the writers and actors' strikes are finally over (https://www.instagram.com/p/CzaLZVbrBLT/), I wonder if that means that the sequel series is back on.

hope so iam really tired of waiting for this sequel already

This was announced in 2020, I believe. At that time, COVID was bad. On IMDB it says it was announced in that time frame. 2021...nothing. 2022...nothing...2023...nothing.

2023 strike.


Norman Lear is 101 now. I would say by now he's most likely slowed down.


I can't see this even making it past a single season. Whether they get 10 episodes for a season 1 or less of them, it just won't have the audience. There are so many, MANY things working against it.


1. It won't have Angela full time in all the episodes
2. It probably has Tony as single and retired and moving in with Sam
3. We have to believe that Sam just had kids around 2010-2019, so they'd be in grade school by now, or middle school. Just not believable. Even if she has kids in high school, I doubt she would have had any this later in life.
4. A lot of people don't like Alyssa, it's her show now they want to make
5. Mona is not gonna be on it
6. Most likely if they keep waiting Mrs. Rosini won't even make an appearance

Who's The Boss Sequel Show Gets Big Progress Update From Producer (https://screenrant.com/whos-the-boss-sequel-show-update-producer/)

Mike Royce, the co-creator of the in-development Who's the Boss (https://screenrant.com/tag/whos-the-boss/) sequel show for Freevee, offers an important update on the revival's progress.

I'm sure this series will not last that long. It just doesn't make any sense.

They want to set it in the same house. Of course! That's typical!

But all we get is Samantha gets a job that has her leave. So Tony watches the kids. Kids?! She's 50+ and has "kids". Just not believable. Whenever she divorced Hank, they should have had kids many, many years ago. MANY! Any kids under 14 really don't seem possible if this gets picked up as a series. They'd have to (at least) be in high school or finishing it). I can't see any toddlers or middle schoolers on this. But from the way they say "kids"...ugh...

No Jonathan...No Angela...No Mona, of course...

They should just do a reunion movie and not a reboot. It's gonna mess up credibility if she has "kids". With Judith for sure not there full time, I can't see original fans coming back to this. It has so much against it, including those who dont like Alyssa.

Who's The Boss Sequel Show Gets Big Progress Update From Producer (https://screenrant.com/whos-the-boss-sequel-show-update-producer/)

Mike Royce, the co-creator of the in-development Who's the Boss (https://screenrant.com/tag/whos-the-boss/) sequel show for Freevee, offers an important update on the revival's progress.

Who's The Boss Revival: Everything We Know (https://screenrant.com/whos-the-boss-revival-sequel-updates/)

The classic '80s and '90s sitcom Who's the Boss? could be returning in a brand-new revival, and updates are already pouring in.

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Beloved actor Tony Danza joins Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager to discuss his upcoming 73rd birthday and teaching acting to kids with The Stars of Tomorrow Project. He also talks about the chance of a potential reboot of “Who’s The Boss” and his role with the International Myeloma Foundation Gala.

Alyssa Milano Shares Idea for 'Who's the Boss?' Reboot With Tony Danza (Exclusive) (https://www.etonline.com/alyssa-milano-shares-idea-for-whos-the-boss-reboot-with-tony-danza-exclusive-226364)

ET spoke with Alyssa Milano at the ERA Coalition's Women's Equality Trailblazer Awards on Wednesday.

'Who's the Boss?' is the latest classic sitcom being revived with original stars (https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/whos-boss-latest-classic-sitcom-182735425.html)

A "Who's the Boss?" sequel focusing on dad and daughter Tony and Samantha is in development at Sony Pictures Television.

Tony Danza Says He Really Hopes 'Who's the Boss' Revival Happens: 'I'm Just Waiting to Hear Like Everybody Else' (https://ca.style.yahoo.com/tony-danza-says-really-hopes-175958132.html)

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Alyssa Milano Shares Idea for 'Who's the Boss?' Reboot With Tony Danza (Exclusive) (https://www.etonline.com/alyssa-milano-shares-idea-for-whos-the-boss-reboot-with-tony-danza-exclusive-226364)

ET spoke with Alyssa Milano at the ERA Coalition's Women's Equality Trailblazer Awards on Wednesday.

'Who's the Boss?' is the latest classic sitcom being revived with original stars (https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/whos-boss-latest-classic-sitcom-182735425.html)

A "Who's the Boss?" sequel focusing on dad and daughter Tony and Samantha is in development at Sony Pictures Television.

Tony Danza Says He Really Hopes 'Who's the Boss' Revival Happens: 'I'm Just Waiting to Hear Like Everybody Else' (https://ca.style.yahoo.com/tony-danza-says-really-hopes-175958132.html)

A sequel series with Danza and Alyssa Milano was first announced in 2020 The post Tony Danza Says He Really Hopes 'Who's the Boss' Revival...



It's all talk. Mike Royce blamed the holidays for the delay that Freeve wasn't picking it up just yet. So how much longer?

Will Judith be there full time? Danny? Will they make it so her "kids" will be not "kids" as she's in her 50's now?! Her kids would be BIG and GROWN by now. Last we saw her was 1992...it's now 2024. 32 years ago!

Perhaps a GoFundMe would help with Ms. Milano's participation?

I'm sure Freeve and whoever they are trying to shop it to is acting smart.


"Alyssa was what? 18? 19 when the series ended. She's now in her 50s and we are to believe she has KIDS that Tony must come home to "raise" because she's out of town a lot.


Um...if it's gonna be HER show she should not be out of town.


Her kids would be out of college and working now. NONE would still live at home.


I'm sure they are passing because the story is just STUPID.

They are copying Fuller House and making so Danny Tanner moved in to help raise DJ's kids. Problem here is Sam was OLDER than DJ and there's no way she would have infant to high schoolers to take care of. That would have happend had they done the reunion movie around 2002-2004. Sam's kids would have been born in the early to mid 1990s, latest early 2000s. Hank would be the father, or another guy if she married another after him. But this is just gonna be silly. Does she have older grown up kids with Hank and little ones with someone else?

The age difference thing is gonna be a big factor. SAM WOULD NOT HAVE KIDS STILL IN SCHOOL. All her kids by now would be old enough to stay home alone. UGH! I'm aure this is the biggest reason they are saying no to this sitcom. Her age it's just not believable to have toddler aged-pre teens.

So 4 years and nothing...

Now Alyssa was cast in Chicago on Broadway...



So is this still happening?!


My guess is the writers can't come up with anything believable that would work.


Sam's kids would be well out of high school/college by now. There's no way she waited "years and years" with Hank, or if her kids are even with him? Did he die? Did they divorce? Did she divorce him and then have kids years and years later with another guy? Maybe Hank couldn't have kids...

It just isn't believable she waited years and years, her character was boy crazy as she outgrew the early tomboy stuff.


No Mona. No Angela full time. Not a good way to draw in viewers.

I saw Tony Danza on Drew Barrymore's talk show the other day, and he was once again asked if there's really going to be a Who's the Boss? revival. I don't think that even Tony himself at this point, knows that's going on or if it's really still happening.

It wouldn't surprise me if the biggest hold up (besides no Katherine Helmond for obvious reasons at this point) is whether or not Judith Light is going to be involved in this proposed revival. I mean, Judith you could argue was as much the show as Tony was since she was the co-lead.

I'm surprised that they never considered having a now "grown up" Samantha in the Angela role as a single mother employing a male housekeeper. It doesn't necessarily have to be her father. But I guess, the thinking is that it can't be Who's the Boss? without Tony Danza, so a solo Alyssa Milano show wouldn't sell as well. I honestly don't know what's so intriguing about Alyssa's apparently proposed concept (https://www.thedrewbarrymoreshow.com/videos/alyssa-milano-on-her-whos-the-boss-reboot-with-tony-danza-and-her-biggest-regrets) of Tony Micelli coming back to help Sam take care of her kids. That to me, almost sounds like something resembling Full House.

It's just becomes more and more uncredible as the years go on now.

Sam has kids.

Sam has kids.

Sam has kids


This has been said the last what? 4 years?


No way does Sam have kids! Her kids would be, if not in high school, well out of that or in college or in the working world now. If she had "kids" and the series came out 4 years ago, they'd be close to or all in high school now. But even that's not believable. SAM WAS 18 in 1992. NO WAY SHE HAS "Kids" in her 50s that are elementary or low middle school NO WAY.


FAILURE if any network picks this up making us believe she has "Kids" that are not old enough to stay home alone and need to be watched by "Grandpa".

It's just not believable. Sam would NOT have kids under high school age by now, even if she had them later in life. I for one, can't imagine she waited YEARS and YEARS to have "kids" as in more than one. So it's stated she has "kids"..meaning these actors are gonna be ages 5-12? Just not believable. DOES ANYONE ELSE AGREE WITH ME? DJ on Fuller House was close to 40 when it came out. But her kids were the right ages. She didn't have them VERY LATE IN LIFE. They want to make us think, that whether WTB reboot came out 4 years ago or 4 years from now, that Sam has "Kids". No, just no. TOO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED. She would in no way have kids now, the youngest they'd be is high school age. Wait, we need Grandpa to watch them. No, just not buying it. The premise is BAD BAD BAD BAD BAAAAD. And I feel the premise is going to ruin fans love of the original who wanted to see Tony and Angela together. Angela is not living at the house yet Grandpa moves in? Seems to me they aren't together anymore and Tony is SINGLE. BIG TURN OFF. The premise is just BAD.

And the Judith thing is a huge reason they should pass on this. No Judith full time, no series!

But if any network picks this up they are gonna claim some crap that Sam had "kids" in her 40s. All her kids she had in her 40s. She's in her 50's now. Most TV series have "kids" ages 5-10 when they premiere. That's how it was with Full House and with WTB, and with the reboot of Fuller House. We can't believe Sam just had 2-3 kids in her 40s that are 100 healthy or she had them with someone else than Hank, or she left Hank and had them with another guy who either left her or died in recent years.

A lot of fans must be thinking those 2 things. The age of the "Kids" just won't make sense as they would be much MUCH older than whatever age they will put them at in this mess, and that Tony and Angela aren't together anymore.

UPDATE: Who’s the Boss? Sequel Series Not Moving Forward at Amazon Freevee

Meanwhile, Amazon Freevee is not moving forward with the Who’s the Boss? sequel starring Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano, which had been in the works at the streamer.

.Executive produced by the late Norman Lear, the Who’s The Boss? follow-up, written/executive produced by One Day at a Time co-creator/exec producer/co-showrunner Mike Royce and co-executive producer Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz, was set up at Freevee in 2022.

It comes from Sony Pictures Television, which owns the rights to the original series and had been working on the sequel since 2020. While it’s not been currently shopped to other platforms, the project remains alive at the studio, sources said.

Set 30 years after the events of the original series, the sequel focuses on former Major League Baseball player/retired housekeeper Tony Micelli (Danza) and his relationship with his daughter Samantha (Milano). She is now a single mother, living in the family house.

Lear and his former producing partner Brent Miller at Act III Productions as well Dan Farah of Farah Films have executive produced the sequel alongside Danza, Milano, Royce and Muñoz-Liebowitz.

https://deadline.com/2024/10/whos-the-boss-sequel-bosch-j-edgar-spinoff-dead-amazon-1236107895/

HAHAHAHAH!

You know, I just googled "Who's The Boss?" reboot and saw "Amazon said no". So I checked again and sure enough the story dropped a while ago!


Of course, they mentioned Judith Light and how she wasn't fully attached to it.

NO WAY IN HELL SHOULD THEY STILL TRY REBOOTING THIS. NOT THAT WAY THEY WANTED. No way would Tony and Angela not be together. No way would Sam have "kids" and she's what? 50? 51? 52? Come on! They realized it or saw these board comments! I may not be in Hollywood anymore, but I know a good reboot and that was NOT A GOOD PLAN FOR ONE. Tony Danza deserves a lot better. If they did one they should do it logically and not displease the fans.

https://www.avclub.com/whos-the-boss-revival-dead-at-amazon

HAHAHAHAH!

You know, I just googled "Who's The Boss?" reboot and saw "Amazon said no". So I checked again and sure enough the story dropped a while ago!


Of course, they mentioned Judith Light and how she wasn't fully attached to it.

NO WAY IN HELL SHOULD THEY STILL TRY REBOOTING THIS. NOT THAT WAY THEY WANTED. No way would Tony and Angela not be together. No way would Sam have "kids" and she's what? 50? 51? 52? Come on! They realized it or saw these board comments! I may not be in Hollywood anymore, but I know a good reboot and that was NOT A GOOD PLAN FOR ONE. Tony Danza deserves a lot better. If they did one they should do it logically and not displease the fans.

https://www.avclub.com/whos-the-boss-revival-dead-at-amazon

I'm kind of glad (https://www.reddit.com/r/WhosTheBossSitcom/comments/1fwjuhf/whos_the_boss_sequel_scrapped_at_amazon/) that they aren't going forward with this purposed sequel series because the basic premise of it sounded awful (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/112906-whos-the-boss-general-discussion/?do=findComment&comment=8330952). The premise if I have my facts straight, would've called for a now divorced Samantha to come back to her childhood house in Fairfield, Connecticut with her kids in tow to live with Tony.

Where is Angela in all of this since that's originally her house, not Tony's? Other than, going to the extremes of killing Angela off (or having her be conveniently out of town each episode) to explain why Judith Light wouldn't be around (https://tvline.com/news/whos-the-boss-revival-cancelled-amazon-tony-danza-alyssa-milano-1235346778/#comment-list-wrapper), how were they going to explain why she isn't present but Tony is still there? If it was fully or officially Tony's house now, then would that mean that he and Angela were actually married long enough for him to be able to own half the house? There was an episode where Angela agreed to let him earn equity over the course of their marriage.

I even let Tony know on Twitter, as much as I respect him and the show, it just didn't sound believable and it would turn a lot of fans away if he and Angela weren't together and how if Sam had kids they would have been w Hank and the reunion movie they would have done in the 2000s when he was thinking of doing one.

TOO MUCH TIME PASSED FOR SAM TO HAVE "KIDS" NOW. WAY TOO MUCH. 32 years since it ended. That means her OLDEST could be 32 now if she had it with Hank. I'd assume if they stayed together a few years and divorced she would have met someone ASAP as she was that type who dated and all that and would have had kids in the late 1990s or earliest 2000s with them. Those kids, if all born by 2000, would be all graduated college by now.


Sam would not have waited to have kids. She dropped out of college, right? It didn't seem she wanted to go full time in the end. She married Hank and wanted a family it looked like.


I didn't watch every episode but it was always TONY AND ANGELA!!!!!!!


WHY


MUST

THEY


RUIN


That?!!?!?



I was shocked Tony agreed to all that. All the setup as how Sam lives at the house which is Angela's, no sign of her, and Tony moves "in" to take care of the kids. UGH!

Judith Light Weighs In on Alyssa Milano's Plans for Who's the Boss Reboot (https://www.cbr.com/judith-light-weighs-in-whos-the-boss-reboot/)

Light is very supportive of Milano's sitcom revival plans.

Judith Light Weighs In on Alyssa Milano's Plans for Who's the Boss Reboot (https://www.cbr.com/judith-light-weighs-in-whos-the-boss-reboot/)

Light is very supportive of Milano's sitcom revival plans.

Judith Light Addresses Who's the Boss? Reboot's Fate and Possible Return as Angela Bower (https://www.cbr.com/judith-light-talks-whos-the-boss-reboot/)

Judith Light comments on returning for the Who's the Boss? reboot if it ends up happening.