TMC
12-06-2023, 09:42 PM
...Because Network Execs 'Weren't Interested in Westerns'
https://themessenger.com/entertainment/jane-seymour-doctor-quinn-medicine-woman-reboot-exclusive
"We've actually got one written, and we've got the whole series planned out," Seymour said. "We just took it to one of the networks, and they said that they weren't interested in Westerns."
Given the success of Taylor Sheridan's expansive Yellowstone universe, Seymour was just as flummoxed as you might be.
"I think it's really crazy," she admitted. "There seems to be a lot of very successful Westerns, so I didn't get that at all."
Even more troubling to Seymour was the follow-up idea she received about bringing Dr. Quinn back to the small screen.
"It was pitched to me last night, believe it or not, to do Dr. Quinn as a contemporary piece," Seymour said. "I'm going, 'Why?' The whole point of Dr. Quinn is that life hasn't really changed that much from the 1870s to now in some ways. In other ways, in a very big way. But a lot of the same issues, are still issues today, and I think that was what was so magical about it."
https://themessenger.com/entertainment/jane-seymour-doctor-quinn-medicine-woman-reboot-exclusive
"We've actually got one written, and we've got the whole series planned out," Seymour said. "We just took it to one of the networks, and they said that they weren't interested in Westerns."
Given the success of Taylor Sheridan's expansive Yellowstone universe, Seymour was just as flummoxed as you might be.
"I think it's really crazy," she admitted. "There seems to be a lot of very successful Westerns, so I didn't get that at all."
Even more troubling to Seymour was the follow-up idea she received about bringing Dr. Quinn back to the small screen.
"It was pitched to me last night, believe it or not, to do Dr. Quinn as a contemporary piece," Seymour said. "I'm going, 'Why?' The whole point of Dr. Quinn is that life hasn't really changed that much from the 1870s to now in some ways. In other ways, in a very big way. But a lot of the same issues, are still issues today, and I think that was what was so magical about it."