Antenna TV Request: "Blossom"

[stevearino]

Dear To Whom It May Concern,

I have a proposal for Nexstar Media, Inc.: to make a deal with Buena Vista Television (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company) for Antenna TV to showcase reruns of the hit '90s Disney sitcom "Blossom," starting in Fall 2021.

All 114 episodes of "Blossom" shall be showcased 100% Complete, 100% Uncut, AND 100% Unedited, just the way that each episode originally aired on NBC.

Created by Don Reo, "Blossom" was a hit Disney sitcom originally airing on the NBC Television Network from July 5, 1990 - May 22, 1995; the series cast Mayim Bialik (futurely of "The Big Bang Theory" and fresh from her role in the hit 1988 Touchstone Pictures film "Beaches") as the titular character of Blossom Russo.

Though only 14, Blossom was mature beyond her years--moreso than her brothers: Tony (Mike Stoyanov), age 18, a recovering Alcoholic, and Joey (Joey Lawrence), the Teen Idol of the show, all of whom lived with their Divorced studio musician dad, Nick (Ted Wass, late of the '70s sitcom "Soap").

Other characters seen over the course of its 4-year run (which began on January 3, 1991, 6 months after the Pilot's initial NBC airing) were Six LeMeure (Jenna Von Oy), Blossom's life-long best friend; Vinnie Bonitardi (David Lascher, fresh from Nickelodeon's hit '80s sitcom "Hey Dude"), Blossom's boyfriend during Seasons 2 and 3; and Carol Russo (Finola Hughes), a recent Divorcee who began dating Nick midway through Season 3, eventually marrying him by the start of the 4th and Final Season of "Blossom."

Ironically, midway through Season 3, Tony, during a Drinking Relapse, married a complete stranger, African-American Shelly (Samaria Graham), who, though initially NOT in love after their Vegas wedding, eventually fell in love; they also became 1st-time parents of a baby boy, Nash, in November 1994.

In the Hour-Long Series Finale telecast on May 22, 1995, a number of life-changing events occurred: months earlier, Tony and Shelly left Los Angeles for the greener pastures of Block Island, Rhode Island (after Mike Stoyanov left "Blossom" just shy of its cancellation to write for Conan O'Brien, a decision Mike later regretted); Nick and Carol (Carol of whom became pregnant with Nick's 4th baby and her 2nd after her 6-year-old girl, Kennedy, played by Courtney Chase, moved in with the Russo family) sold the house they shared and decided to move to a new house to make room for Baby; Joey, by this time an aspiring Pro Baseball player, became newly engaged to girlfriend Melanie; and Blossom, seeing her world as she knew it coming to an end, graduated from High School and decided to start a Brand New Life alone.

Though not really flourishing in Syndication, reruns of "Blossom," since its 1995 Cancellation, have aired on WGN and most recently Discovery Family.

The Complete First Season of "Blossom" was released on DVD by SHOUT! Factory (under license from The Walt Disney Company), as was a 10-episode Best-Of DVD set containing the 10 Best Episodes from the 1st season.

"Blossom" was A Witt-Thomas Production for Walt Disney Television.

"Blossom" is Distributed for Syndication by Buena Vista Television.

Sincerely,
Steve Arino

[TVFactFan]

I would definitely watch it. I used to watch it during its run on NBC since it aired after Fresh Prince