'Partridge Family' is Getting Remade! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 09-27-2008, 12:30 PM

"The Partridge Family" is back.
Reveille and Geffen Records have partnered with original "Partridge" format rights holder Sony Pictures TV to develop a modern version of the 1970s series.

Jeff Rake ("Cashmere Mafia") is aboard to pen the project, which is being pitched around town this week. Insiders said a network deal was imminent.

Rake would exec produce with Reveille execs as well as Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine and Geffen Records chairman Ron Fair.

Details surrounding the scripted remake are thin, but insiders said the show will take a tongue-in-cheek, modern-day approach to the original series.

Idea to revive "Partridge Family" came from discussions between Fair and Reveille managing director Howard Owens on ways they could develop a family show centered around the music business.

"We decided to take a shot at acquiring the original rights and resurrecting the show with a new spin," Fair said.

Given all the changes in the music industry, Fair said the new "Partridge Family" won’t look much like the original.

"We’re not going to be caught up in nostalgia," Fair said. "The original was a great touchstone — our goal is to use it and spring forward from it."

The original "Partridge Family" ran on ABC from 1970-74. An animated Saturday morning version, "The Partridge Family 2200 AD," aired on the net in 1974.

More recently, VH1 turned "The Partridge Family" into a 2004 reality show. "In Search of the Partridge Family," which featured original cast members Shirley Jones, David Cassidy and Danny Bonaduce as mentors, was used to cast pilot "The New Partridge Family" (which also featured French Stewart as a new Reuben Kincaid). A series wasn’t ordered, however.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=14&cs=1

Zoneboy · 09-27-2008, 12:56 PM

Didn't they learn their lesson from The New Monkees?

TJL · 09-27-2008, 01:39 PM

Why?

catlover79 · 09-27-2008, 02:28 PM

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Why?

My sentiments exactly!!!!!

Zoneboy · 09-27-2008, 02:37 PM

catlover79 · 09-27-2008, 02:38 PM

^

Charles, you are too much!!!!

Brian Damage · 09-27-2008, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Zoneboy · 09-27-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

^

Charles, you are too much!!!!

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catlover79 · 09-27-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Thanks, The dwarfs can be very outspoken at times, Read more of their comments in this thread here.

You know, I gave one of my co-workers (who has as sick a sense of humor as any of us here

) the link to your Photoshop masterpieces. He loved them!!!!

faraj · 07-04-2009, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Great dialogues.

McGillicuddy · 07-05-2009, 02:30 PM

I wondered whatever became of that In Search of The Partridge Family ! Was that show ever completed? It seems they just stopped airing it do to lack of interest!

09-27-2008, 12:30 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	'Partridge Family' is Getting Remade! "The Partridge Family" is back. Reveille and Geffen Records have partnered with original "Partridge" format rights holder Sony Pictures TV to develop a modern version of the 1970s series. Jeff Rake ("Cashmere Mafia") is aboard to pen the project, which is being pitched around town this week. Insiders said a network deal was imminent. Rake would exec produce with Reveille execs as well as Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine and Geffen Records chairman Ron Fair. Details surrounding the scripted remake are thin, but insiders said the show will take a tongue-in-cheek, modern-day approach to the original series. Idea to revive "Partridge Family" came from discussions between Fair and Reveille managing director Howard Owens on ways they could develop a family show centered around the music business. "We decided to take a shot at acquiring the original rights and resurrecting the show with a new spin," Fair said. Given all the changes in the music industry, Fair said the new "Partridge Family" won’t look much like the original. "We’re not going to be caught up in nostalgia," Fair said. "The original was a great touchstone — our goal is to use it and spring forward from it." The original "Partridge Family" ran on ABC from 1970-74. An animated Saturday morning version, "The Partridge Family 2200 AD," aired on the net in 1974. More recently, VH1 turned "The Partridge Family" into a 2004 reality show. "In Search of the Partridge Family," which featured original cast members Shirley Jones, David Cassidy and Danny Bonaduce as mentors, was used to cast pilot "The New Partridge Family" (which also featured French Stewart as a new Reuben Kincaid). A series wasn’t ordered, however. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=14&cs=1
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Zoneboy RIP, I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU :( Moderator Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 13, 2003 Location: AT HOME WISHING ALL THIS WAS JUST A DREAM AND THAT I'LL WAKE UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE. Posts: 34,365	Didn't they learn their lesson from The New Monkees?
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09-27-2008, 02:37 PM	#5
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McGillicuddy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Posts: 5,179	I wondered whatever became of that In Search of The Partridge Family ! Was that show ever completed? It seems they just stopped airing it do to lack of interest!