Alice is possibly being remade, this time at FOX. - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

icecream · 10-16-2018, 07:52 PM

https://tvline.com/2018/10/16/alice-...fox-tv-series/

Mr. Television · 10-16-2018, 08:03 PM

Kiss my grits..

tlc38tlc38 · 10-16-2018, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Television

Kiss my grits..

My thoughts exactly.

TV Guy · 10-16-2018, 08:52 PM

If this happens, for the love of God, please don’t let the lead actress sing anything.

Ron Ron · 10-16-2018, 10:22 PM

I wouldn't mind a reboot and a cameo from Linda, Polly and Phillip in one of the episodes.

Bonniegirl · 10-16-2018, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Ron

I wouldn't mind a reboot and a cameo from Linda, Polly and Phillip in one of the episodes.

I totally agree!!

This sounds like it might be a cool/fun reboot!!

And yeah if L, P & P had cameos that would ROCK!!!!

DJM77 · 10-18-2018, 09:12 PM

I shudder to think what kind of filth would come out of a modern day Flo's mouth.

TMC · 10-22-2018, 02:47 PM

https://www.looper.com/136008/terrib...r-be-rebooted/

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Hollywood is considering bringing back a sitcom from three decades ago, one about a family that lives in the middle of the country and strives to stay together even as life gets harder and economic depression constantly takes its toll, starring an extremely charismatic woman. No, not Roseanne. This is Alice, the 1976-1985 comedy about a widowed woman (Linda Lavin) who winds up working at a sad and dingy diner in the outskirts of Phoenix and living in a tiny apartment with her son (Philip McKeon).

With today's deeply engaging, cinema-quality TV (and so much of it that one person can never watch it all), it's baffling that Alice was once appointment television for tens of millions. It was a depressing and formulaic show, as Alice struggled to earn a living working hard in a diner for her sexist boss Mel (Vic Tayback). Also, it was shot on videotape, which really made Mel's Diner pop with grime.

While Alice is rarely spoken of today or mentioned as one of the all-time great sitcoms, it did run for a long time, which means a reboot was inevitable. Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of extremely original films like Juno, Young Adult, and Tully, is working on it. The new Alice has already received a pilot order from Fox.

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mark40511 · 11-25-2018, 10:08 AM

It will be interesting but I would never have imagined in a MILLION years of all shows to reboot they would consider this one! So many people forgot about this show. It's like it fell off the face of the earth as opposed to other TV shows of that time that kept running through the years and to this day. Now, recently it's on Antenna TV, Logo and now they are talking about a reboot.

This was one of my favorite shows to watch in re-runs on TBS and WGN in the 1980s. I think it was on WGN too.....I also remember watching it weekday mornings sick from school in the 80s.

I dunno though - it just doesn't seem feasible for a show like Alice in today's technology-filled world. Now, if Alice had a son and wanted to get discovered, instead of driving across country to LA, only to break down in Phoenix....she could just post YouTube vids hoping to get discovered.

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mark40511 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 21	It will be interesting but I would never have imagined in a MILLION years of all shows to reboot they would consider this one! So many people forgot about this show. It's like it fell off the face of the earth as opposed to other TV shows of that time that kept running through the years and to this day. Now, recently it's on Antenna TV, Logo and now they are talking about a reboot. This was one of my favorite shows to watch in re-runs on TBS and WGN in the 1980s. I think it was on WGN too.....I also remember watching it weekday mornings sick from school in the 80s. I dunno though - it just doesn't seem feasible for a show like Alice in today's technology-filled world. Now, if Alice had a son and wanted to get discovered, instead of driving across country to LA, only to break down in Phoenix....she could just post YouTube vids hoping to get discovered.