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Sony is developing several projects based on existing properties and targeted at attracting kid viewers. These include animated reboots of Bewitched and The Partridge Family, as well as versions of Wheel of Fortune and Shark Tank for kids.
The new Bewitched animated series would follow Samantha and Darrin’s daughter Tabitha as a teen trying to balance her mortal life attending middle school while attending her grandmother Endora’s witch academy. The original Bewitched sitcom aired between 1966 and 1972.
As for the new version of The Partridge Family, the reboot would follow a Black family from Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood. They operate a food truck as they ride around New York’s five boroughs, serving food and music to those they come across.
Regular reboots for both shows have been attempted in the past, but the attempts never passed the pilot stage.
On the unscripted side of things, the new kid-focused versions of Wheel of Fortune and Shark Tank are currently in development. For the former, viewers might see some “physical and comedic challenges to earn letters or buy vowels.”
Joe D’Ambrosia, executive VP and general manager of SPT — Kids, said the following about the projects, per THR:
“There’s such a vast history at Sony Pictures Television with properties that we could play around with and reinvent, introducing a whole new generation of kids to them.
Our mission is straightforward and clear. We’d like to be known as a premier content creator for kids who build new global franchises for Sony, like the SPT scripted team has done with Cobra Kai, the game show division has accomplished with Jeopardy! and the international team with The Crown, but in the kids’ space.”
The projects are still in their early stages so no outlets have been attached yet.
What do you think? Were you a fan of the original Bewitched and The Partridge Family series? Do you currently watch Wheel of Fortune and Shark Tank? Would you check out these new versions with your family?
And here I thought the one “good” side effect of CW’s tragic demise would be the end of these mindless “reboots” where the characters bear no resemblance to the characters you remember.
Actually, the concept of a family singing with a food truck has enough originality to stand on it’s own. Just don’t call it “the Partridge family” because it won’t be.
Already know that as usual, it will be void of all its original charm, and in its place the usual messaging. Pass
No use to even turn on the TV this summer ??????
Think of something new, do not reboot! Ridiculous.