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NBC TO REVIVE ‘THE GOLDEN GIRLS’ STARTING THIS FALL

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Fonda, Streep, Hawn, Bates
Fonda, Streep, Hawn, Bates

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles®) – ‘The Golden Girls’ is an American sitcom, created by Susan Harris, that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, the show centered on four older women sharing a home in Miami, Florida.

Betty White is the only surviving cast member of the extremely popular show.

Today, NBC announced that starting this fall, it will revive the television series with a power cast that includes, Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Kathy Bates and Jane Fonda. The announcement did not disclose which character each of the actresses would be portraying.

The series will be directed by no less than White.

Which of these actresses would you like to play Blanch, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia?

 

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ABC NETWORK DROPS ‘FRESH OFF THE BOAT,’ PICKS UP MANNY PACQUIAO SITCOM

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'Fresh Off The Boat' is out; 'Too Manny Things' is in
‘Fresh Off The Boat’ is out; ‘Too Manny Things’ is in

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – ‘Fresh Off The Boat,’ the new ABC sitcom based on Eddie Huang’s book of the same title,” will not get a second season, sources close to the network told The Adobo Chronicles.

The show, starring Randall Park and Constance Wu, was considered the first family sitcom featuring Asian Americans in almost 20 years. It received tremendous support from the Asian American community when it launched in the fall, with viewing parties organized in major cities.

The sources said that although the show did relatively well in terms of ratings, ABC wanted something else that would shoot up the roof in terms of sustainable viewership.

In place of FOB, the network will pick up ‘Too Manny Things,’ a new comedy written and directed by Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, based on his true-to-life story as a boxer, basketball playing coach, singer, actor, congressman and potential presidential candidate.

FOB’s Randall Park also stars in the the Pacquiao sitcom, along with Marques Ray who plays the role of the boxer, and Tess Paras who plays Manny’s real-life wife, Jinky.

Taking advantage of Saturday’s boxing bout between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, ABC released the premiere episode of ‘Too Manny Things,’ on YouTube. By doing so, the network hopes to generate worldwide interest in the sitcom which starts this fall.

“We are confident that Manny’s sitcom will break all ratings considering his worldwide popularity,” ABC executives said.

 

 

 

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ABC CANCELS SITCOM ‘FRESH OFF THE BOAT’ AFTER JUST FOUR EPISODES

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The cast of ABC's 'Fresh Off The Boat'
The cast of ABC’s ‘Fresh Off The Boat’

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – ‘Fresh Off The Boat,’ the new prime-time television sitcom featuring an Asian American family, has just been cancelled by its home network,  ABC.

The news stunned millions of Asian Americans, many of whom have organized weekly viewing parties to show full support for this show which was based on a similarly-titled book authored by Eddie Huang.   It airs Tuesday nights.

In announcing that there will be no fifth episode this Tuesday night, ABC said that while the sitcom garnered solid viewing numbers for its first four episodes, the network had no other choice than to cancel the series because of mounting complaints that its title is racist and derogatory.

(Fresh off the boat, or FOB, is used to refer to boat people, those who came to America on boats to escape persecution or repressive conditions in their home countries.  The term had also evolved to mean newly-arrived foreign nationals trying to assimilate into mainstream American living.)

ABC is reportedly considering replacing ‘Fresh Off The Boat’ with another sitcom that also features an Asian American family. FOB’s actor Hudson Yang, who plays the role of the young Eddie Huang, has been tapped to star in the new TV series.

The title of the new sitcom?  ‘ABC!’ As in American-Born Chinese. Tuesdays nights. On ABC.

‘ABC!’ On ABC – brilliant, effortless marketing for both the show and the network.