Two 'Partridge' Series Hatched for VH1

[Khephra]

Two 'Partridge' Series Hatched for VH1
Fri November 7, 2003 03:39 AM ET

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By Andrew Wallenstein

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - An updated version of the 1970s sitcom favorite "The Partridge Family" is being hatched at VH1.

Sony Pictures Television, which holds rights to the popular show about a musical family, will produce a reality series for the cable channel chronicling the casting of the new Partridges as well as a scripted half-hour pilot featuring the winners.

"'The Partridge Family' is a part of pop culture that everyone remembers with tremendous fondness," said Zack Van Amburg, senior vp development and cable programming at SPT. "VH1 is just the right network for this."

No production date or location has been set, but VH1 is aiming to make it one of the tentpoles of its 2004 schedule. "We have high hopes for this," a spokeswoman for the network said.

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[Deja Q]

1. If the music is good, people will tune in

That's why anybody bothered to watch the original Partridge family, yet alone any tv show that featured music.

What are they going to call it, "The New Partridge Family", or "Partridge Family the Next Generation"? I mean the 80s remakes and updates had equally uninspiring names (including "The New Monkees"), so why stop now?