It's Official: NBC Orders 'The Munsters' to Pilot

NBC is coming back for the well while using Munsters.our editor recommendsCBS Twitches Nose, Orders 'Bewitched' ScriptNBC Gives Existence to 'Frankenstein' Reboot The network has acquired the pilot, that's billed becoming an imaginative reinvention in the classic comedy series just like a visually spectacular one-hour drama. STORY: 'The Munsters': 'Pushing Daisies' Creator Takes Second Stab at Remake With NBC The project, that's being producedby Universal Television, will probably be written and executive producedBryan Bigger (Dead At All Like Me, Pushing Daisies). Bigger and NBC first made an attempt to create back the sixties CBS sitcom a year ago, while using network ultimately passing. Fuller's change is mentioned being an edgier and more personal and much more personal and a little more dark take exploring roots of Herman and Lily Munster (initially carried out byFred GwynneandYvonne P Carlo) and the way they turned up within the famous 1313 Mockingbird Lane address. The first series, produced by Universal Art galleries, broadcast 70 episodes from 1964-66 on CBS. The series has shown strong in distribution, ultimately developing a spinoff,The Munsters Today, which went from 1988-91 and made it 72 episodes. A component film,Munster, Return Home, together with a 1981 NBC telefilm,The Munsters' Revengewith the first cast,also completed the initial property. Bigger is repped by WME. Related Subjects NBC TV Aircraft aircraft pilots