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

NBC is returning towards the well using the Munsters.our editor recommendsCBS Twitches Nose, Orders 'Bewitched' ScriptNBC Gives Existence to 'Frankenstein' Reboot The network has acquired the pilot, that is charged being an imaginative reinvention from the classic comedy series like a aesthetically spectacular one-hour drama. STORY: 'The Munsters': 'Pushing Daisies' Creator Takes Second Stab at Remake With NBC The project, that is being producedby Universal Television, is going to be written and executive producedBryan Larger (Dead Much Like Me, Pushing Daisies). Larger and NBC first made an effort to bring back the sixties CBS sitcom this past year, using the network ultimately passing. Fuller's change is stated to become an edgier and more personal and slightly more dark take exploring roots of Herman and Lily Munster (initially performed byFred GwynneandYvonne P Carlo) and just how they showed up in the famous 1313 Mockingbird Lane address. The initial series, created by Universal Galleries, broadcast 70 episodes from 1964-66 on CBS. The series has demonstrated strong in distribution, ultimately creating a spinoff,The Munsters Today, which went from 1988-91 and survived 72 episodes. An element film,Munster, Go Back Home, along with a 1981 NBC telefilm,The Munsters' Revengewith the initial cast,also turned in the original property. Larger is repped by WME. Related Subjects NBC TV Aircraft pilots