Category: US
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The Dukes Of Hazzard Was Based On A Movie
It feels like this is something I should have known. The Dukes Of Hazzard, the popular CBS show that ran for seven seasons, was based on the 1975 movie Moonrunners. Moonrunners was written and directed by Gy Waldron, who four years later teamed up with Jerry Rushing to adapt the idea for the small screen.…
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The Weird Science Sitcom
Based on the John Hughes movie of 1985, the sitcom Weird Science didn’t hit screens until 1994. Replacing the original cast was Vanessa Angel, Lee Tergesen, Michael Manasseri, and John Mallory Asher. It was developed for the small screen by Tom Spezialy and Alan Cross, and aired on the USA Network for five seasons. For…
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Martin Scorsese’s Sitcom
I find it remarkable that one of the most succesful and long running US sitcoms of the late 1970s and early 1980s was based on a Martin Scorsese movie. Alice, a Warner Bros. production for CBS, was based on Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and starred Linda Lavin as the eponymous character. It ran for…
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Sandra Bullock’s Sitcom
A few years before Sandra Bullock starred in Speed and Demolition Man, she was starring on the small screen in the short-lived sitcom based on the hit movie Working Girl. The sitcom was developed by Kimberly Hill and Tom Patchett, based on the movie starring Melanie Griffiths, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Cusack, and Harrison Ford. For…
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Comedy Is … Based On A Hit Movie
I didn’t watch everything the Paramount Comedy Channel offered up or course, most notably the early evening fare. So I never watched the sitcom Clueless. I’ve no idea what it was like. And I only recently watched the movie it was based on too. But it does give me the opportunity to note an interesting…
