New "Partridge Family" to Take Wing

Author: TaloranPublished: Nov 08, 2003 at 5:26 pm 0 comments
Beware, Osbournes. The Partridge Family, TV's first, if fictitious, family of rock, is coming back.

Twice.

The Partridge Family, the 1970s family sitcom that spawned the same-named chart-topping pop act, will be revived in a pair of planned series for VH1, the cable network confirmed Friday.

The first show is to chronicle the casting of the new show, à la reality-TV's Making of the Band, which has offered inside-the-factory glimpses at fledgling pop and hip-hop outfits. The second new Partridge show will be like the old Partridge show, except updated....

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I can't believe what I'm reading. What could be sillier than this? How 'bout Hello Larry, The Motion Picture? A series starring the idiots from the Mentos commercials? Making a full length feature film based on George of the Jungle? Oh yeah... they already did that, didn't they?

What is up with Hollywood and Madison Avenue?

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