US to remake The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
It starred Bill Bixby as a single dad with a matchmaking young son, and it's the latest classic series to undergo a remake.
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The latest classic series in development for a remake in the US is 1960s sitcom The Courtship Of Eddie’s Father is making a return to television which starred Bill Bixby as Tom and Brandon Cruz.
Originally penned as a book by Mark Toby, the father-son tale was adapted as a 1963 movie starring Glenn Ford and Ron Howard, serving as a junior matchmaker.
The 1969 sitcom ran for three seasons. It was subsequently remade as Eddie’s Father in 2004 with Ken Marino and Josh Hutcherson.
Now a single-camera comedy co-starring and produced by White Collar‘s Willie Garson and written/executive produced by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett has landed at FOX from Warner Bros. TV, and Conan O’Brien’s studio-based Conaco.
Deadline reports Garson’s own experience as an adoptive single father and his “best friends” approach to raising his adopted son have inspired the new version.
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Next they will announce a remake of Bonanza now that would be a mistake nobody can remake a classic remakes are all disasters
History tells us that reboots like these fail to make an impact, yet Hollywood tries again and again and again until they find an ancient hit show that would rate.
One ep Eddie signs his dad up to a Russian dating site using his credit card and sends $10,000 to a “lovely lady” to help pay for her grandmother’s operation.
Next ep he confuses Tinder with Grindr and his dad spends the whole day rebuffing advances from well-dressed gentlemen (and one big hairy guy in a leather vest) all of whom have different coloured handkerchiefs hanging out of their back pockets.