The CWs decision tocontemporizeMelrose Placefor todays audiences underscores the latest trend in TV: developing tried-and-true titles in hopes of overcoming marketing challenges.
Now that NBC and The CW have succeeded (at least for now) in getting reboots ofKnight Riderand90210off the ground, CBS is considering remakes of two popular crime series from the 70s:The Streets of San FranciscoandHawaii Five-O, for next fall.
Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds) is writing theFive-Oscript, while Sheldon Turner (The Longest Yard)and Robert Port (Numb3rs) will attempt to updateStreetsby focusing on the citys gay population.
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Meanwhile, The CW is currently on the lookout for a writer with a twisted enough imagination to re-create the legendaryMelrosemadness.
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