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DL Fave Mayim Bialik to remake Britcom “Miranda” with Jim Parsons

Oh Blossom, you’re so beautiful!

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by Anonymousreply 46September 20, 2019 5:05 PM

She actually does look good in that picture.

by Anonymousreply 1September 19, 2019 11:45 PM

Ugh that seriEs was awful.

by Anonymousreply 2September 19, 2019 11:52 PM

Are they going to have Tom Ellis recreate his role?

by Anonymousreply 3September 19, 2019 11:55 PM

This will not work. Mayim has zero charisma.

by Anonymousreply 4September 19, 2019 11:57 PM

Dear God, Parsons isn't playing Tom Ellis' role, is he?

by Anonymousreply 5September 19, 2019 11:58 PM

[quote] This will not work. Mayim has zero charisma.

That didn't prevent the original from being a huge success. The female lead was a total wet blanket.

by Anonymousreply 6September 20, 2019 12:00 AM

It wasn't funny and was painful watching.

by Anonymousreply 7September 20, 2019 12:08 AM

R6 Miranda Hart has a kind of charisma, an awkward cringe type of charisma. Mayim could do well in the role, if she is alittle more Blossom and a little less Amy. Also, they should consider bringing back Jenna von Oÿ, who played her sidekick on Blossom, I think she would fit the Tilly role, very well.

by Anonymousreply 8September 20, 2019 12:10 AM

What's up with the Miranda Hart hate? I think she's hilarious. Maybe Parsons will be playing the Tilly role, re-written as Mayim's gay sidekick 'cause he will flop in the Tom Ellis role.

by Anonymousreply 9September 20, 2019 12:52 AM

The article says Mayim will executive produce and star while Parsons will executive produce.

by Anonymousreply 10September 20, 2019 1:01 AM

This will bomb. Americans don’t adapt British sitcoms very well. The Office is about the only exception. x

by Anonymousreply 11September 20, 2019 1:07 AM

Shut up, Rhoda. x

by Anonymousreply 12September 20, 2019 1:08 AM

This will suck.

Also second R12. All in the Family is much better than its British source material, 'Till Death Do Us Part.

by Anonymousreply 13September 20, 2019 1:21 AM

Three's Company was also a britcom first.

by Anonymousreply 14September 20, 2019 1:22 AM

R11 Really, R12 is right, All In The Family, Sanford & Son, Three's Company, The Office, and Veep. In addition, Superstore isn't considered a remake but it essentially an ripoff of Trollied.

by Anonymousreply 15September 20, 2019 1:23 AM

I like both of them.

by Anonymousreply 16September 20, 2019 1:27 AM

They're both too ugly to be on TV.

by Anonymousreply 17September 20, 2019 1:28 AM

Is this that show about a girl who thinks she can sing, but really can’t and has over involved eyebrows?

by Anonymousreply 18September 20, 2019 1:31 AM

No. That was GLEE.

by Anonymousreply 19September 20, 2019 1:36 AM
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by Anonymousreply 20September 20, 2019 1:37 AM

Hard to believe only a few years ago, she was the answer to a question in Trivial Pursuit - the '90s.

by Anonymousreply 21September 20, 2019 1:41 AM

I liked Miranda in “Spy” but she annoyed the fuck out of me in “Call The Midwife”.

by Anonymousreply 22September 20, 2019 1:43 AM

She was good in the French & Saunders MAMMA MIA parody.

by Anonymousreply 23September 20, 2019 1:48 AM

Jim Parsons will play the business partner Stevie.

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by Anonymousreply 24September 20, 2019 1:53 AM

From the article, I think Jim is only serving as a producer on the show. I don't think he's starring in it. They'll probably get some ditzy blonde to play Stevie (maybe even Kaley Cuoco, she needs the work), some above average/borderline hot looking guy like Justin Hartley to play Gary and then some veteran actress like Carol Burnett or Lanie Kazan to play her mother. It's still going to suck because it will lack the humor and charm of the original, plus Mayim Bialik is insufferable and smug to boot. Will last about as long as Mulaney, even though he's infinitely more talented than her.

by Anonymousreply 25September 20, 2019 2:09 AM

This is sad because the original is so good because it's based on Miranda herself. This big lumbering woman trying to fit into a normal world. That's what was so funny. It's not just some nerdy girl doing shtick. It was funny because of Miranda's physical presence.

They should have offered Miranda's role to Jane Lynch. Christine Ebersole as the mother. Amy Sedaris as Stevie. Patrick Dempsey as the love interest.

by Anonymousreply 26September 20, 2019 2:34 AM

Jane Lynch and Christine Ebersole are contemporaries, no?

by Anonymousreply 27September 20, 2019 2:42 AM

r26, your choices except for Ebersole are all much too old for those roles.

It's no longer 2004.

by Anonymousreply 28September 20, 2019 2:49 AM

[quote]Jane Lynch and Christine Ebersole are contemporaries, no?

Bea Arthur was a year older than Estelle Getty. What's your point?

by Anonymousreply 29September 20, 2019 2:55 AM

[Quote] Bea Arthur was a year older than Estelle Getty. What's your point?

Was the Golden Girls shot in HD?

by Anonymousreply 30September 20, 2019 2:58 AM

I dont get the Mayim hate on here. I liked her as Amy,and I secretly watched every episode of Blossom.

by Anonymousreply 31September 20, 2019 3:06 AM

r31 I'll bet you wouldn't post that on a non-anonymous board.

by Anonymousreply 32September 20, 2019 3:25 AM

Yes! Yes! Yes!

by Anonymousreply 33September 20, 2019 3:44 AM

R31 I wasn’t allowed to watch Mary Tyler Moore because her voice got on my mothers nerves, why weren’t you allowed to watch Blossom?

by Anonymousreply 34September 20, 2019 3:54 AM

Why Miranda? The original sucks.

by Anonymousreply 35September 20, 2019 3:56 AM

I love Mayim, and I am looking forward to her new comedy show.

by Anonymousreply 36September 20, 2019 7:52 AM

She’s well cast - the singing and dancing, the 90sness, the quirkiness - if half the height of the original

by Anonymousreply 37September 20, 2019 8:01 AM

OMG. Imagine if Bette played the quirky, what I like to call, 'Mother'!

by Anonymousreply 38September 20, 2019 9:34 AM

I want to see her and Bette in a remake of Terms of Endearment.

by Anonymousreply 39September 20, 2019 10:15 AM

Mayim Bialik and her love interest Patrick Dempsey. Oh my sides!

by Anonymousreply 40September 20, 2019 10:20 AM

R11 Shameless US is on it's 20th season or something and the original British show had James McAvoy and still couldn't last that long, not to mention the successful "Being Human US ".

by Anonymousreply 41September 20, 2019 10:21 AM

Pretty sure the UK "Shameless" (like other British series) was never intended to last longer than 2/3 seasons. Unlike US, they don't tend to milk something until it's dried up and pitiful....

by Anonymousreply 42September 20, 2019 2:53 PM

The UK Shameless ran for 11 seasons. That's very rare for UK shows, which often have only one writer, or a very small group of writers. It's true that they don't tend to run their shows into the ground. They have some decades long running soaps but soaps are their own thing.

by Anonymousreply 43September 20, 2019 3:04 PM

They're hideous, why would anyone want to see them on HD TV?

by Anonymousreply 44September 20, 2019 3:57 PM

Shows like Midsomer Murders run for over 22 seasons but have fewer than 8 episodes per season.

by Anonymousreply 45September 20, 2019 4:59 PM

So is Jim acting or just producing? I thought he’s given up on Big Bang because he’s tired of acting in a sitcom.

by Anonymousreply 46September 20, 2019 5:05 PM
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