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ποΈ 23 September 2022
β±οΈ 33 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Melissa's daughter, Eva. Today on the show we will be talking about TV reboots. |
0:06.0 | Alright, let's start the show! |
0:09.0 | Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR. I'm Elise Hugh. |
0:13.0 | Love em or hate em, once popular TV shows seem to keep getting recycled these days, |
0:18.0 | either as sequels, prequels, or what seems most common, reboots. |
0:23.0 | So today we're diving into reboots themselves, the business behind them |
0:27.0 | and how they affect what stories get told is all coming up later in the show. |
0:31.0 | But first, these reboots are happening so often that a new Hulu series is a sitcom |
0:37.0 | about rebooting a sitcom. |
0:40.0 | Reboot the show takes place behind the scenes as the cast and crew |
0:44.0 | of a once popular fictional show from the early Aughts, |
0:47.0 | come back together again for its new rebooted version. |
0:50.0 | It's like a show about second chances. |
0:53.0 | We were all given the second chance, this cast of characters who's been called back to Hollywood |
0:59.0 | to reboot this show that they did 15 years prior and that we all have a reason for needing it. |
1:05.0 | That's actor Judy Greer who stars in reboot as Bream, |
1:08.0 | who was once the breakout star of the hit family sitcom, |
1:11.0 | but then disappeared from Hollywood. |
1:13.0 | In reboots first episode, Bream reunites with her old flame and fellow cast member |
1:18.0 | played by Keegan Michael Key and explains her post-show life. |
1:22.0 | She married a duke and became a duchess in a Scandinavian sounding country. |
1:26.0 | It's cold and dark for much of a year there, |
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