*Sony Pictures Television is said to be in “very early” discussions about recreating classic scenes from a number of Norman Lear sitcoms — including “The Jeffersons” and “Good Times”— and combining them into a miniseries.
According to Variety, Lear and Sony are discussing casting new actors to recreate classic episodes, working from the original scripts, and packaging them as short, six-episode anthologies.
“There is some talk about doing some of the original shows, redoing them with today’s stars,” Lear told Variety. “There is a possibility that we’ll do ‘All in the Family,’ ‘Maude,’ ‘The Jeffersons,’ “Good Times.’”
The discussions with Sony comes as the studio prepares for the Jan. 6 premiere of “One Day at a Time,” which re-imagines Lear’s ’80s sitcom about a single mother raising two children. Unlike the original, the new series focuses on a Latino family with a female Army veteran at its center. Lear serves as executive producer.
That series was developed specifically for Netflix, and was never shopped to other buyers. No network or streaming service is yet attached to Sony’s planned miniseries projects.
Sony controls most of Lear’s TV library through its 1985 acquisition of the producer’s Embassy Communications.
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