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Pilot for Bryan Fuller’s The Munsters Remake to Air as a Halloween Special, And That’s Probably All She Wrote

by Rebecca Pahle | 2:45 pm, October 11th, 2012


Looks like the Munsters aren’t long for this world. Bryan Fuller‘s remake of the series, called Mockingbird Lane, has been demoted to TV movie status by NBC, which will be airing the pilot as a Halloween special in an effort to recoup at least some of the $10 million it cost to make.

While it’s possible that an outpouring of critical and audience affection after the pilot airs could save the show, it’s not likely. So the pilot, which is set to air on Friday, October 26th, is probably the only time you’ll get to see Eddie Izzard as Grandpa Munster. Shame.

On the not-so-negative side, at least we know ahead of time not to get attached. If, during the pilot, you find yourself having excessive feels about Jerry O’Connell‘s Herman Munster or Portia de Rossi‘s Lily, do yourself a favor and turn the TV off, lest you find yourself a part of the most depressed fandom in history.

We’re not looking at Pushing Daisies-type situation, where you become invested in characters and storylines only to have them cruelly ripped from you with no warning. (What happened with Ned’s father? Tell me, damn you!) Fuller, of course, created Pushing Daisies as well, plus the cancelled-before-their-time Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls. Man can’t catch a break.

Speaking of Pushing Daisies, Ellen Greene (Aunt Vivian) recently raised my hopes about that rumored Broadway musical, saying in an interview with MTV Geek! that “Actually, there’s been talk of a version of it. I’m not supposed to say anything! A possibility… A possibility of stage. I would love for Vivian to exist again.”

Please, theater gods. Please let this happen. My heart was ripped out by Pushing Daisies once. Don’t let it happen again.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/williamvn William van Niekerk

    Why? Why can’t the world just accept that Bryan Fuller is awesome and have a channel dedicated entirely to the incredible things that ooze out of his brain?

  • http://twitter.com/BrightBlueInk Inky

    I’m watching Wonderfalls with a group of friends right now, and it’s awesome. I also really adored Pushing Daisies while it was airing–in fact, I loved it so much that the only thing that gave me hope for American television after it was canceled was Community. …You can guess how that’s gone.

    I don’t even have television anymore or I’d totally watch this. I’m guessing there’s not much hope of it being streamed online? (Legally, I mean.)

  • http://www.facebook.com/thursday.next.169 Thursday Next

    Dammit… still gonna watch it and still gonna be sad.

  • http://twitter.com/jazhands17 Jasmin Billinghay

    Why does NBC hate everything good?

  • Anonymous

    I’d say this could be good news. If the show works, it gets picked up by cable, and will probably be even awesomer.

  • Rebecca Pahle

    Right there with you on Community. I only watched it recently, so I knew it was cancelled prematurely, but still… seeing Ned’s dad pop up in the last episode, it hurt.

    As for future episodes of Mockingbird Lane, I’m not sure whether they’ve even filmed any episodes besides the pilot. They might have, but I’m guessing the pilot is the only ep that’s actually finished (and ever will be, barring a change of heart from NBC, which, yeah right.)

  • Rebecca Pahle

    Right?! Fox is not the station whose example you should be following, NBC!

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