The Munsters on CBS

NBC Picks Up Munsters Reboot Pilot From Pushing Daisies Creator

• Nov 16, 2011 08:19 PM ET
• by Hanh Nguyen

It's alive! The Munsters pilot is alive (at NBC)!

The network has green-lighted a reinvention of the classic monster family comedy The Munsters, it was announced Wednesday.

Exclusive: The Munsters back in development at NBC

Despite Failures, Networks Attempt More Series Reboots

• Nov 9, 2011 11:02 AM ET
• by Michael Schneider

ABC's Charlie's Angels redux didn't work, and NBC's new take on Wonder Woman never even made it to air. But just like the feature film world — where everything from Footloose to Conan the Barbarian has been recently updated — TV execs continue to mine the vaults in search of more classic titles to reboot.

NBC and Pushing Daisies Creator Team Up to Bring Hannibal Lecter to the Small Screen

• Nov 7, 2011 06:59 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

NBC is working with Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller on a potential Hannibal TV series, Deadline reports.

Fuller is developing a script based on The Silence of the Lambs character Hannibal Lecter played by Anthony Hopkins. If NBC executives like the script, the project would skip... read more

Exclusive: The Munsters Back in Development at NBC

• Aug 11, 2011 10:34 AM ET
• by Michael Schneider

Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller is taking another stab at developing a remake of The Munsters at NBC.

Fuller has met with NBC executives in recent weeks ...
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Seinfeld's "Uncle Leo" Len Lesser Dies at 88

• Feb 16, 2011 09:34 PM ET
• by Hanh Nguyen

Len Lesser, best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld's beloved Uncle Leo on Seinfeld, has died. He was 88.

The veteran character actor died on Wednesday from pneumonia related to cancer. He was surrounded by friends and family in his Burbank, Calif., home at the time of his passing.