The Munsters

1964-1966
2 seasons
CBS
Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
TV-PG

The Munsters are a weird but honest family. Herman (the father) is Frankenstein's monster. Lily (his wife) and Grandpa (her father) are vampires. Eddie (their little son) is a werewolf. Marilyn (their niece) is the only normal one (that is the ugly duck of the family).

1964-1966
2 seasons
CBS
Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
TV-PG

The Munsters Are Set for a TV Return!

When in doubt, reboot everything

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

One Day at a Time Star Bonnie Franklin Dies at 69

Bonnie Franklin, best known for her work on One Day at a Time, died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday, The Hollywood Reporter reports. She was 69.

Fri, Mar 1, 2013

One Day at a Time Star Bonnie Franklin Dies at 69

Peter Robbins, Former Voice of Charlie Brown, Arrested on Five Felony Charges

As Charlie Brown would say, "Oh, brother." Peter Robbins, who voiced the head of the Peanuts gang during the late 1960s, was arrested Monday in San Diego and charged with five felonies, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Robbins, 56, is charged with four felony counts of making a threat to cause death or...

Wed, Jan 23, 2013

Peter Robbins, Former Voice of Charlie Brown, Arrested on Five Felony Charges

Weekend TV Review: Mockingbird Lane and Other Treats (Not All Halloween)

While Tim Burton was busy remaking Dark Shadows on the big screen this year — and what a disappointment that turned out to be — another '60s cult item, the horror parody The Munsters, was getting a lavish reboot from Burton's TV counterpart Bryan Fuller, whose Pushing Daisies remains a fantastical benchmark of blending the whimsical and the macabre into a dazzling visual smorgasbord.The result, reported to have cost NBC in the neighborhood of $10 million, is one of the weirdest hybrids of the comical and eerie in quite some time...

Fri, Oct 26, 2012

Weekend TV Review: Mockingbird Lane and Other Treats (Not All Halloween)

VIDEO: Check Out the First Mockingbird Lane Trailer

Bryan Fuller's Mockingbird Lane finally has its first trailer.After announcing the project would not move forward as a series, NBC decided to air The Munsters reboot as a stand-alone Halloween special on Friday, Oct. 26.

Sat, Oct 13, 2012

VIDEO: Check Out the First Mockingbird Lane Trailer

Mockingbird Lane's Bryan Fuller: Don't Count Out a Series Order Just Yet

Bryan Fuller isn't giving up on Mockingbird Lane. Now that NBC plans to air the pilot as a special later this month, it appeared that the network had thrown in the towel on its Munsters redux. But Fuller—who's in Canada overseeing NBC's upcoming take on Hannibal—tells TV Guide Magazine that he remains bullish on Mockingbird, and thinks Halloween is a perfect time to get viewers on board. "Such a different show merits a different way of getting it out to the audience," he says. "There's been tremendous support to get it out there and get people to see it, and have them make up their own minds," he says. Fuller's modern take on The Munsters—starring Jerry O'Connell and Portia de Rossi as Herman and Lily Munster, and Eddie Izzard as Grandpa—wasn't ordered to series but instead will air as a one-hour special on Oct. 26 at 8/7c. That could be the end of the long-percolating project, which had been in the works for years...

Fri, Oct 12, 2012

Mockingbird Lane's Bryan Fuller: Don't Count Out a Series Order Just Yet

NBC Airing Munsters Reboot as Halloween Special

NBC will air The Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane as a Halloween special.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the pilot, which cost NBC $10 million, will air...

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

NBC Airing Munsters Reboot as Halloween Special

Is The Munsters Reboot Dead Before It Even Began?

Viewers might not get a chance to revisit The Munsters after all. NBC is unlikely to proceed with the Bryan Fuller reboot Mockingbird Lane, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline both report.Fuller, however, denied the reports Monday night tweeting, "NBC just informed me the Deadline article regarding #MockingbirdLane was Dead Wrong. Stay tuned for updates!"

Tue, Oct 2, 2012

Is The Munsters Reboot Dead Before It Even Began?

Cheyenne Jackson Heading to NBC’s Munsters Reboot, Mockingbird Lane

Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson is set to guest-star in Mockingbird Lane, Deadline reports.NBC's The Munsters reboot, written by Bryan Fuller and directed by Bryan Singer, is an edgy reinvention of the 1960s sitcom.

Sat, Jun 16, 2012

Cheyenne Jackson Heading to NBC’s Munsters Reboot, Mockingbird Lane

Jerry O'Connell to Play Herman Munster in NBC's Mockingbird Lane

Jerry O'Connell has been cast as Herman Munster in NBC's upcoming Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane, Deadline reports.

Tue, Jun 5, 2012

Jerry O'Connell to Play Herman Munster in NBC's Mockingbird Lane

Pilot Season: Munsters Reboot Casts Its Marilyn! Is She "Normal" Enough?

Another actor is moving to 1313 Mockingbird Lane. British actress Charity Wakefield has been cast as Marilyn in NBC's reboot of The Munsters, Deadline reports. Exclusive: The Munsters back in development at NBC

Fri, Mar 30, 2012

Pilot Season: Munsters Reboot Casts Its Marilyn! Is She "Normal" Enough?

Pilot Season: Eddie Izzard to Join NBC's Munsters Reboot

The Munsters is alive with Eddie Izzard!The actor is in final negotiations to star in and produce NBC's reboot of the classic sitcom, now titled Mockingbird Lane, Deadline reports. Izzard will play family patriarch/vampire/shape-shifter Grandpa, who was played by Al Lewis on the original series.Exclusive: The Munsters back in development at NBCThe project, which was pushed to summer ...

Tue, Mar 20, 2012

Pilot Season: Eddie Izzard to Join NBC's Munsters Reboot

NBC Picks Up Munsters Reboot Pilot From Pushing Daisies Creator

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

Thu, Nov 17, 2011

NBC Picks Up Munsters Reboot Pilot From Pushing Daisies Creator

Despite Failures, Networks Attempt More Series Reboots

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.

Wed, Nov 9, 2011

Despite Failures, Networks Attempt More Series Reboots

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

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...

Mon, Nov 7, 2011

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

Exclusive: The Munsters Back in Development at NBC

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 ...

Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Exclusive: The Munsters Back in Development at NBC

Seinfeld's "Uncle Leo" Len Lesser Dies at 88

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.

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Seinfeld's "Uncle Leo" Len Lesser Dies at 88

NBC, Bryan Fuller Remaking The Munsters

Time to move back into the Munster Mansion: NBC and Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller are remaking the 1960s classic sitcom The Munsters, Entertainment Weekly reports.NBC has ordered a pilot for the project, described ...

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

Ghost Whisperers, ghoulish Hitchcock and the grand Addams Family...oh my!

Wanna see something really scary?Then wait for MTV to repeat their recording of Legally Blonde: The Musical, because that mess is all the proof you need that the Devil is alive and working. On Broadway, no less!However, if you wanna see something scary-weird rather than scary-dreadful, then grab the third volume of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Wow, that dude is out there with a capital Macguffin. And based on these very cool episodes from the 1957 season of his CBS anthology, Hitch was also the man when it came to scoring serious talent.Fresh off the bat, theres Jessica Tandy in The Glass Eye as a spinster who falls for a ventriloquist. Youd think that would be creepy enough, seeing how anyone who talks to wooden dolls is scarier than Jason Voorhees on cheap trucker meth, but no. It gets way wilder after Miss Daisy starts to hang out with the object of her singular affections. Trust me, you almost feel dirty by the final credits. Then theres ...

Wed, Oct 17, 2007