1990s drama 'Party of Five' reboot involves deported parents

[Steve Timko]

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A reboot of the 1990s teen drama "Party of Five" will center on a Mexican American family whose parents are deported to Mexico.

Disney announced this month the retooled show will air on the Freeform network and will star a Latino cast.

The new series is headed by the show's original creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser and comes as millions of Latinos in the U.S. grapple with the uncertainty around immigration reform under the Trump Administration.

The original series ran from 1994 to 2000 and focused on a white family whose parents died in a car crash.

Lippman says she and Keyser have turned down previous offers to bring back the show. She says they changed their minds after reading stories about Latino families being separated.

No premiere date has been announced.

[Kevin M.]

So it’s not a reboot of the series, it’s just the same title with an entirely different premise and cast of characters.

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Bob Jersey]

Kevin M, to Steve Timko, today (5/23):

So it’s not a reboot of the series, it’s just the same title with an entirely different premise and cast of characters.

Another writer that doesn't work on computers, just with them.

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(GG web struck when I tried to read this thread there)