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Re: [NEWS] "Quantum Leap" reboot gets six more season 1episodes
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Ubiquitous
Oct 13, 2022, 7:14:17 AM10/13/22
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In article <ti1uno$1keu$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, Your...@YourISP.com wrote:
>Of course the first few episodes have had high ratings because new
>people tune in to see what all the hype is about and original fans tune
>in for nostalgia ... then they realise it's just yet another crap
>reboot with has nothing to do with the original other than stealing the
>main idea, and most tune out again.
>
>
> 'Quantum Leap' At NBC to Extend Season 1 By Six Episodes
> --------------------------------------------------------
> NBC has ordered six additional episodes of the "Quantum Leap"
> revival. The original order of 12 episodes has now been
> extended to 18, bringing Season 1 to a total of 18 episodes.
>
> The series premiered on Sept. 19 as a sequel to NBC's
> 1989-1993 series of the same name. This version stars
> Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Seong, as a world-renowned physicist
> and a man of faith. 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott
> Bakula in the original series) stepped into the Quantum Leap
> accelerator and vanished, a new team has been assembled to
> restart the project in the hopes of understanding the
> mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
> Ernie Hudson, Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park and
> Nanrisa Lee also star.
>
> NBC's order makes "Quantum Leap" the first new series of
> the fall TV season to receive an extension. According the
> network, the most recent data suggests that it is the
> highest-rated new show in the 18-49 demographic.
>
> Variety's review said that "among the entries in
> television's recent reboot gold rush, 'Quantum Leap' is
> arguably the series most deserving of a contemporary
> reimagining," and noted that the new version "operates as
> a kind of Swiss army procedural, and each episode has the
> potential to ricochet in just about any direction."
>
> Martin Gero serves as showrunner executive produces along
> with Dean Georgaris, Don Bellisario, Deborah Pratt, Chris
> Grismer, Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt. Universal
> Television serves as the studio, producing in association
> with I Have an Idea! Entertainment, Belisarius Productions
> and Quinn's House Productions.
>
> <https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/quantum-leap-nbc-season-1-extend-1235398152/>
Why do networks insist on doing this?
--
Let's go Brandon!
>Of course the first few episodes have had high ratings because new
>people tune in to see what all the hype is about and original fans tune
>in for nostalgia ... then they realise it's just yet another crap
>reboot with has nothing to do with the original other than stealing the
>main idea, and most tune out again.
>
>
> 'Quantum Leap' At NBC to Extend Season 1 By Six Episodes
> --------------------------------------------------------
> NBC has ordered six additional episodes of the "Quantum Leap"
> revival. The original order of 12 episodes has now been
> extended to 18, bringing Season 1 to a total of 18 episodes.
>
> The series premiered on Sept. 19 as a sequel to NBC's
> 1989-1993 series of the same name. This version stars
> Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Seong, as a world-renowned physicist
> and a man of faith. 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott
> Bakula in the original series) stepped into the Quantum Leap
> accelerator and vanished, a new team has been assembled to
> restart the project in the hopes of understanding the
> mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
> Ernie Hudson, Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park and
> Nanrisa Lee also star.
>
> NBC's order makes "Quantum Leap" the first new series of
> the fall TV season to receive an extension. According the
> network, the most recent data suggests that it is the
> highest-rated new show in the 18-49 demographic.
>
> Variety's review said that "among the entries in
> television's recent reboot gold rush, 'Quantum Leap' is
> arguably the series most deserving of a contemporary
> reimagining," and noted that the new version "operates as
> a kind of Swiss army procedural, and each episode has the
> potential to ricochet in just about any direction."
>
> Martin Gero serves as showrunner executive produces along
> with Dean Georgaris, Don Bellisario, Deborah Pratt, Chris
> Grismer, Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt. Universal
> Television serves as the studio, producing in association
> with I Have an Idea! Entertainment, Belisarius Productions
> and Quinn's House Productions.
>
> <https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/quantum-leap-nbc-season-1-extend-1235398152/>
Why do networks insist on doing this?
--
Let's go Brandon!
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