{"id":15888,"date":"2018-08-01T14:13:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=15888"},"modified":"2018-08-01T14:13:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:13:44","slug":"alf-reboot-at-warner-bros-new-series-being-developed-at-wbtv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/alf-reboot-at-warner-bros-new-series-being-developed-at-wbtv\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018ALF\u2019 Reboot at Warner Bros: New Series Being Developed at WBTV\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-river-image-large size-river-image-large wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image.jpeg?resize=620%2C440\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/pmctvline2.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/08\/image.jpeg?w=200&amp;h=142&amp;crop=1 200w, https:\/\/pmctvline2.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/08\/image.jpeg?w=300&amp;h=213&amp;crop=1 300w\" alt=\"Alf Reboot\" width=\"620\" height=\"440\" data-attachment-id=\"969219\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tvline.com\/?attachment_id=969219\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pmctvline2.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/08\/image.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Courtesy Everett Collection&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;ALF, Alf, 1986-90&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1112227200&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Courtesy Everett Collection&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;ALF, Alf, 1986-90&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ALF, Alf, 1986-90\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/pmctvline2.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/08\/image.jpeg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pmctvline2.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/08\/image.jpeg?w=700\" \/><\/header>\n<div id=\"wp-post-featured\" class=\"wp-post-featured\">Earth to Gordon Shumway: Book an appointment with your groomer.<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Warner Bros. is in the early stages of developing a reboot of the beloved \u201980s alien sitcom\u00a0<em>ALF<\/em>, TVLine has learned exclusively.<span id=\"more-969221\"><\/span>\u00a0The original series \u2014 which centered on a hairy, sarcastic\u00a0extraterrestrial who is taken in by a\u00a0middle-class family \u2014\u00a0ran for four seasons NBC, with the series finale airing\u00a0March 24, 1990. All told, 102 episodes were produced.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline-floating-gallery\">\n<div class=\"view-gallery\">\n<div class=\"inline-gallery-image\">Warner Bros. is searching for a writer to spearhead the update. A rep for the studio declined to comment for this story.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Despite being off the air for nearly three decades,\u00a0<em>ALF \u2014\u00a0<\/em>an acronym for Alien Life Form \u2014 remains something of a hot pop culture property. In recent years, the title character has popped up (or been referenced) on a number of TV series (<em>The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Big Bang Theory, Mr. Robot<\/em>) and films (<em>Guardians of the Galaxy,\u00a0<\/em><i>Hot Tub Time Machine).\u00a0<\/i>He has also appeared in commercials for DirecTV and Radio Shack, as well as the video game\u00a0<em>XCOM: Enemy Unknow<\/em>n. Reruns can currently be found on Me-TV and via the Starz app.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-1\" class=\"admz\">\n<div class=\"adma google-publisher\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"1\">\n<div class=\"pmc-adm-goog-pub-div ad-text\">\n<div id=\"gpt-Tl-mid-article-inject-uid0\" class=\"ad-rotatable adw-1 adh-1\" data-google-query-id=\"CPr9tJTizNwCFc_GZAod33UEkg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_3782\/tvline\/ros\/mid-article_0__container__\">Paul Fusco was the puppeteer and voice behind the ALF character, as well as the seriess co-creator, writer, director and EP. It\u2019s unclear what his involvement would be in the potential reboot.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tvline.com\/2018\/08\/01\/alf-reboot-warner-bros-developed-new-series\/\">\u2018ALF\u2019 Reboot at Warner Bros: New Series Being Developed at WBTV | TVLine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth to Gordon Shumway: Book an appointment with your groomer. Warner Bros. is in the early stages of developing a reboot of the beloved \u201980s alien sitcom\u00a0ALF, TVLine has learned exclusively.\u00a0The original series \u2014 which centered on a hairy, sarcastic\u00a0extraterrestrial who is taken in by a\u00a0middle-class family \u2014\u00a0ran for four seasons NBC, with the series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[836],"class_list":["post-15888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-alf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-48g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10284,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/global-frequency-tv-show-drama-produced-by-jerry-bruckheimer-set-at-fox\/","url_meta":{"origin":15888,"position":0},"title":"\u2018Global Frequency\u2019 TV Show: Drama Produced By Jerry Bruckheimer Set At Fox","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"November 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Another top Warner Bros. 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