NBC Re-Ups an Old Favorite

[TheSpotConlon]

Are you ready to get very, very disappointed?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/0 ... index.html

Five bucks says that it's partnered with "Heroes," turns into a standard action show after the pilot, and is cancelled after three episodes.

[noidguy]

'Bionic' skein rebuilt at NBC
'Galactica' guy preps revamped 'Woman'
By JOSEF ADALIAN

David Eick
Laeta Kalogridis

'The Bionic Woman'
Lindsay Wagner starred in the original 'Bionic Woman' skein.
HOLLYWOOD -- "Battlestar Galactica" exec producer David Eick is teaming with feature scribe Laeta Kalogridis to reinvent "The Bionic Woman" for NBC.

Eick and Kalogridis will exec produce a new take on "Bionic," a 1970s spinoff of "The Six Million Dollar Man" in which Lindsay Wagner played tennis pro-turned-superwoman Jamie Sommers. Skein aired for two seasons on ABC before shifting to NBC in 1977 for its final year.

"It's a complete reconceptualization of the title," Eick told Daily Variety. "We're using the title as a starting point, and that's all."

NBC U Television Studio is producing the new take, which has been given a script commitment by the Peacock.

Eick and scribe Ronald D. Moore turned Sci Fi's Peabody Award-winning "Battlestar" into a series vastly different from its predecessor, making it a metaphoric examination of the post-9/11 world. Eick and Kalogridis are planning a similar "re-imagination" of "Bionic Woman."

Instead of focusing on terrorism and militarism, the new "Bionic" will explore the role of professional women in contemporary society and how they juggle their various roles.

"It's using the idea of artificial technology as a metaphor for what contemporary women sometimes feel is necessary to do everything that needs to be done," Eick said.

Eick, whose shingle is based at NBC U, said he'd been considering various titles in the Universal library that would be good candidates for a "Battlestar"-like revamp. He decided to take a stab at "Bionic," and then sought a meeting with Kalogridis.

"She met with me under the guise of a general meeting, even though I knew I was there to romance her about 'Bionic Woman,'" Eick said.

Kalogridis, who has a busy feature slate, wasn't looking to do a new TV project -- but changed her mind when she heard Eick's pitch.

"She basically indicated to me that 'Bionic Woman,' and the possibility of one day being able to do a (new take) on it, was one of the reasons she got into showbiz in the first place," he said.

While Eick wouldn't discuss details of the new "Bionic Woman," he did indicate the technology will be much advanced from 30 years ago.

"It's going to be a meaningful departure" from the original, he said, using words such as "nanotechnology" to hint at what's in store.

Kalogridis is working on a pair of projects with James Cameron, penning "The Dive" and co-writing "Battle Angel" with the helmer (Daily Variety, Feb. 27). She also wrote the Russian-language "Night Watch," "Pathfinder" and "Alexander."

On the TV front, Kalogridis created the WB skein "Birds of Prey."

"Bionic" project was packaged by Endeavor.
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Does this not sound like it will suck the big one? "I got into showbiz so I could redo the Bionic Woman." Yeah, right.

[wjbaines]

The networks heap travesty upon travesty.

The system is broken.

"BIONIC" is NBC for DOA.

(aside: And the salt in the wound is that thay're getting somebody who worked on BATTLESTAR to do their dirty work. Okay, so the "cylons" are MEDICALLY indistinguishable from human beings, but you have to admit the show still rocks.)

[Robotdoll]

>>>Instead of focusing on terrorism and militarism, the new "Bionic" will explore the role of professional women in contemporary society and how they juggle their various roles.


So, she's the six-million dollar supermom?

When she picks up all the kids from soccer practice, she PICKS UP the kids from soccer practice. (baDUMpum)

[Doctor Robo]

So, she's the six-million dollar supermom?

When she picks up all the kids from soccer practice, she PICKS UP the kids from soccer practice. (baDUMpum)

The next thing they're going to tell us is that Steve Austin wasn't gravely injured in a crash landing, he was hurt playing raquetball or trimming the hedges.

By the way, how much is six million dollars adjusted for inflation?

[TheSpotConlon]

By the way, how much is six million dollars adjusted for inflation?

According to the latest dollar figures, roughly 18.7 million. I have a feeling that Steve Austin would have cost way more than that.

[Doctor Robo]

By the way, how much is six million dollars adjusted for inflation?

According to the latest dollar figures, roughly 18.7 million. I have a feeling that Steve Austin would have cost way more than that.

You're right. That won't even buy you a full season of Alex Rodriguez and his clutch strikeouts!

Besides, "The 18.7 Million Dollar Man" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

[andoroido]

Thinking about it, maybe $6 million is still reasonable.

If it's just a one-man project, and the staff is a small team in a university. A couple professors, and grad students. Using existing tech, plus improvements, would $6 million be able to fund a cyborg?

Billion-dollar programs are usually that expensive because they're at government labs with thousands of staff. Health insurance and pension plans are expensive.

[confusitron!]

Well, I just hope her spine lights up red when she has sex. That's how you know she's a robot.

[valtech1218]

the show mgiht be bad but lets see

they might just pull a miracle out of their ass

[Old Dirty Fred]

the show mgiht be bad but lets see

they might just pull a miracle out of their ass

yes, and monkies will fly outta mine