00:00A Who's the Boss sequel series is headed for streaming.
00:03A follow-up to the sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1992 on ABC
00:07has landed at Amazon's freebie streaming service.
00:10The project has been in development for almost two years.
00:13Original series stars Alyssa Milano and Tony Danza
00:15are attached to reprise their roles.
00:17I really appreciate you coming all the way out here to see me get this award.
00:20Not now, Dad.
00:21Well, I just wanted you to know how much it meant to me.
00:22I know, but when you talk, your Adam's apple keeps bopping up and down
00:25and I can't tie the stupid bow tie.
00:27Oh, sorry.
00:28The new take will focus on Milano's character, Samantha,
00:31now a single mother who lives in the same house
00:33where she grew up on the original series.
00:35Her retired dad, Tony, played by Danza, lives with her.
00:38There's no word yet on whether Judith Light or Danny Pintaro
00:41will reprise their roles.
00:43Catherine Hellman, who also starred in the original, died in 2019.
00:46The new show hails from Sony Pictures Television.
00:49The original series was produced by Norman Lear's Embassy Communications,
00:53which Sony acquired as part of its 1991 deal for Columbia Pictures.
00:56You can currently stream the first two seasons of the original Who's the Boss
00:59on Freebie, formerly known as IMDb TV,
01:02and the other six seasons on Fox-owned streamer Tubi,
01:05but the complete series isn't currently available in one place.
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01:12For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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