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Coach: Discussion Thread

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How many episodes did they do? Did NBC lose money on this? I wonder what happened. I don't really get NBC.

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More dish on the apparent death of Zombie Coach:

 

 

While Coach had a 13-episode order, NBC opted to film one episode and take time to re-evaluate the project before proceeding with the other 12 episodes. I hear besides Nelson, who is guaranteed 13 episodic fees, all other cast members are being paid for the produced episode only. I hear response to the reboot had been mixed, with some sources indicating that it felt dated. Creative differences between NBC and the producers led to the show being cancelled by the network. Sibling studio Universal TV will be shopping the series elsewhere, I hear. Netflix, for instance, has been responsive to updates to popular series, like Full House. 

The series was set in the present, picking up 18 years after the ABC sitcom went off the air after nine seasons. Coach Fox (Nelson) — now retired from coaching — is called back to become assistant coach to his grown son, Tim (Andrew Ridings), who is the new head coach at an Ivy League school in Pennsylvania that is starting up a new team. Original cast member Bill Fagerbakke was slated to return alongside Nelson, with Malcolm Barrett and Morgan Smith also co-starring.

 

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Insiders say the comedy, which had just begun production, was not going well and multiple people inside NBC were not optimistic about it from the start.

 

A prior report indicated that they had killed off Shelley Fabares' character, presumably due to her RL illness.

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See I like Coach and the idea of a new series isn't a bad idea. Sad they canceled it instead of bringing in a new writer to work alongside the original creator and help modernize it.

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I'm confused on what people expected them to do with Christine since SF isn't in good health. Killing off the character at least made sense

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