Yahoo News Freaks & Geeks revival won't happen, says Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow isn't buying into the TV revival trend a la Gilmore Girls and Twin Peaks.
The director and producer has revealed he has no intention of bringing back Freaks and Geeks, the cult '90s (and slightly '00s) series that featured numerous future superstars like James Franco, Jason Segel and Seth Rogen.
Apatow said (via Deadline): "I don't want to do more Freaks and Geeks because we liked how it ended, so I feel it's unwrapping something and seeing if you can not screw it up; I don't think we would do that.
"Also, the world has changed so much. Back then in 1999, we were talking about the pre-computer and cellphone age that was before YouTube, Google, Snapchat.
"I don't close the door on anything but my inclination is that we said all we had to say."
And its not just a Freaks revival that has been ruled out - Apatow says he wouldn't consider making another show for a big US broadcast network like NBC, CBS or FOX.
Explaining why, he said: "I'm not interested in broadcast networks because I feel their shows are too short, I do not like the commercial interruptions, and I do not like the waiting on ratings to determine whether you are gong to survive.
"There is limitations on content, and I hated the idea that they waited to get the ratings the next day, and if they are bad, they might pull the plug. I've been cancelled midseason three times, and I've had enough of it."
He had praise instead for the home of Girls (which he executive-produces): "I like it at places like HBO where you get your season; I feel like the streaming services have created a world where there is a creative incentive to do amazing original work, and I don't think the (broadcast) networks for all sorts of reasons could do it in a way that some other networks and streaming services can."
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