Yahoo News The Kumars set for unexpected comeback with original cast
The Kumars are making an unexpected return to television, and are coming to an American network.
Variety reports that Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal and Vincent Ebrahim are all returning to reprise their roles, with Shaheen Khan joining them, but this time the show has been commissioned by Fox.
The show, now titled Meet the Kumars, is part of Fox's renewed commitment to live-action comedy, and was reported to be greenlit due to its lower-cost multi-camera unique format, and quirky family focus similar to the surprise success that was Schitt's Creek.
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Fox Entertainment's President of Scripted Programming, Matthew Thorn, told Deadline: "I hope that they can resonate the same way that Schitt's Creek did with that unique family.
“Even though [the original show] was made several years ago, the approach to a multi-cam and a talk show, this hybrid format, it's wildly original. feels fresh and funny and topical.
"I think the storytelling with this hybrid format is so unique, and it's something that the original team, with Sanjeev, Meera and Hat Trick, they had a vision for how to do this show.
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"What usually works is supporting the vision and allowing that vision to come through as specifically as strongly as possible as opposed to having someone else adapt their show because the only version that’s really resonated for people was the original.
"So our instinct was, rather than try to get someone to replicate their magic, go to the source and let this brilliant team do it themselves."
Despite the American focus, the show will be filmed in the UK, produced once again by Hat Trick, and with Richard Pinto back on writing duties.
The Kumars at No 42 ran between 2001 and 2006 on the BBC, while a revival called The Kumars aired for one series in 2014 on Sky One (now Sky Max).
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