Parenthood Cast
Parenthood Cast – NBC’s new family dramedy series “Parenthood” is either the third or fourth take on the material, depending on your point of view.
First, and most famous, was the 1989 movie, directed by Ron Howard and starring Steve Martin and Keanu Reeves (among others). It was a big hit, and quickly led to a 1990 TV version (also on NBC), whose cast included Ed Begley Jr. and a young Leonardo DiCaprio. It was canceled in less than a dozen episodes. (DiCaprio got over it, I think.)
That was it for a while, until Howard’s production company got writer Jason Katims (who already produces “Friday Night Lights” for them) to re-adapt the material for the 21st century, with Peter Krause from “Six Feet Under” and Maura Tierney from “ER” anchoring a large ensemble cast.
NBC loved the pilot Katims made, ordered it to series and scheduled it for fall. Then Tierney, who was easily the best part of that pilot, had to bow out to get treatment for breast cancer. NBC replaced it on the fall schedule with “Mercy” and set about looking for someone to fill Tierney’s shoes, eventually landing “Gilmore Girls” mom Lauren Graham. And Katims took the opportunity created by the recasting to reshoot large swaths of what had been a fairly dark pilot, injecting more humor to come closer to the tone of the original movie.
Point being, something about Howard’s film resonated with people (or, at least, people who wound up working at the network two decades apart) enough that NBC keeps plugging away at adapting it 20 years later.
Parenthood Cast
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