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Fox Gives
Absolutely Fabulous Remake a Go

Fox Gives
Absolutely Fabulous Remake a Go

Fox is the latest U.S. network to attempt a remake of the BBC classic Absolutely Fabulous, teaming up with Arrested Development creators and Saturday Night Live writer Christine Zander for the most recent go-around. This time Edina, Saffy, and Patsy will reside in Los Angeles.

Fox is the latest U.S. network to attempt a remake of the BBC classic Absolutely Fabulous, teaming up with Arrested Development creators and Saturday Night Live writer Christine Zander for the most recent go-around. This time Edina, Saffy, and Patsy will reside in Los Angeles.

The L.A. AbFab will retain the basic template of the original, revolving around the friendship of boozy, middle-aged Edina and Patsy, who are desperate to stay hip and youthful and who carry on under the disapproving eye of Edina's teenage daughter, Saffy, according to Variety.

This is not the first time a remake of AbFab has been attempted. In 1995, Roseanne Barr worked with Carrie Fisher to develop a U.S. version for ABC, but that show never took form. Not long after that, Cybill Shepherd's comedy Cybill, which bore a resemblance to AbFab, ran on CBS for four seasons.

"The trouble with doing AbFab in America is that it will have to end with Edina and Saffy hugging, Patsy giving up drink and drugs, and them all hugging mum. It won't work. It'll be too nice," said Jon Plowman, executive producer of the original, which ran from 1992 to 2005. "Let's hope they get it right." (Kandice Day, The Advocate)

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