NBC Picks Up Sequel Series to "Coach"

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variety.com/2015/tv/news/coach-reboot-craig-t-nelson-nbc-series-order-1201461092/

“Coach” is coming back — yes, that Coach.

Craig T. Nelson is set to reprise his role as Coach Hayden Fox in a sequel series, given a 13-episode straight to series order at NBC, Variety has learned. The project will pick up 18 years after the original comedy went off the air.

Debuting in 1989, “Coach” spanned nine seasons on ABC and ran for 198 episodes. Nelson, who’s freshly coming off NBC’s family drama “Parenthood,” was nominated for a Golden Globe for his starring role and won the Emmy for best comedy actor in 1992.

NBC’s revival of the original series will be set in present day with Hayden Fox retired from coaching. He is called back home to become assistant coach to his grown son who is the new head coach at an Ivy League school in Pennsylvania that is just starting up a new team.

Nelson’s on-screen son, nor any additional cast members, have been announced.

The original creator of “Coach,” Berry Kemp, will write the series and serve as an exec producer, along with Nelson. The multi-cam comedy is produced by Universal Television.

NBC’s “Coach” sequel series has no set air date.

[The Tim Duncan Experience]

I don't care if the son has mystical powers I want Coach!!!!!!!!


Damn I miss that show. Lol it was the first series I watched on Netflix when they first came onto PS3.

Definitely in my mount Rushmore of TV shows

[Tiger Millionaire]

Mar 26, 2015 19:33:35 GMT -5 devondragon said:

Wait...18 years later? His son was an infant when the show ended. An 18 year old is a head coach?

SORAS

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Coach 2: Electric Sanduskyloo

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Mar 26, 2015 19:33:35 GMT -5 devondragon said:

Wait...18 years later? His son was an infant when the show ended. An 18 year old is a head coach?

They'll age him up I suspect to his mid-20s. There is one current College Football head coach who is 23 years old.

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Mar 26, 2015 19:33:35 GMT -5 devondragon said:

Wait...18 years later? His son was an infant when the show ended. An 18 year old is a head coach?

Part of the final episode went years later, where Timmy was like 8 or something.

And the opening shot of the new series should have Jerry Van Dyke still in the studio, proclaiming that he knew the series wasn't over after all.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Coach ENDED eighteen years ago?

f*** I'm old.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Was there really a demand for this? Well, I guess there was given some responses in this thread. I'm just a bit surprised.

Also, I loled at the line "an Ivy League school in Pennsylvania." Like there are TONS of them or something. For those who don't know there is exactly ONE Ivy League school in Pennsylania and only eight schools in the Ivy League.

[jagilki]

Let's go MOAR 80's

Remake Just the 10 of Us, My Two Dads and uhm.... uhm..... Night Court?

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Hollywood is getting too cocky.

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No Dauber, no Peace.

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Mar 26, 2015 20:01:22 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

No Dauber, no Peace.

In all seriousness, if there's anyone who doesn't need the money to come back it's Fagerbakke. That man will be able to feed his great great grandchildren off of Patrick Star money

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i give it 4 episodes

[Amazing Kitsune]

I support this, but I don't think there's a demand for it.

[mysterydriver]

But The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt wasn't worthy of NBC airtime?

Weird. Great for Netflix...but weird.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Also, +1 if this leads to a gay porn parody called, "Put Me in Coach!"

[mysterydriver]

twitter.com/TVCoach2000

The "What if Coach was still on TV" twitter account is probably prepped to be a writer for the show.

[Sir Woodrow]

Now lets get a sequel series to "The Golden Girls" only now it's called "Golden Girl"

[Juice]

I'm 27 and always liked the show as a kid, but I didn't know it was such a big deal. Of all the shows from it's era it is not the first I'd imagine to get another season.

[Amazing Kitsune]

Mar 26, 2015 20:40:38 GMT -5 devondragon said:

Mar 26, 2015 20:24:31 GMT -5 Amazing Kitsune said:

I support this, but I don't think there's a demand for it.

Well, there doesn't have to be a demand for it. If the show is good, people will (theoretically) watch. And Craig T. Nelson is a hotter commodity in 2015 than he was in 1995, in my opinion, due to Parenthood (and the Incredibles!!!!!)

This is true.