Who’s the Boss? Sequel Series Lands at Freevee, With Stars Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano Set to Return
The long-awaited Who’s the Boss? sequel series has finally found a home: Amazon’s Freevee (formerly known as IMDb TV) is now developing the series, according to our sister site Deadline.
The project was first announced two years ago, with original stars Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano returning to reprise their roles as father and daughter Tony and Samantha Micelli. The sequel will take place 30 years later, with Samantha now a single mother and living in the same house as the original series. The new take “will explore generational differences, as well as opposing world views and parenting styles within the dynamic of a modern family in 2022.”
One Day at a Time executive producer Mike Royce will write and EP the series, along with ODAAT writer Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz. TV legend Norman Lear will also serve as an EP.
Debuting on ABC in 1984, Who’s the Boss? starred Danza as former ball player Tony Micelli, who took a job working as a housekeeper for yuppie businesswoman Angela (Judith Light), moving into her Connecticut home along with his daughter Samantha. The series became a Top 10 Nielsen hit and ran for eight seasons, ending its run in 1992 after a total of 196 episodes.
Light and Danny Pintauro (who played Angela’s son Jonathan) aren’t slated to appear as of yet, but they are “supportive of the new series,” and producers hope to find a way to work them in. Katherine Helmond, who costarred as Angela’s sassy mother Mona, passed away in 2019.
Looking forward to this! FreeVee could be a really good place for comedy shows.
What about the rest of the cast, will they be back?
Re-read the article.
Re-read assumes they bothered to read beyond the headline before feeling the need to comment
Reading is fundamental!
I wonder if Jonathan will be at in it or even Mona could be a ghost haunting tony
Good lord man, read the dang article.
I read the article and it doesn’t state when it’s going to show reboot.
It’s early yet, they have to build sets, sew costumes…
Charmed revival next. Ugh I can dream.
Already been done, and canceled last month, unless you were being sarcastic.
Single mother suffers role reversal when she has to take care of her geriatric father, whose cognitive issues make him forget he’s no longer the housekeeper? Danza is in his seventies now. BOTH Cool Kids and B Positive were good, but shows about older folks just do not attract enough of an audience to survive. Nostalgia just isn’t enough!
You’d be surprised at just how many of us people are *not* that short-sighted!
This isn’t described as a show about older folks. It’s a show about multiple generations of a family, which has been done successfully numerous times.
I’d agree, but it’s just their to get eyeballs to newish streamer, they went with judge Judy. A leverage revamp, and this so obviously just trying to get as big a general audience as they can at 1st, probably like shows on peacock it will be 2 short seasons and over.
Out of the sequel series that were popular a few years ago when they were shopping it, this is the oldest well have night court next season as well
So Tony and Angela aren’t together? Not interested – this will ruin the ending of the original. And Alyssa Milano and her boneheaded social justice viewpoints aren’t a selling point either.
Hail Hydra
We don’t know they aren’t still together… or maybe she died.
says the real bonehead lol
Ayup. Milano’s generally dead on for a decent, intelligent human being.
The problem isn’t her views so much as the snotty and snarky way she always goes about expressing them.
I hope the irony of that statement is lost to no one.
You mean Alyssa Milano and her Actual Decent Human Being views…
Bone headed? She supports PETA, the MeToo Movement and AIDs education. Perhaps you are the one who needs to rethink your impression.
Judith Light has too many projects to commit to a series.
I agree.
I won’t watch just because of Milanos Liberal views that I do not agree with.
Can’t wait to watch this. If done right, this could be really good.
Hopefully after Mona died Angela got wrapped up with handling things at her office alone and Tony had to care for his daughter and grandchild so hopefully they will reconnect again just like they did in original because together they are a great family
Tony Danza mentioned in a recent interview that Judith Light will have a “small” role which would seem to fit with how busy and in demand she is these days.
I’m so looking forward to this.
So I show I really want to see is going to be on a platform that I have no way to view lovely
Freevee is free. It’s the old IMDB network. Same network that had the new Leverage season. Should be part of the basic cable setup providers.
FreeVee is free. Used to be IMDBtv. No charge to watch anything. Unless you’re not in the US…
Free in the UK too, Canada as well (I think) and they’re rolling it out to more markets all the time.
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It is ad supported, but they weren’t too bad when I watched Leverage: Redemption.
Neither IMDb nor FreeVee are available in Canada at all
My bad, thought it was. I know it’s hitting Germany this year at some point so they are expanding, albeit slowly.
If Tony is a regular Angela should be too and if they can’t get Judith Light Tony should be a recurring character at best.
I don’t want their relationship to be over and it would be absurd if they pretend like they are still together but Angela lives in off screen land for some random reason. It’s super weird to have Tony and Sam live in Angela’s house with her not being around.
That was my first thought. It’s not their house. Jonathon should be living in it. It’s not like Fuller House where the family still lived in the house.
I agree. The series did such a great job highlighting the chemistry between Tony and Angela. They truly loved each other. He even gave up a job in Iowa because he loved her more and couldn’t bear to be without her, hence the amazing reunion at the end of the series finale. It was clear they were on the way to marriage, especially since they were already engaged. I’m hoping they’re happily married without some “separation” storyline to explain why he just happens to move into his daughter’s house. Tony and Angela would both be retired at this point unless Angela still wants to continue in her agency. If she’s working abroad temporarily to land an account for her agency, okay. But a separation/divorce, no thanks. And Jonathan would likely be married with kids too … would be nice to show how he’s doing. He’s still Sam’s stepbrother. Judith Light is phenomenal, and she/Tony Danza shine together. Not sure the show will stand on it’s own with her continuous absence.
I’m so happy but it’s so ridiculous how broadcast networks can’t get their stuff together and make sure these sitcom reboots are on the broadcasters and not streaming networks where their audience will be limited similar to Fuller House.
FreeVee is free. No charge to watch anything but you gotta deal with ads. It used to be IMDBtv.
If they broke up Tony and Angela that would be a downer.
“…the dynamic of a modern family in 2022” Please don’t make this a Tony “back in my day sort of thing” as Sam rolls her eyes and has to educate the old man. Older people aren’t in a bubble. Give them some credit, they are aware of the ways of the world, they grew old by living in it.
Can’t Hollywood come up with anything original anymore? I might check it out but let’s be real, it’ll probably be like Fuller House. Although that one had 5 season so who knows…
I just loved Katherine Helmond! She was so funny and just a joy to watch. Was sorry to hear of her passing. I’m not big on reboots or remakes, I find them to be lacking most of the time.
To be honest it wouldn’t be the same without Mona and besides Tony and Anglia made the show as well they were engaged in the original series so will Tony and Anglia be married in this series. It’s like the writers Bringing back Dr Quinn Medicine Woman back without Loren Bryce and Cloud Dancing beinging there.
Off topic but Ive always wondered if they would ever try to reboot Three’s Company in some way. The concept def would never fit today’s world EVER lol.
Alyssa Milano is fierce and fabulous so I’m hoping she has alot of input for this series!
It would be cool if Actors that Tony and Alyssa have worked with would show up as a running gag. Christopher Lloyd playing a neighbor named Jim or Doc etc.
I grew up watching Who’s The Boss and I’m super excited for the reboot 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 I don’t get to watch the old reruns which is a bummer because we don’t get that station but I’m praying this will be on local channels here in St Louis Mo ❤️
I think that would be great. Tony Danza an all time great actor
I won’t be able to watch. Don’t have freevee on my tv. I have spectrum.
I hope they can convince light and pintauro to come back. I wonder why he doesn’t want to. Did he stop acting
So when does the reboot come on? haven’t seen it yet. can’t find it anywhere!
It’s not going to be the same without Mona, if Angela and Jonathan were there I wonder if Tony and Angela will be married by this point in the 80’s version they were engaged, did Samantha’s husband died or did they get a divorce? Now Tony’s help rising Sam’s child. I wonder will Mrs Rossini be there as well?
If the full original cast isn’t in it seeing how Tony and Angela got married there is no reason to reboot it.