They should make a sitcom with the most popular characters from other sitcoms (television, cost)

[Creekcat]

Originally Posted by marcandme

Let the Seinfield gang out of jail......and take it from there. Could be funny, seeing them old, and out of jail, not knowing what life is like now.

Supposed to be in jail for a year, I thought take a year off come back, but hey.

[Clark Fork Fantast]

Originally Posted by 2kroadking

I think the OP's idea has legs. Writers could have a field day with this and thinking outside the box, maybe it doesn't have a set cast and is constantly adding "new" characters or stars that want to participate. Possibly the characters may play the same character as we know them BUT with a different name and life.

Can you imagine a scene where Frazier is having a conversation with Dr. Crane? With old reruns of original series playing on the TV in the background? Maybe this concept could be a replacement for SNL ...........

Not until they can do a CGI simulation of characters without lawsuits. Everybody is under contract with different studios/networks. I used to fantasize about having my favorite characters from all the Western TV series I was watching (1960s) interact, and I couldn't understand why that wasn't possible. Each series has a hierarchy of characters, like someone mentioned above. It's a business. Sorry, I'm getting cynical!

But the day we can all do fan-fiction on YouTube, then we might see some fun stuff created with popular sitcom characters interacting virtually. However, those stories will probably suffer from having absolutely dreadful scripts...

[Mark S.]

I don't know about sitcoms, but if a network would make a show where KNIGHT RIDER teamed up with AIRWOLF to hunt down the A-TEAM, who hired MAGNUM P.I. to prove their innocence ... hey, I'd watch.

[MAGAalot]

I saw a crossover episode of Magnum PI with Jessica Fletcher (Murder She Wrote), very good chemistry between Tom Selleck and Angela Lansbury.

[Floorist]

Too many actors, too much money. They would all want at least $500,000 an episode.

[2 Scoops]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

I don't know about sitcoms, but if a network would make a show where KNIGHT RIDER teamed up with AIRWOLF to hunt down the A-TEAM, who hired MAGNUM P.I. to prove their innocence ... hey, I'd watch.

Charlie's Angels appeared on the Love Boat for a caper and they also met Dan Tanner from Vegas in one
episode. The results were a bit lame. This was 1970s campy tv.

If the Miami Vice guys tracked a bad guy to another state and had to team up with the Hill Street Blues cast- that
could have been interesting. (At least both shows had cool theme songs).

[robr2]

Originally Posted by 2 Scoops

Charlie's Angels appeared on the Love Boat for a caper and they also met Dan Tanner from Vegas in one
episode. The results were a bit lame. This was 1970s campy tv.

Easy enough for those shows as they were all Aaron Spelling properties.

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Originally Posted by robr2

Easy enough for those shows as they were all Aaron Spelling properties.

Yep, that is true.

[MAGAalot]

Originally Posted by Floorist

Too many actors, too much money. They would all want at least $500,000 an episode.

My all-star sitcom would only have 4 stars, same as Seinfeld had, and less than what Friends had.
I'd only take ONE actor from each old sitcom, so I'd take Jason Alexander from Seinfeld, and Kelsey Grammer from Frasier, because they would be a perfect fit, therapist and mental patient.....and an actor from another couple of shows would be associated with George's new life (he'd no longer be in Jerry's life) or Frasier's new orbit (he moved to New York, because he already moved from Boston to Seattle in his previous sitcoms, so he tends to move).

[robr2]

Originally Posted by Floorist

Too many actors, too much money. They would all want at least $500,000 an episode.

Per episode, Jason Alexander was making $600K on Seinfeld and Kelsey Grammer $1.6 million. With 4 actors, plan on $5-6 million for talent and another million for production.