Overview

• Mayim Bialik announced on her Substack that plans to revive the 1991–95 sitcom are no longer moving forward.
• Bialik and creator Don Reo developed a contemporary script they believed was strong, and Disney initially appeared receptive.
• After a leadership shuffle, Bialik says they were told the project was no longer able to be produced despite a similar pitch a year earlier.
• Disney declined to transfer the rights, with Bialik recounting the company wants to retain control in case it pursues its own future reboot.
• Bialik wrote that the collapse has dampened her interest in on-camera roles, while Deadline reports Disney’s TV unit explored the idea as recently as last fall.