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NBC has green-lit a reboot of Quantum Leap, which is already going to series, likely for the 2022-3 season. This time, the lead is a South Korean scientist, Dr. Ben Seong (Raymond Lee, fresh from Prodigal Son), part of a team that is looking to pick up where Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) left off in the original series.
Bakula is not attached to the new series, with the announcement of the reboot coming nearly six months after co-star Dean Stockwell had passed away. Likely filling Stockwell's role as the virtual conscience, if you will, is Ernie Hudson ("Ghostbusters"). Series creator and executive producer Donald Belisario is returning to Universal, with actress Deborah Platt on board as a co-executive producer.
However, given Universal's horrible track record with rebooting its own properties in recent years, as evidenced by the failures of reboots of Knight Rider, Kojak, Ironside, & Bionic Woman, NBC is going to have to rely on online cousin Peacock to help grow this series.
Stay tuned.
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