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April 08, 2006

Where There's Smoke.....

From Movieweb -

Sports cable network, ESPN, has announced it will develop the series The Bronx Is Burning, the first of its kind for the network.

The eight-episode scripted series will dramatize the New York Yankees' championship run in 1977 while the city nearly collapsed in racial tension, fear from serial killer Son of Sam, a crippling economic crisis and even an East Coast blackout, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The series is based on the Jonathan Mahler book Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning. It will begin airing in the fall.

Every time I hear "The Bronx Is Burning," the music to "Our Beds Are Burning" starts in my head. Maybe that song should be the Yankees theme song this year?

I wonder if Peter Garrett can pitch?

Posted by Steve Lombardi at April 8, 2006 12:03 PM

Comments

Judging from past ESPN projects, I will go out of my way to avoid watching this (nuance and character development not being their strong points). I assume it'll be an in-your-face narrative with lots of fast cars, boozing, yelling, and fistfights. Pass.

Posted by: brockdc [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 8, 2006 01:52 PM

I don't care either unless they cast Thea Andrews in it. Thea really needs some career counseling. She should drop sports entirely and just act fulltime.

Posted by: JohnnyC [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 8, 2006 03:17 PM