'Charlie's Angels' Redux: Back to the Small Screen

Did you love when Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu brought back the Charlie's Angels franchise? Do you secretly worship Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett? Well Angels, prepare for a new job.

The sitcom that ran from 1976-81 is about to return to television. According to Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, ABC is close to giving the thumb's-up to a pilot order for a modern small-screen version of the show that made Fawcett and her fellow Angels household names.

To be executive produced by Barrymore and written by Josh Friedman (who adapted the Terminator movies into Fox's late Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), the pilot would mark the third attempt to revive the Charlie's Angels franchise. Series creator Aaron Spelling first made the attempt in 1988 with Angels 88. Following the big-screen series' success, Lost's Carlton Cuse and John Wirth were paid to pen a script, but like Angels 88, nothing came of that 2004 attempt, either.

A Charlie's Angels reboot seems like a natural fit considering the current TV remake craze. The Elizabeth Mitchell starrer V is a hit after just two episodes; the new 90210 is currently enjoying strong run for its second season (and has an upcoming lesbian story line); freshman Melrose Place has a fresh new (old) face in Heather Locklear; and ABC has even green lit a remake of '80s big-screen Brat Pack hit St. Elmo's Fire.

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