"AbFab" not so fabulous to Fox
Kristen Johnston and Kathryn Hahn have been outfoxed
We've been fuming and ranting talking about the American remake of Britcom classic Absolutely Fabulous for months.
We've been horrified discussed the fact that an American remake would dilute the original, and there was no way that any actors could hold a candle to Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley in the iconic roles of Edina and Patsy.
Even the casting of capable performers Kristen Johnson and Kathryn Hahn just could not assuage our fears that this ... was ... a ... mistake.
But it turns out our fears may have been for naught. Fox has decided to pass on AbFab.
Wait a minute. Fox passed? The same network that gave the greenlight to Sit Down, Shut Up and Who's Your Daddy? Well, now I'm curious to see what they thought wouldn't work.
It's unlikely that another network will pick up AbFab, so we'll probably never know if this remake could have defied our low expectations. But now I'm dying to see the pilot, just to get a glimpse of what Fox believed wasn't as air-worthy as The Princes of Malibu.
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