Reboots may be all the rage at the moment, but don’t expect to see beloved ABC sitcomWho’s the Boss?join the revived ranks any time soon.
Series starTony Danzashut down talk of playing housekeeper Tony Micelli once again, and said his firm “No” was due to thedeath of co-star Katherine Helmond.
“First of all, I’ve never been a big fan of these reboots,” he said onGood Day New York. “[But] no, can’t reboot [Who’s the Boss?] becausewe’ve got no Katherine Helmond, that’s why not. That’s it.”
He did, however, admit that the one reboot he might consider watching wasMad About You, which willreturn as a limited serieslater this year.
Helmond, who died in February, starred onWho’s the Boss?as Mona Robinson, the mother ofJudith Light’s divorced ad executive Angela Bower. As fans know, the show centers around Danza’s Tony after he moves into Angela’s ritzy Connecticut home with his daughter Samantha (Alyssa Milano) to take a job as her live-in housekeeper.
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The actor went on to heap praise on Milano, 46, who he said he still speaks to frequently, for her continued efforts as an advocate.
“This is somebody who wants to leave the world a little better than she found it,” he said. “One of the things that happens, I think – you’re a kid from – she’s from Staten Island, I’m from Brooklyn, garbage man’s son – and you get this opportunity, you get this platform, this job, you get this career. I feel this tremendous – there must be a reason. I gotta do something good with it. I don’t want to just sit around, and I think she feels the same way, that she feels like she should do something.”
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Milano, for her part, said back in 2015 that shewould be “100 percent” interestedin aWho’s the Boss?reboot – and even offered up some potential plotlines.
“It would have to be a really good script, though,” she toldPage Six. “I think [Samantha] would have kids and Tony would be a grandfather.”
The series originally aired on ABC for eight seasons from 1984-1992.
source: people.com
