Mayim Bialik Teases NEW Plans For ‘Blossom’ Reboot: ‘Not A Sitcom’

Actress Mayim Bialik may be co-hosting “Jeopardy!” with Ken Jennings, but now that her sitcom “Call Me Kat” has been canceled after its third season, it seems she has plenty of time to bring back the popular series, “Blossom,” in which she appeared as the titular star.

However, it appears that there are going to be some changes made to “Blossom” to make it more relevant to a modern audience. For instance, “The Big Bang Theory” alum recently revealed that, if “Blossom” were to return, she would not want it to be the 90s sitcom that fans fell in love with.

Although she would love to bring “Blossom” back to audiences, she recently revealed that she does not want the beloved 90s show to return as a sitcom and would rather explore some of the show's more dramatic storylines in a deeper, more meaningful, way.

In a September 2023 interview with Vanity Fair, Mayim did confess that the wheels are in motion for a “Blossom” reboot. “I’m happy to tell you that, yes, it’s true,” she said at the time. "All of the cast and the original creator and producers are on board, and we believe a reboot can and should exist once the strike ends."

However, there will be a lot of differences between the 90s sitcom and the new reboot if they can get the show up and running. "We're hoping to reboot it not as a sitcom, though. We want to bring back these interesting, deep characters — a child of divorce, a recovering drug addict, an alcoholic — to see them in a whole new way,” she explained.

The proposed reboot has been compared to “Bel-Air,” which was a reboot of “The French Prince of Bel-Air” starring Will Smith. Instead of a half-hour sitcom, the show was rebooted as an hour-long drama. Although the new format was beloved by some, others felt that it lacked the “charm” of the original, which could result in Mayim Bialik finding difficulty in getting Blossom Russo back on TV screens.

Mayim Bialik previously revealed that she had been having trouble trying to revive the series. She and “Blossom” creator Don Reo have already created a pilot for the series and finished the script, but have not been able to get a network on board to give them a chance.

In 2021, Maiym told Entertainment Weekly that she “may just start a grassroots fan campaign to see if we can do it because we absolutely would love people to see where these characters are."

She went on to say that she and the “Blossom” creator have “ talked about it and we kind of decided after literally years of trying to work on this that I would probably just say it out loud. We do have a well-formed idea and we would love someone to let us do it."

Even though she hasn’t been able to get a network on board, she has convinced her former cast members to return to the reboot. The series premiered on January 3, 1991, and wrapped up on May 22, 1995. Mayim Bialik played the title character, Blossom Russo, who was the youngest of three children.

Blossom lived with her divorced father, Nick (Ted Wasso), her eldest brother and recovering addict Tony (Michael Stoyanov), and her middle brother Joey (Joey Lawrence). The show also featured her klutzy best friend, Six (Jenna von Oÿ).

In April 2023, Mayim told Variety that “All of the cast is on board” for a reboot. Joey Lawrence, Jenna Von Oÿ, and Michael Stoyanov all made a guest appearance on Bialik’s sitcom “Call Me Kat” last year.

“The show was supposed to be Catcher in the Rye about a girl, which was unusual,” Mayim said of the show. “And we’d like to do a reboot that’s unusual. We’d like to do a single cam.”

Although fans are excited to see “Blossom” back on screens, Mayim admitted that while her schedule might be tight, she is committed to introducing Blossom Russo to a new generation.

“My schedule has not been even open enough to think about it, but Don and I are finally ready to have more of a meaningful plan around it. And people ask me all the time about it,” Mayim told Variety. “You know, we were an unusual show about a girl at that time. There were no network shows about girls. Everyone was like, ‘No one will watch that.’ And here we are.”

She also hinted at red tape barring the show from getting back on air. Entertainment Weekly revealed that the NBC series had been produced by Touchstone Television, which is now a subsidiary of Disney. The original series is currently available to stream on Hulu, which is also owned by Disney.

“It’s a set of conversations with Disney because there’s a lot of red tape and there’s a lot of complexity,” Mayim said, adding, “It’s complicated.”