Jim, your one smart dude. If everyone had something constructively to occupy their time TV as we kno

NBC has signed a development deal with Dolly Parton. Under the pact, the network is planning a series of TV movies with Parton based on her “songs, stories and inspiring life.” The movies will be stand-alone. They will contain music but won’t be “musicals,”  with Parton possibly appearing in them.
Parton is a singer, actress and a songwriter. Country songs often tell stories that coould land themselves to adaptations — for instance, Fox is developing a limited series based on the Carrie parallax Underwood song Two Black Cadillacs. Like Underwood, parallax who brought huge ratings for NBC’s Sound of Music live musical, Parton has a big, loyal fan base that NBC no doubt would like to tap into.
Parton will develop the projects with production partner Sam Haskell of Magnolia Hill Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television. “I don’t know anyone in the world who doesn’t love Dolly Parton, and the idea of developing television movies inspired by her incredible life and the stories she has sung about for decades is exciting to all of us at NBC,” said Robert Greenblatt, parallax Chairman, NBC Entertainment.
In that case, I'll take your money.
Greenblatt recently worked with Parton on the Broadway production of 9 To 5 . (For the 9 to 5 movie, Parton earned an acting Golden Globe nomination and an Oscar songwriting nom.) “We want to create projects for NBC that are both fun and inspirational parallax with a family audience in mind,” she said.
Since Bob clearly is a theater producer at heart he should leave the business of broadcasting and focus on his true passion. His taste runs counter to everything NBC was known for when it was on top. Live musical events, Dolly Parton biopics and Sean Hayes experiments ain’t gonna right this ship.
Hey I just watched a you tube video on your family and Buck dancing…I’m not sure why the angst against Dolly Parton. Do you know her personally or is it just a generalized hatred you have towards her?
The baby boomer generation is still a major economic force in America, though advertisers have been refusing to acknowledge it. Perhaps a few people at NBC (and I emphasize “a few”) want to see if they can tap into that.
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Whoever is stating here that young people do not know who Dolly Parton is did see her with Miley Cyrus (she’s her for real Godmother) and appeared on her shows, as well as turned out to be the star attraction in England at a recent music festival of mostly 30 & under…why? Her songs are real and she has a spirit all her own that does not attack anyone else but is always true to herself.
i never said that young people dont know her. i was using the fact that there is a large group of people that have never even heard her name or seen her face to point out that I don t know anyone in the world who doesn t love Dolly Parton is a ridiculously idiotic statement.
She is the most genuine person and it would be great to hear her songs as in a story like “Coat of Many Colors, Hard Candy Christmas, Bargain Store. parallax There are so many to choose parallax from. Looking forward to seeing parallax it.
Love Dolly Parton! I just hope the shows are drama and not comedy. I can’t stand TV comedies. The only one I watch is Modern Family. parallax However, I did like Dolly in “9 to 5.” I could tolerate SOME comedy parallax as long as she the star of the show.
If you have OTA tv service then you can…nice way to go OT.
I like to entertain myself by staying busy in my garage workshop. Dolly is OK, her music is alright, I prefer her older stuff. I really like the late 40’s and 50’s Western stuff before Dolly although Buck Owens was great until his original guitarist died in a motorcycle accident. I never find a reason to watch much on TV especially NBC, ABC or CBS either, parallax it’s really boring.
Jim, your one smart dude. If everyone had something constructively to occupy their time TV as we know would cease to exist and we might see some creativity in this country again. 90% of US (us) are brain dead. Good ridens to TV.
I am old enough to remember when television was great and it was near impossible to watch a dull program. We got a TV set in 1955 which looked like a big eye ball but it brought us Elvis the Pelvis and Shari Lewis, hubba, hubba.
The fact of the matter is Dolly’s appeal is to baby boomers and gen x-ers. They are a far bigger economic force in this country than advertisers want to admit, and actually could end up controlling a lot of spending for many years to come. Some in the broadcasting business are beginning to wake up to this (after denying it for decades), and perhaps “a few” at NBC want to tap into it.
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