The Partridge Family – a 1970s TV series starring Susan Dey, David Cassidy and Shirley Jones – is being adapted into an animated series for children
The musical sitcom The Partridge Family is rebooting as an animated series for children.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the programming, along with several other Sony Pictures Television offerings, is being retooled for modern audiences.
The new version of the classic series, whose former star Danny Bonaduce recently underwent brain surgery, follows a black family living in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.
The family members also operate a food truck that travels through the five boroughs of New York City where they serve and entertain various communities.
The project is currently in the early stages of development and no authors have been identified yet.
Another breakthrough: The musical sitcom The Partridge Family is being remade as an animated series for children
Concept: The new version of the classic show focuses on an African American family living in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Susan Dey, Jeremy Gelbwaks, Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Suzanne Crough, Danny Bonaduce
The original version of The Partridge Family first premiered on ABC in September 1970.
The series ran for a total of four seasons and its series finale aired in 1974, although two special episodes were produced in 1977 and 1994 that revolved around the lives of the cast members.
The Partridge Family centers on a widowed mother and her five children who acquire an old school bus and perform as a musical group.
The program featured artists such as Shirley Jones, Danny Bonaduce and David Cassidy throughout the run.
The cast of the show also released numerous albums as The Partridge Family and collectively received a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist in 1971.
The group’s profile as musicians was also boosted after the release of their 1970 track “I Think I Love You,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for several weeks.
The Partridge Family is also notable for being one of the few fictional music groups whose original song has made it to the top of the charts.
An animated series titled Partridge Family 2200 AD, set in a futuristic and Jetsons-esque setting, ran for a single season in 1974.
Going Everywhere: The family members also operate a food truck that travels through the five boroughs of New York City, serving and entertaining various communities
Back to the Past: The original version of The Partridge Family first premiered on ABC in September 1970 and ran for four seasons
There have been numerous attempts to revive the show in the past, but none have been successful
There have been numerous attempts to revive the show in the past, but none have been successful.
An attempt to restart the series was featured in the 2004 VH1 series Finding the Partridge Family, in which Emma Stone was cast as Laurie.
A pilot for a rebooted version of the series, titled The New Partridge Family, was produced with Bonaduce’s involvement, but the project was not adopted for a full series.
There is no scheduled premiere date for the upcoming animated version of The Partridge Family.