Hulu Removed The Pretender
It would appear, sadly enough, that The Pretender isn’t on Hulu anymore. All streaming at the PHQ site is broken and when I checked into it on Hulu I couldn’t find any episodes.
Sad day. Apparently the PTBs have won.
Streaming Episodes!
We’ve got streaming episodes up. Check them out by going to Red Notebook and clicking on the season for the index of episodes over at the PHQ.
The Pretender to return in new digital format?
From 1996-2000, NBC had a modest hit on their hand with The Pretender, a show in which main character Jarod used his abilities to assume other people’s identities to help those in need. Kind of a Quantum Leap with identity theft instead of bodysnatching. Creators Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle, also of Tin Man, reportedly told SCI FI Wire they’d like to bring back the show in the digital medium. The relaunch, or continuation, could even feature original star Michael T. Weiss in the title role again.
They’ve reportedly brunched Weiss and begun laying the groundwork for the project, so it seems it’s a done deal, just what exactly it means and when and where we’ll be able to see it remains unclear.
I wasn’t able to find anything more about it on the web in the myriad press junkets the duo have been doing for Tin Man, but maybe it’s already begun. Maybe one or both of them have already been replaced by Jarod, or maybe he’s replaced a certain sub sandwich spokesman and that’s the new digital platform. He’ll infiltrate commercials and we’ll watch him between other shows; I bet the advertisers would be on board for that one.
Article Found at TV Squad.
