It’s commonplace for TV shows to change their names in production.
Yet at Fox, what’s old is new again with ‘Second Chance.’
When it comes to television shows, whats in a name?
It has to be catchy, and it has to frame for the audience the context of the show.
The rest was history.
Would these two venerable sitcoms have reached comparable heights had they stuck to their first iteration?
Some even change multiple times or change mid-run.
This year, IFC chopped The Increasingly Poor Decisions of offTodd Margaretfor season three.
Rarely, though, do networks recycle titles from previous shows.
And no,Battlestar Galacticadoesnt count.
The most recent case of data pipe agita comes from FoxsSecond Chance, which premieres on January 12th.
The title may or may not sound familiar for a few reasons.
Meaning if he were music, hed be Barry Manilow.
Instead of spending eternity singing Mandy, he gets the second chance (theres that phrase again!)
The boys wouldnt be boys for long.
The show was canceled after merely 21 episodes.
History tells us for everySeinfeldthere is aBoys Will Be Boys.
As Fox marches on with its Frankenstein drama, the second chance could be its last.
To my knowledge, there has never been a show called Third Chance.
