NBC and Bryan Fuller remaking The Munsters

Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello has the exclusive report that NBC and Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me) are working up a remake of The Munsters, which, frankly, sounds like an incredible waste of time. Here you have a show that wasn’t that popular the first time around, that became (at best) an object of kitsch affection through the sheer carpet-bombing of syndicated reruns, that boasts one of the most derided reboots in television history, and the remake is being headed by a producer who—his storytelling skills and visual flair aside—has one of the highest track records of quickly shuttered shows in the business, all for a network whose past forays into reviving classic TV (i.e., Knight Rider and Bionic Woman) have become cautionary tales for the entire industry. So couldn’t we just skip to the part where it’s canceled?