Teri Hatcher’s life to become tv series?
Some of you may have heard that Teri Hatcher published an autobiography a couple years backed called “Burnt Toast” that detailed her life, relationships and discussed a particularly painful event from her youth. Well, the word is that Hatcher has sold her story to be made a television series. The show would follow the main character through the ups and downs of her career in Tinseltown as well as her navigating various and sundry relationships. It doesn’t appear to be known whether Hatcher would play herself in the series or not. Judging from the success and hectic schedule of “Desperate Housewives”, I would guess not unless this series is delayed until after “Housewives” is finished off here in several years.
I’m not sure how seriously to take this story, as it does sound rather incredible. But then again, knowing how Hollywood works and the way television shows get made, I can almost see this happening. The question is: would it be a sitcom or an hour-long drama? I want to say sitcom, as it sounds as if the story could be rife with humor (maybe I’m projecting Susan Mayer here) and there could be quite a bit of slapstick and physical comedy. However, according to Hatcher, “It shows how not to go down the dark rabbit hole of pain and how to pull yourself out of there.” That to me sounds like hour-long drama, doesn’t it? Not too much comedy there (though maybe a touch here and there as most hour-long shows are not without their amusing moments). This would be especially true if the series touched on the dark moments from Hatcher’s past that were detailed in the book.
All this is speculation of course. I’ll be interested to see what comes of this story.
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