Blossom reboot canceled after Disney blocks rights, Bialik and Reo

Mayim Bialik and Blossom creator Don Reo have confirmed that a long-gestating reboot of the 1990s sitcom is not moving forward, after Disney declined to proceed with the project and blocked efforts to secure the rights to the property. In a detailed Substack post, Bialik explained that shifting leadership and industry reshuffles within the media company contributed to the decision, despite early enthusiasm and a script that she described as flowing from Reo.

The planned revival would have reunited Bialik with Reo, who created Blossom, the NBC series that ran from 1991 to 1995 and followed Blossom Russo, a bright, outspoken teenage girl navigating life in a male-dominated household led by her single father and two brothers. The project had been in development in the years after Bialik’s rise to fame on The Big Bang Theory, with the star balancing other commitments, including hosting duties and acting work on Call Me Kat. Bialik notes that the idea emerged after the end of a separate project led by Jim Parsons, when she and Reo began contemplating what Blossom would look like three decades on. The writer-producer reportedly delivered a draft “in one sitting,” and both were...