The Munsters Reboot, Mockingbird Lane, Will Air This Month!

October 11, 2012

Today, we received the official word:

As Halloween nears, NBC turns Friday, October 26 into Fright Night when it premieres the pilot of the much-anticipated Mockingbird Lane (8-9 p.m. ET) – based on executive producer Bryan Fullers script and directed by executive producer Bryan Singer.

The special program leads into a haunting La Llorona Halloween episode of Grimm (9-10 p.m. ET), which will also enjoy special airings on NBCUniversals Telemundo and mun2.

Mockingbird Lane is a new reimagined version of the classic 1960s comedy The Munsters, now as a visually spectacular one-hour drama with a darker edge and tone. The cast includes Jerry OConnell as Herman Munster, Portia de Rossi as his wife Lily, Eddie Izzard as Grandpa, Mason Cook as Eddie and Charity Wakefield (The Raven) as Marilyn.

This exciting new take on a memorable series will definitely blow out conventional wisdom and create its own legacy, said Jennifer Salke, President, NBC Entertainment. Teaming this new show with a terrifying episode of Grimm makes the perfect pre-Halloween fright-fest.

In the original 1964-66 series The Munsters, the odd but lovable family lived on 1313 Mockingbird Lane.

In Mockingbird Lane, sweet little Eddie Munster (Cook) is a normal kid about to enter the horrors of puberty. Truth is, hes about to discover that for him becoming a teenager means growing hair in truly unexpected places — as in all over his body — every time the moon is full! Eddies got it pretty good though. His loving, supportive, run-of-the-mill family includes his mom Lily (de Rossi), the daughter of Dracula; his dad Herman (OConnell), who brings new meaning to Frankenstein; and Grandpa (Izzard), who would give Dracula a run for his money if he werent actually Dracula! Of course then theres creepy cousin Marilyn (Wakefield), whos really the odd one because shes so completely normal.

Buying a house these days is a nightmare, so Herman and Lily are shocked that no one scooped up the rambling Victorian mansion at 1313 Mockingbird Lane that was the site of a series of grisly hobo murders. Settling into their new place, theyre quickly onto the mission at hand: to gently ease Eddie into the reality of his werewolf adolescence. But its not always so easy to accept that your child is a little different from the rest of the kids. Meanwhile, Herman, who works as a funeral director, is suffering from a heart condition. Since hes made up mostly of spare parts, he knew his makeshift heart would eventually give out. No worries though, because Grandpa, who is pretty good at procuring body parts, is on the case. All Herman cares about is finding a new heart with the same capacity to love Lily as much as he has for so many decades.