‘Early Edition’ Reboot Pilot Scrapped at CBS
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business WriterCBS has decided not to move forward with its gender-flipped “Early Edition” reboot project after completing the pilot, Variety has learned.The original ’90s drama “Early Edition” starred Kyle Chandler as a man who magically received tomorrow’s edition of the Chicago Sun-Times today, delivered to his door each morning by a mysterious ginger tabby cat.
His knowledge of the future then gave him the chance to change it for the better.In the rebooted version, ambitious but uncompromising journalist Beth (Alice Eve) starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today.
She then finds herself in the complicated business of changing the news instead of reporting it.Beth is further described as the executive producer of KSEA, a local Seattle TV news station.
A journalist/investigative reporter since she was a kid, Beth is very focused on getting the story no matter what, which sometimes puts her at odds with her beloved mentor, Tommy, who believes that the most important thing about a story is the people and its human toll.
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