“I thought it would have been a great show”: The King of Queens creator opens up on why the reboot show did not get made

The King of Queens is a popular sitcom, and an important part of 90s and 2000s nostalgia. Released in 1998, the show narrated the story of Carrie and Doug, a working-class couple residing in Queens, New York. They navigate everyday struggles, and to add to their chaos, there is Doug's father Arthur.

Its synopsis, as per Rotten Tomatoes, goes as follows:

Doug Heffernan puts in a long day's work delivering parcels and comes home each night to his loving wife, Carrie; unfortunately, he also comes home to his wacko father-in-law, Arthur.

However, when a show is popular, the idea of a reboot is always bound to hover. Michael J. Weithorn, who co-created the show, addressed it in an interview with Bleeding Cool. Here's what he said:

"I thought it would have been a great show, but ultimately, Sony didn't want to do it. In hindsight, I feel in a certain sense a little bit of relief, because again, the hard work aspect."

Keep reading to find out what more Weithorn spoke about in regard to The King of Queens reboot.

Here's what the co-creator of The King of Queens shares about its reboot

Twenty years after the release of The King of Queens, the lingering question of a reboot possibility ran in the minds of the fans. In a conversation with Bleeding Cool, Michael J. Weithorn revealed that the idea of a reboot was rejected by Sony.

Furthermore, Weithorn mentioned the origin as well as the core idea of its groundwork. The plot of the reboot would have carried on Doug and Carrie's journey into parenthood. In the reboot, the two children enter into their adolescence, as he says:

"I put together the framework of a King of Queens reboot about five years ago. It was based on the idea that you know if anyone is deep into the series, they remember in the finale where [Doug and Carrie] adopt a baby from China, but also then [Carrie's] pregnant, so they have two very young kids at the same time. This is now picking up that family with those two girls as teenagers."

In the interview, he also shared more heartfelt details about the reboot, especially in relation to the two daughters of the Heffernans. He also made a spiritual connection with Arthur, as he mentions:

That would have been fun, because the thing we had I'll just share with you was that their adopted Chinese daughter is really the star, and she's cute and talented or whatever. Their natural daughter, and this would have been a fun thing to cast, is basically it was like a 13-year-old girl version of Jerry Stiller's character, Arthur Spooner, the same kind of temper, anger, and pissed off all the time. He basically is sort of reincarnated through this granddaughter character, so it would have been fun.

Interestingly, The King of Queens received a rating of only 33% on Rotten Tomatoes. But its Popcornmeter score is conversely high, up to 83%. Its IMDb score is impressive as well, which is 7.4/10.

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