New Baby-Sitters Club TV series in the works

[klutzy_girl]

'The Baby-Sitters Club' series being shopped for TV adaptation https://t.co/3a5KGsz7MS pic.twitter.com/2auX09vfai
- Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 23, 2018
A new series based on the BSC is in the works, focusing on female empowerment, friendship, and entrepreneurialism. Broad City's Lucia Aniello and GLOW's Rachel Shukert will respectfully direct and

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[foxtree]

I loved the movie as a kid, didn't see the original TV series, but I'm not sure the books will translate well, even if you set them in the 1990s.

Favorite, or most memorable BSC book?

#11 Kristy and the Snobs made me cry because those asshole neighbors mocked Kristy's elderly, dying dog :(

"Jessi's Horrible Prank" was interesting because it dealt with students bullying a teacher. The dude's face made me feel so bad for him as a child.

I also loved all the books set in Sea City. Plus the later Super Specials where they went on a road trip, and to London (I think?).

[bttrsondaughter]

I loved Mary-Anne Saves The Day bc I thought them getting into a fight was the most relatable thing ever and it introduced Dawn who I really liked in the early books. Boy-Crazy Stacey is a fave to this day bc they still knew how to write the Pike kids back then so they weren’t totally annoying and I just love the descriptions of Sea City. The Ghost at Dawn’s House is also really great imo. I really like the early ones that Ann wrote

[foxtree]

The Ghost at Dawn's House was so fun! I didn't remember Mary Anne Saves the Day so I had to google the synopsis, but yeah, that was a good one too. Do you know how far Anne got with the series before ghostwriters took over?

[bttrsondaughter]

She definitely wrote the first 35, but Ann said she wrote anywhere from 60 to 80 of them so she either did all the super specials plus one of the spin offs but I think she just did the outlines and let a ghost writer fill in the rest

[joaniemaloney]

yesss Mary Anne Saves the Day is one of my favs.

[beesknees7]

The Ghost at Dawn’s House

omg, was that the one where she finds the secret passage? That was my dream as a kid, never mind that I lived in a tiny house built in 1960, I was still tapping on the walls like a fool.

A+ taste. Mary Anne Saves the Day was the first BSC book I read, and I was hooked!

[tigermilk]

Man, if you like secret passages/rooms, do your inner child a favor and read Ten Kids, No Pets, also by Ann M. Martin. Hidden room forever.

[beesknees7]

I definitely did as a kid, but somehow I remember the sequel where they vacationed on Fire Island better. And that there was a kid named Bainbridge...wild.

I should reread and refresh, though, I have the ebooks for both.

[summerswings]

omg there was a sequel?

fuck i loved that book and the dumbass B names and the kids were obsessed with the hardy boys, i forgot it was ann m martin.

I used to read With You and Without You every time i wanted a massive cry.

[beesknees7]

yes, girl!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleven_Kids,_One_Summer

and it was so much worse than dumbass b names as you can see from that summary. (mostly) oddball names for every letter of the alphabet (up to k).

omg, i just read the description for with and without you. fucking brutal and giving me some judy blume teas.

[polaroidmoment]

omg SAME. My house was built in the 50's and was very clearly laid out yet I was tapping on walls and shit to see if there was a secret passageway anywhere lmao. I was so jealous that they had one and could sneak out whenever they wanted.

[beesknees7]

either a passageway or hidden treasure and it would have made my life!

[fright_wig]

Mary Anne Saves the Day! I’ll never forget how Claudia freaked out over Mimi saying “My Mary Anne.” Like chill, you still have both parents, a sister and a grandmother. Mary Anne didn’t have a motherly figure in her life, just her strict dad.

[naufragio]

OMG I was obsessed with the outfit she's wearing in the Mary Anne Saves the Day cover. https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390945746l/233790.jpg

[_theo]

Most memorable was #56 Keep Out, Claudia. My blood was BOILING as a child as I was reading about that racist ass family.

[violet_crumble9]

i HATED that family omg. iirc they didnt even want jessie and later asked for a blonde/blue-eyed sitter. and kristy telling her parents. still makes me mad lol.