New Monkees
| New Monkees | |
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| Genre | Situation comedy |
| Written by | R.B. Armstrong Jeremy Bate |
| Starring | Jared Chandler Dino Kovas Marty Ross Larry Saltis Gordon Oas-Heim Lynnie Godfrey Bess Motta |
| Composer(s) | Peter D. Kaye |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Steve Blauner |
| Producer(s) | Matt Fassberg Victor Fresco |
| Cinematography | Robert Knouse |
| Editor(s) | Robert DeMaio David Helfand Edie Robinette-Petrachi (sound effects, foley) |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Columbia Pictures Television Straybert Productions |
| Distributor |
LBS Communications Columbia TriStar Television Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Monkees |
| External links | |
| Website | |
New Monkees was the name of both a US pop rock music group, and a 1987 syndicated television show featuring the group.
The 20th anniversary of The Monkees in 1986 generated enough interest that New Monkees was conceived later that year, and launched the following year. The show, a remake of "The Monkees", was produced by Columbia Pictures Television and distributed by Coca-Cola Telecommunications (both are now Sony Pictures Television). Straybert Productions, headed by Steve Blauner (a former partner of original Monkees producers Robert Rafelson and Bert Schneider), served as the project's producers.
The group's members were Jared Chandler (guitar and vocals), Dino Kovas (drums and vocals), Marty Ross (bass and vocals), and Larry Saltis (lead guitar and vocals). As it had been with the original Monkees, each had to pass a grueling set of auditions. Unlike the previous series, however, musical ability was a key factor in the selection process. Ross, a multi-instrumentalist, had earlier been signed to CBS Records, with his former band The Wigs.
The band released one self-titled album, distributed by Warner Bros. Records. The synthpop sound of the New Monkees was largely the work of producers Carol Carmichael Parks and Dean Parks, and was similar to that of contemporaries Mr. Mister and Glass Tiger. Other New Monkees producers were Steve Barri and Tony Peluso, Matt Wallace, Joe Curiale, and Mike Slamer, who co-wrote a song for the album with Larry Saltis.
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