A Punky Brewster reboot starring Soleil Moon Frye is in development

Soleil Moon Frye.
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With her pigtails, mismatched shoes, and adorable dog Brandon, Punky Brewster was a hit with kids in the 1980s, and it looks like she's about to make a comeback.

A Punky Brewster sequel is in the works, with Soleil Moon Frye once again playing the title role, Deadline reports. The sitcom focused on the adventures of Punky, a spunky girl in Chicago who was abandoned at a shopping mall and later raised by a widowed photographer named Henry Warnimont. The original show aired on NBC from 1984 to 1986, and then in syndication for an additional two years.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.