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 is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.