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The Baby-Sitters Club may make a TV comeback
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Plans are afoot to bring Ann M. Martin’s iconic fiction book series back to television. Her novels were originally adapted for HBO by Scholastic in the early 1990s. According to Deadline, "storylines of the episodic half-hour will focus on the entrepreneurial girls’ ventures and friendships, maneuvering the launch and success of their business while staving off competition and overcoming various growing pains along the way."
TOPICS: Teen TV, The Baby-Sitters Club, Ann M. Martin
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