| | NBC's "Fame" Game - Apr 18, 2003 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Following in the (dancing) footsteps of Fame (Alan Parker's 1980 movie musical), Fame (the 1982-87 TV series), Fame: The Musical (the stage version launched in 1988) and Fame L.A. (the ill-fated 1997 TV retread) comes Fame, the reality show. |
 | | Looking to relaunch the indomitable franchise yet again (NBC aired the first season of the original TV show before it moved into syndication) and more importantly come up with its own rival to American Idol, the Peacock this week announced that it had green-lighted the series for a summer run. |
 | | Tapped for the Simon Cowell role: choreography whiz and veteran Fame player Debbie Allen, an alum of both the original film (opposite Irene Cara) and the first TV show (in which she starred with a young Janet Jackson). |
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