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"Mockingbird Lane will now air on NBC as a television special, it has been confirmed. Written by Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller, the pilot includes Portia de Rossi, Jerry O&amp;#039;Connell and Eddie Izzard as part of a rebooted version of the Munster family.    [[L] &amp;#039;Mockingbird Lane&amp;#039; executive producer Bryan Fuller; [R] Eddie Izzard, who has been cast as Grandpa] However, it was recently reported that NBC executives were on the verge of dropping the proposed series due to high costs, though Fuller insisted that reports the Peacock Network was not planning to take the show to series were &amp;quot;dead wrong&amp;quot;. NBC has now confirmed that the special will air on Friday, October 26 at 8pm, taking over the spot left vacant after the season premieres of Community and Whitney were pushed back earlier this month.  Jennifer Salke, NBC entertainment president, said in a statement: &amp;quot;This exciting new take on a memorable series will definitely blow out conventional wisdom and create its own legacy.  &amp;quot;Teaming this new show with a terrifying episode of Grimm makes the perfect pre-Halloween fright-fest.&amp;quot; There is no word yet on whether Mockingbird Lane will still run as a series. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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