Date 08/12/2015 - News People
It appears that ABC wants a piece of the TV musical pie. The network has officially greenlit a remake of Dirty Dancing, the 1987 romantic drama that put Patrick Swazye and Jennifer Grey at the center of one of the most iconic movie dances of all time. For ABC's three-hour musical event, Scream Queens star Abigail Breslin will step into Grey's shoes, playing "Baby," the young woman who falls for the camp's dance instructor. The movie will be set in the '60s, just as the original was. The move marks ABC's first step into the "musical event" genre, where NBC most recently saw great success with The Wiz.
