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S Club 7: The Monkees for the next generation
Get ready for another British invasion to sweep the country when
pop band S Club 7 enters U.S. living rooms with their
music-incorporated TV program, set to debut on the Fox Family
Channel this month.
Configured by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, S Club
7's sitcom, S Club 7 in Miami, places the four girl and
three boy performers in madcap predicaments while they search for
stardom in the States.
S Club 7 in Miami is now a top-rated show in the United
Kingdom, and the group is topping the charts there with its first
single.
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"We're looking for S Club 7 to be as big, if not
bigger, than some of the recent groups that came out of the
UK," says Fox Family Channel's senior vice president, Joel
Andryc. "When I heard about the creative team that was putting
this together, we got really excited about its potential."
The seven members, aged 17 to 22, are an actual performing group
who play themselves, using their real names on the show. Sound
familiar? That's no coincidence: S Club 7 has already been
deemed the new Monkees.
Andryc admits the winning combination of music, relationships
and great story lines may borrow elements from the popular 1960s
sitcom, but he maintains it stands out with its modern sensibility.
"I don't think it's as wacky or goofy as The
Monkees was," says Andryc. "Kids today are more
sophisticated. [S Club 7] is a little more
relationship-driven."
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