Reboots…like pandemic masks and hoarding toilet paper, they are all the rage in 2020. Just a cursory glance at the headlines indicates this is a trend that isn’t going anywhere. Firefly, iCarly, Fantasy Island, She’s All That and even Revenge of the Nerds are all titles that will or may be rebooted. And while the powers that be may have turned a blind eye to a Lizzie McGuire re-do, they have smiled upon fans of Night Court.

Variety confirms that the show is a go. The new multi-cam show would focus on the daughter of the judge in the original series. Abby Stone, Harry’s daughter, is described as an “unapologetic optimist” and will, like her father, preside over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court. She tries to lay down the law with the eccentric staff and defendants, including former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette). Harry Stone was played by Harry Anderson in the original series. Anderson passed away in 2018.

Larroquette, who earned four consecutive Emmy awards for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series is also attached to produce the series. Dan Rubin (The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) will write and executive produce.

Melissa Rauch (The Big Bang Theory) will executive produce for Warner Bros. TV along with her husband Winston Rauch and their After January company. After January is producing in association with Warner Bros. Television. There are no plans for Melissa Rauch to act in the project, which she initiated.

The original series aired on NBC for nine seasons, from 1984 to 1992. Night Court earned three comedy series Emmy nominations and followed the wacky goings-on during the night shift of a Manhattan municipal court, led by unorthodox judge Harold T. Stone.

The casting of Abby has yet to be announced nor has there been an announcement that any of the other surviving cast members from the original series, including Markie Post, Charles Robinson, Marsha Warfield, and Richard Moll, have been approached to appear in any capacity.