Jaleel White Says His ‘Household Issues’ Reboot Thought Isn’t Lifeless

Jaleel White’s out-of-the-box concept for a Household Issues “reboot” may nonetheless have a future.

The actor, 48, has downplayed the potential of a revival of the beloved TGIF sequence, during which he starred as lovable nerd Steve Urkel. However on the latest episode of David Duchovny’s Fail Higher podcast, White described his imaginative and prescient for a sequence that will incorporate components of his personal expertise becoming a member of Household Issues halfway by means of its first season.

“I all the time noticed the reboot, as involving one other child that did not essentially play Urkel Junior,” he stated. “I assumed the present ought to be a couple of child, interval, who goes on to a failing sitcom within the ’90s and upsets the apple cart however finally ends up saving the day.”

“The present ought to actually be about this child’s regular life behind-the-scenes, going to public college, as a result of I went to public college your complete time I used to be on that present, and his dad and mom who know nothing concerning the enterprise in any respect,” White continued.

White stated he sees the sequence as a half-hour streaming present just like the unique Surprise Years. The present, he stated, would “use this this nucleus of three, this mother, dad and this child as a journey again into the ’90s … to discover a very totally different time. That, I assumed, would have been a compelling present that you could possibly get quite a lot of totally different generations to understand.”

Duchovny agreed that the concept sounded compelling. “I do not suppose that is lifeless in my thoughts,” the host stated.

“It isn’t,” White responded. “I am cooking out right here. I am really cooking.”

Requested whether or not he can be in a possible reboot, White admitted he wasn’t certain.

“I feel that will take some, you recognize, improvement,” he stated. “There is a model of it the place I may take part, after which there is a model of it the place I am perhaps simply voiceover, and there is a model of it additionally that may very well be extra like Survivor’s Regret, you recognize, which is LeBron James’ story on Starz the place it is all new characters and you recognize what it is impressed by, but it surely’s not essentially me in any respect.”

“It was by no means about me. It was about telling the very best story for the occasions,” he added.

Whereas speak of a Household Issues reboot has circulated in recent times within the wake of profitable revivals of different ’90s sitcoms like The Conners and Fuller Home, White has instructed that he’s not significantly considering simply getting his unique solid again collectively to search out out the place their characters are actually.

“I actually examine why our reveals work. And it has nothing to do with me not loving our outdated property,” he stated throughout his September 2024 90s Con panel in Daytona Seashore, Fla. “I additionally know our strengths and weaknesses the way in which a coach wound know his lineup. I am not going to attempt us out on the sector for something lower than absolute victory.”

The unique present’s “magic,” he added, “belongs solely within the ’90s.”

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“Simply doing a reboot of Household Issues the place Steve is married to Laura, there is no rigidity there,” he added, referring to former costar Kellie Shanygne Williams’ character Laura Winslow. “You’d look ahead to one episode and uncover my voice is a bit of deeper and get mad at that.”