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== Attempted revival == [[Image:In Living Color 2012 Logo.jpg|thumb|250px|The ''In Living Color'' 2012 logo.|alt=In Living Color 2012 logo.]] In 2011, there were plans to make a revival of the original series that featured a new cast, characters, and [[Sketch comedy|sketches]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 28, 2011|title=Fox to Reboot 'In Living Color' with Keenan Ivory Wayans|url=https://deadline.com/2011/10/fox-to-reboot-in-living-color-with-keenan-ivory-wayans-187998/|access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox44.com/news/hollywood-hookup/new-in-living-color-fly-girls|work=Fox44.com|date=February 29, 2012|title=New 'In Living Color' |access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name=official>{{cite web|work=Fox.com|url=http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/?sh=in-living-color|title='In Living Color'|access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> The [[Television pilot|pilot episodes]] were hosted and executive produced by original series creator and cast member [[Keenen Ivory Wayans]]. In early 2012, [[Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo]] were hired as the choreographers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofdance.com/2012/02/22/wod-2012-industry-awards-decade-of-dance-nappytabs/ |title=WOD 2012 Industry Awards: Decade of Dance β Nappytabs |date=February 22, 2012 |work=WorldOfDance.com |access-date=February 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223210514/http://www.worldofdance.com/2012/02/22/wod-2012-industry-awards-decade-of-dance-nappytabs/ |archive-date=February 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They cast the new line-up of The Fly Girls<ref>{{cite web|last=Fuhrer |first=Margaret |title=The Fly Girls Are BACK |date=March 1, 2012 |url=http://www.dancespirit.com/2012/03/the-fly-girls-are-back/ |work=Dance Spirit |access-date=April 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305075626/http://www.dancespirit.com/2012/03/the-fly-girls-are-back/ |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and shot pilot episodes for the show which were set to air on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], like the original. However, on January 8, 2013, Keenen Ivory Wayans confirmed the reboot had been canceled because he and Fox did not feel that the show was sustainable after one season.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 8, 2013 |title=In Living Color' reboot is dead |work=New York Post |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/in_living_color_reboot_is_dead_pDhyjtyQ9e3uYMNFoVifIM |access-date=March 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218231841/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/in_living_color_reboot_is_dead_pDhyjtyQ9e3uYMNFoVifIM |archive-date=February 18, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Reported cast members included Cooper Barnes, Jennifer Bartels, Sydney Castillo, Josh Duvendeck, [[Jermaine Fowler]], Ayana Hampton, [[Kali Hawk]], and [[Lil Rel Howery]].<ref name=official/><ref>{{cite web|date=April 3, 2012|work=[[Huffington Post]]|title=Meet the New Cast of Fox's New 'In Living Color'|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/meet-the-new-cast-of-foxs_n_1400813.html |access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> In addition, featured cast members were [[Henry Cho]], Melanie Minichino, and Chris Leidecker. Members of the new Fly Girls included Christina Chandler, Tera Perez, Lisa Rosenthal, Katee Shean, and Whitney Wiley.<ref name=official/> Many of the cast members of the revival (Bartels, Fowler, and Howery) went on to create the [[TruTV]] sketch show ''[[Friends of the People]]''.
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