Mockingbird Lane Mockingbird Lane Mockingbird Lane is a 2012 television special developed as a re-imagining of the 1960s CBS sitcom "The Munsters". It was developed for NBC by Bryan Fuller. The pilot episode aired on October 26, 2012, as a Halloween special, with the option for a series order. The special was viewed by 5.47 million American viewers and gained a 1.5/5 ratings share for adults aged 18–49. On December 27, 2012, NBC announced that it would not be taking "Mockingbird Lane" to series. A reboot of "The Munsters", it was written and executive produced by Fuller as a one-hour drama with
USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) was a coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War II. Her task was to clear minefields in coastal waterways. The first Navy ship to be named Mockingbird, "AMc-28", a wooden dragger built in 1936 as "Rio Douro" by Morse Shipyards, Thomaston, Maine, was purchased by the U.S. Navy from L. C. McEwen and A. M. Pereira of Gloucester, Massachusetts, 30 October 1940; converted to a coastal minesweeper by the General Ship & Engine Works, East Boston, Massachusetts; renamed "Mockingbird" 14 November 1940; and placed in service at Boston 12