The Munsters Today Morton (Grandpa), Hilary Van Dyke (Marilyn) and Jason Marsden (Eddie), and broadcast 73 episodes from October 8, 1988, to May 25, 1991, giving it more first-run episodes than the original series. The pilot explained the 22-year gap following the original series by showing the family as they were in 1966 when an accident took place; the family then proceeds to wake up in 1988. It was created following a failed attempt to revive the show with most of the original cast (Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis and Yvonne De Carlo) in the 1981 NBC telefilm "The Munsters' Revenge". In the living
The Munsters after ratings dropped to a series low, due to the premiere of ABC's "Batman", which was in color. Though ratings were low during its initial two-year run, "The Munsters" found a large audience in syndication. This popularity warranted a spin-off series, as well as several films, including one with a theatrical release. On October 26, 2012, NBC aired a modern reimagining of "The Munsters" called "Mockingbird Lane" as a pilot. The series failed to be picked up by NBC due to disagreements on the dark nature and inconsistent tone. The Munsters live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the city of