While Kudos are busy making a second series of our beloved Life on Mars, they will also be overseeing a pilot for a US remake of the show, commissioned by the ABC network (Lost, Invasion, some other stuff).

I'm actually really excited at this thought. Presuming they interpret the concept pretty loosely (man in some criminal investigation job gets knocked back to 1973) there's endless possibility to create something nice and specific to the US, along with a nice chunk of nostalgia. Of all the UK shows which have made the leap over to the US, Life on Mars certainly has the opportunity to be the most interesting.

There's no cast news as yet, but I'm still really looking forward to seeing this.