Punky Brewster fans watched her grow up as a child, but the beloved ’80s comedy ended before anyone could see her boyfriend, fall in love and even get married. But if the new trailer for the next Peacock revival (bowing on February 25) is any indication, the adult version Punky Powered by Soleil Moon Frye will make up for lost time.
And while Punky is shown working as a successful photographer and newly divorced mother of four – she decides to adopt a homeless Foster child named Izzy (Quinn Copeland) – her ex-husband, Travis (Freddie Prinze Jr.), is always close. An apparently good guy, Travis lovingly co-parents Hannah, Diego (Noah Cottrell) and Daniel (Oliver deLos Santos) by his side, despite the change in their relationship status.
If Punky and Travis Does end up together (even Izzy notices the residual sparks), it will not be immediate. Her eldest daughter, Hannah (Lauren Lindsey Donzis) urges Punky to have fun again instead of acting like an overworked and hardworking mother of three. Oh, series. Hannah even encourages her mother to consider a dating app and a fireman catches her eye.
Punky also puts incompatible Chucks as he did as a child, goes out with his best friend Cherie (Cherie Johnson) and starts to have more fun, ex-husband, kids, career and everything.
What is lacking in this warm and diffuse family equation and trailer are Punky’s adoptive father, Henry (George Gaynes), and Cherie’s grandmother, Betty (Susie Garrett). Gaynes died in 2016 and Garrett, whose younger sister is sitcom legend Marla Gibbs, passed away in 2002.
Check out the trailer above and then get the comments right with your quick judgments!