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For <\/span>Alyssa Milano<\/a>, the progressive themes and socially challenging aspects of her ’80s sitcom <\/span>Who’s the Boss? <\/span><\/em>still resonate today — which is why she’s <\/span>working diligently on getting a revival off the ground<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The actress and activist walked the carpet at the\u00a0ERA Coalition’s Women’s Equality Trailblazer Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and she spoke with ET’s Denny Directo about the groundbreaking elements of her iconic comedy series.<\/span><\/p>\n “<\/span>Who’s the Boss?<\/span><\/em> was the first thing where really there was a swapping of gender roles, right?” Milano said, explaining how the dynamics of the show really set it apart and put it front and center in the cultural conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n In the series, <\/span>Tony Danza<\/a> starred as Tony\u00a0Micelli, a widower and former baseball player who takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for Angela Bower (Judith Light), a divorced, wealthy advertising hotshot, and her son, Jonathan (Danny Pintauro). Milano starred as Tony’s teenage daughter, Samantha, who lives at the Bower residence with her dad.<\/span><\/p>\n “Tony was doing all the housekeeping and you know and Judith was divorced, owned her own business, single mother, all those things that we didn’t really see at that time,” Milano said of the show’s unique set-up. “And a daughter who is very much a tomboy.”<\/span><\/p>\n Milano has long been working on a way to bring the show back, and give fans a look at where the characters are now.<\/span><\/p>\n “I think it could be really funny because, in my head, Tony is gonna be the exact same character but everything around him is just changing and growing,” Milano explained. “So I’m excited about the prospect. I think it could be really, really fun.”<\/span><\/p>\n The actress explained that the revival series is “still in development” and that they are “still looking for a home” for the project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “We’re working really hard, ’cause we feel like we have some more of a story to tell,” Milano explained.<\/span><\/p>\n Milano spoke with ET back in November 2022<\/a>, and shared some details about one possible premise for the new series.<\/span><\/p>\n The proposed <\/span>Who’s the Boss?<\/span><\/em> update would center around Milano’s Samantha, who is now a single mother living in the same house she grew up in on the original sitcom, which ran from 1984 to 1992. Her father now lives with her and helps take care of Samantha’s children.<\/span><\/p>\n “It would be Tony coming to take care of my children because I get a job that makes me travel a lot, so it’s that whole dynamic,” Milano teased. “But also, the generational difference between raising a child now versus then, which is always the conflict that I have with my parents in real life about gentle parenting. So I’m really looking forward to that aspect of it.”<\/span><\/p>\n