‘Week That Was’ will be reborn on ABC

“That Was the Week That Was,” the saber-toothed political satire series whose short life ended in 1965, is being resurrected by new “Primetime” czarina Shelley Ross.

In a move sure to delight boomers, “The Week” will be the closing segment each week when ABC’s Thursday newsmagazine relaunches this fall as “Primetime Live,” with Diane Sawyer and Charlie Gibson.

For those younger than 50, the BBC-inspired “TW3,” as it was affectionately known, aired on NBC from January ‘64 to May ‘65. Each week, a stellar cast that included David Frost, Alan Alda, Buck Henry and Phyllis Newman eviscerated politicians, pop culture, even religion. Nancy Ames sang the opening and closing original numbers.

Ross is looking for a singer and several “news readers” for the topical “Primetime” segments. They’ll go 90 seconds to two minutes.

“Everything is fair game, including us,” says Ross, 51, who returned to “Primetime” in April after five years at the helm of “Good Morning America.”

“We’ll be dealing with political issues, media, entertainment, pop culture,” she says. “We could do anything, within the bounds of good taste. No one is safe.”