DuracellEnergizer said:

Well, the early 2000s was when I was first introduced to the films; my hoping for an Evil Dead TV series prior to that point in time would've been kinda impossible. ;-P

I have a hard time believing that you find that impossible. : )

So, the way I understand it is; the first episode will be a full length thing directed by Sam Rami and then the series goes on from there.
Is that right?
And if so, will the first episode stand alone?
And if so, can we call it Evil Dead 4?
Also, I'm guessing they're throwing out the ending of Army of Darkness (Ash bringing the evil back with him or oversleeping the apocalypse). That's good with me as each movie has ignored details about the previous ones end.

Man, it's nice to be excited about something!