Hmmm...do you think he was when they made the movie? The premise is just loosely based on Taming of the Shrew, and many fabulous movies/shows are based on classic works - heck, Clueless was based off of Jane Austen's novel, Emma! Anyway, since it's a TV series rather than a 2-hour movie, I'm sure they'll have to stray a bit from the original TotS story and make it their own. I think the promo for it looks pretty promising so far!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT2gYj-i0ok