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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat old TV Shows would you like to see rebooted instead of Roseanne?
I've got a couple. Mine are:
The Night Stalker with Darren McGavin - Loved this campy, scary show
Scrubbs
Knotts Landing
Barney Miller
Night Court
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)maxrandb
(15,359 posts)red dog 1
(27,857 posts)It ran for 6 seasons (1996-2001)
I have the first 4 seasons on DVD & hope to be able to get the last 2 seasons some day.
During the show's 6th & final season, John Lithgow commented to several media outlets that Third Rock had been moved to "more than fifteen different time slots in six years, causing it's ratings to decrease substantially."
Glorfindel
(9,736 posts)And I agree about Knotts Landing.
mucifer
(23,569 posts)Glorfindel
(9,736 posts)n/t
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)To be fair, I never watch reboots anyway.
Ohiogal
(32,072 posts)dameatball
(7,400 posts)dameatball
(7,400 posts)taterguy
(29,582 posts)Not sure how many flyable Corsairs are still around though.
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,379 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)ms liberty
(8,599 posts)But I worry that they'd screw it up.
nightwing1240
(1,996 posts)Loved Quantum Leap and agree that I've been hoping for a reboot as well
snowybirdie
(5,239 posts)Need some presidential normalcy
onecaliberal
(32,898 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,170 posts)badhair77
(4,221 posts)SeattleVet
(5,479 posts)The original was in the 80's and hosted by Linda Ellerbee.
Each week picked a date from the past and used archival footage to show what was going on around the world on that date (or week).
DBoon
(22,397 posts)Better hear from the horse's mouth than the other end
lapfog_1
(29,226 posts)Almost any sitcom from the last 50 years - at this point I would take Green Acres or Gilligan's Island or Beverly Hillbillies.
WKRP in Cincinnati
Action
shraby
(21,946 posts)Hill Street Blues was good until they turned it into a night-time soap.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Replay the Johnny Carson shows.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,614 posts)Current programming
....
Talk show
Johnny Carson (classic Tonight Show episodes from the Carson era)
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Thanks for the info.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,614 posts)You/we can look up your local over-the-air broadcast TV stations to see if any of them carries Antenna TV.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Just had laser surgery on my eyes, so I can't see very well. Should be OK tomorrow. Forgive any typos
fmdaddio
(192 posts)Never cared for hospital shows except S.E. and House.
So many actors came out of S.E.
Ohiogal
(32,072 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Very disrespectful to the fans.
Loved the show, HATED the ending!
NRaleighLiberal
(60,021 posts)Ohiogal
(32,072 posts)maxrandb
(15,359 posts)what a great cast and tremendous writing.
Ohiogal
(32,072 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)Only for, I think, three episodes. I knew one of the Assistant Directors and they were very good about letting people visit the sets and being background. Interiors were in Redmond WA (where I lived) and exteriors in Roslyn, WA.
Yes, it was lots of fun.
I live it daily....
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)But I prefer fresh ideas and content (Scrubbs is pretty recent so I wouldn't mind that reboot) rather than rebooting or remaking even the best of old shows. I'm the same way with movies unless it's an updated version of one due to advances in tech and therefore special effects. King Kong is a good example of a movie that deserves an update so Kong looks even better and realistic.
Rarely is the magic recaptured.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)NYPD BLUE
The Lone Ranger
Lash LaRue
Ernie Kovacs
red dog 1
(27,857 posts)Remember that one?
Jack Lemon played the one with the "drumsticks"
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Percy Dovetonsils--
Remember the slanted set where he had to do the whole routine walking and sitting at an angle just so when he pouted the milk or whatever it was it would miss the cup, and the apple would roll off the table.?
Guy was a genius...
red dog 1
(27,857 posts)You're right!
Ernie Kovacs was a genius... and he died way too young.
He was killed in an auto accident on January 13, 1962...he was 42.
Jack Lemon, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Billy Wilder and Mervyn LeRoy were pallbearers at his church funeral.
Attendees at his funeral included:
- Groucho Marx
- George Burns
- Edward G. Robinson
- Kirk Douglas
- Jack Benny
- James Stewart
- Charlton Heston
- Buster Keaton
- Milton Berle
There was no typical Hollywood-eulogy.
The church's pastor paid tribute to Kovacs, adding that he once summed up his life in two sentences:
"I was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1919 to a Hungarian couple.
I've been smoking cigars ever since."
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Then there was Steve Allen...😊
red dog 1
(27,857 posts)"The Steve Allen Show" was originally on CBS and ran from 1950 to 1952.
After it's cancellation, in June 1953, he created a late night show on the New York station,
WNBT-TV (now WNBC).
The following year, the show went on the full NBC network as "The Tonight Show"
In June, 1956, NBC offered Allen a new, prime-time Sunday Night variety hour,
"The Steve Allen Show," in an attempt to dethrone CBS's "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Besides doing the Sunday Night variety show, Allen remained the host of "The Tonight Show" for 3 nights a week.
From 1962 to 1964, he started a new late-night show, "The Steve Allen Show" which was a
5-nights-a-week taped show that was syndicated by Westinghouse TV and was broadcast from an old Vaudeville theater on Vine St. in Hollywood.
This show was my personal favorite Steve Allen show, featuring such odd-ball guests as health-food "nut" Gypsy Boots and comic Professor Irwin Corey.
Frank Zappa appeared on the show one time.
Sorry to ramble on, but since you mentioned Steve Allen.....
pangaia
(24,324 posts)His shows. That last was my fav also. Brilliant man.
underpants
(182,883 posts)Hold it! It's still on the air?? Why God WHY?!?
I wouldn't mind Chicago Hope coming back
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,609 posts)blur256
(979 posts)Picket fences and eerie Indiana. Loved both growing up!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,609 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)read somewhere that they tried to revive it a couple years after it first ran, but it just didn't have the same feeling (or cast)
jes06c
(114 posts)Sadly we've lost Ricardo Montalban, but we still have Ed Asner with us
Louis1895
(768 posts)Just kidding.
Maybe the guys in drag could encounter a pussy-grabbing Donald Trump...
red dog 1
(27,857 posts)I think I saw every episode
mucifer
(23,569 posts)unblock
(52,328 posts)"nnnnnnnnnah, let's make the other guy a mega super star."
i wonder if peter scolari ever hangs out with pete best.
madamesilverspurs
(15,809 posts)kedrys
(7,678 posts)Id really like to know how Defying Gravity, John Doe, and Star Trek: Enterprise were supposed to end.
sarge43
(28,945 posts)Fawlty Towers
Upstairs, Downstairs
I, Claudius (uncut)
Poldark (the original)
red dog 1
(27,857 posts)I have all 12 episodes on DVD, and have watched them many, many times.
I wonder if John Cleese would be willing to start it up again?
3catwoman3
(24,051 posts)I had a serious 14 yr old crush on David McCallum.
Ohiogal
(32,072 posts)maxrandb
(15,359 posts)Napoleon Solo and Elio Kiriachen?
3catwoman3
(24,051 posts)And I agree - the names were perfect.
He's still very appealing.
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Kate asks Gibbs what Ducky looked like when he was young, and Gibbs replies "Illya Kuryakin."
In the set for Ducky's house, an old b/w photo of him and Leo G. Carroll is on the wall in his mother's room.
-- Mal
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty, and Martin Short
Some of the funniest, milk-out-your-nose humor ever on broadcast tv
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,614 posts)I used to watch that over thirty years ago on late Friday nights, IIRC. What a great, great show that was.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)The small tv station premise worked great.
When Canada made them add "local" content, The Great White North was born with the McKinsey Bros.
red dog 1
(27,857 posts)Both John Candy and Harold Ramis are dead, but I think all the others are still alive.
I truly loved that show & would love to see it come back.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)sdfernando
(4,941 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,532 posts)red dog 1
(27,857 posts)That show was ahead of it's time.
I can't choose a "favorite character" because I loved them all.
Mary Campbell's step-son, Chuck, the ventriloquist, with his dummy, Bob, was hilarious, imo.
The Tate butler, Benson, had his own spin-off series called "Benson"
TlalocW
(15,391 posts)TlalocW
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Are you referring to RiffTrax?
TlalocW
(15,391 posts)MST3K. Joel did a GoFundMe or Crowdfund, and they did a season on NetFlix, and it's been renewed for a second season.
TlalocW
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,614 posts)Is it on Decades, maybe? Let me see.
No. It's on MeTV:
11 reasons 'Kolchak: The Night Stalker' is the coolest, creepiest show on 1970s television
I know I caught an episode a week or so ago in the wee hours.
Oh, did you mean a 2018 version? Okay, that's different.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)really is a reboot of The Night Stalker. Chris Carter gives full recognition to it.
One of my favorite memories of my childhood was watching The Night Stalker with my dad. I could never get into the reboot. Maybe if it shows up on a streaming service.
A number of shows have since adopted the monster of the week approach. Supernatural is another good example. Grimm as well. Warehouse 13. Fringe.
maxrandb
(15,359 posts)Of course the old one with Darren McGavin.
It was such a good premise for a show.
It made me want to be a journalist
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Have Gun Will Travel come to mind.
SouthernIrish
(512 posts)This fall it will be rebooted. Such a great show.
I would like to see Designing Women come back too. Allison Janney would be great as Julia Sugarbaker (originally played by Dixie Carter).
MissMillie
(38,581 posts)Allison Janney is GREAT on "Mom"
Not sure I want to see her relocated to a DW reboot.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)I'm hoping she'll still be the Murphy I remember so fondly.
rzemanfl
(29,569 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,858 posts)Chiyo-chichi
(3,586 posts)Freddie
(9,275 posts)Archie and Edith have died. Mike and Gloria, long divorced, have each remarried and deal with Joey's teenage kids.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)I was exposed to many social issues for the first time by listening to Mike & Archie go back and forth.
I found out about the Ozone layer while watching AITF!
llmart
(15,553 posts)I still watch it occasionally in reruns.
Sneederbunk
(14,303 posts)byronius
(7,401 posts)Plus, thirty more Star Trek spinoffs.
Paladin
(28,273 posts)How about a dozen "West Wing" reruns for every one of her execrable, trump ass-kissing shows?
Phentex
(16,334 posts)could it ever be as good as the original?
(I think I have final show on VHS. Look it up, kids.)
Sedona
(3,769 posts)If all the fans who have seen it now wouldve seen it then, Firefly wouldve broken ratings records. Joss Whedons short-lived space cowboy series has become the de facto one-season wonder, and has found a legion of fans in the years since Fox pulled the plug. Thankfully, all the love is well deserved. Firefly put together a motley crew of future stars and set them off on the wild west of space, with a clunky space ship, a whole lot of Whedon-esque humor, and a deep sense of family to tie them all together. It was pure magic, and well always have The Train Job.
I love Firefly.
RainCaster
(10,916 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,968 posts)...Dark Shadows
JI7
(89,271 posts)As the original.
red dog 1
(27,857 posts)NBC "pulled the plug" on the series after Season 4.
The series producer, 20th Century Fox Television, approached the Fox, TNT, and TBS networks to continue the series, but it never got picked up by any of them.
randr
(12,417 posts)Have never even seen reruns of it!
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)changed to something LESS sad.
beveeheart
(1,371 posts)maxrandb
(15,359 posts)Alas, Aaron Burr has left us.
longship
(40,416 posts)Perry Mason is on METV twice each weekday.
I love Perry Mason.
I guess I've got too much politics on the brain
sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)although now they call them Combat Support Hospitals. New cast, different war - same story line.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...rotating stars, with Gene Barry as a publisher and Anthony Franciosa and Robert Stack as reporters. The shows were really good and probing, dealt with issues in a remarkably grown-up manner. Came right at the height of the Sixties, and was very emblematic of those times...
PatrickforO
(14,592 posts)PJMcK
(22,050 posts)Stupidest sit-com of all time.
NanceGreggs
(27,818 posts)And even after all these years, Gary Cole is still sexy enough to reprise his role as the hot-but-totally-evil Lucas Buck.
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)the most realistic cop show ever.
West Wing.
Firefly
Wolf (not a TV show)
Sedona
(3,769 posts)Welcome to fuckin' Deadwood
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)TomSlick
(11,109 posts)Herself is "The Mama." I am "Not the Mama."
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Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)I'm still chuckling.
Sedona
(3,769 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed.
I never missed that program. 1961-1965.
woodsprite
(11,927 posts)maxrandb
(15,359 posts)LeftInTX
(25,556 posts)Melania could be Lisa Douglas and we could watch her burn toast and iron waffles.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)On edit:. Cheers.
tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)Get Smart and also the Avengers
GP6971
(31,212 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)only lasted a year, but I loved the 40s NYC setting and the absent-minded sleuth.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)rwheeler31
(6,242 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)malthaussen
(17,216 posts)That's my problem with the "reboot" idea, a show where the title character was owned by the actor can never be the same.
-- Mal
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)At one point, he was considered, but sadly, they felt he was too typecast.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)and those who watched the show know why
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)The show got cancelled before they wrapped up all their story lines. I want to know that it all came out OK in the end!
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)Steerpike
(2,692 posts)happynewyear
(1,724 posts)That is where we are at the moment anyway!
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)... well, the "rebooted" part is, the "instead of Rosanne" is a no-brainer.
But rebooting a show is problematic, whether it has new actors or the same old folks recycled. The show is usually a relict of its times, to begin with, and we are not the same viewer we were then. Mind you, I am opposed to "remakes" on principle, since it seems lazy to me to re-tell the same stories over and over and over... although it sometimes works, as in the first remake of "The Front Page."
-- Mal
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Only if they get get SMG to agree to reprise the roll of Buffy.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Married With Children
Cheers
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Family Matters
Gilligan's Island
Seinfeld
Friends
Mad about you
red dog 1
(27,857 posts)Seinfeld ran for 9 seasons, and I think it could have gone on longer, since it was so popular.
(I loved it)
I never cared for Cheers, Fresh Prince, Family Matters or Friends; but I liked Gilligan's Island and Mad About You.
red dog 1
(27,857 posts)Starring Ken Wahl and Jonathan Banks, Wiseguy was a great show, imo, with many famous actors and non-actors alike appearing in the first three seasons.
(Ken Wahl left the series after the 3rd season)
Some of my favorite actors who were on the show at various times include:
- William Russ
- Chazz Palminteri
- Tim Curry
- Kevin Spacey (turned out to be a "perv" but he was very good playing Mel Profitt)
- Jerry Lewis
- Melanie Chartoff
- Fred Dalton Thompson
- Paul Guilgoyle
- Ray Sharkey
Also appearing in recurring roles were musicians Glenn Grey and Deborah Harry (Blondie)
LeftInTX
(25,556 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Ninety percent of the shows made in the 1970s and 1980s couldn't be made today. People would not accept the sexual politics on those shows.
An anthology show would be fun.
Stargleamer
(1,990 posts)The Prisoner too
mythology
(9,527 posts)I loved Gilmore Girls, but hated the Netflix episodes. I loved Veronica Mars, but the movie was a disappointment.
I think it's really hard to go back to something and recapture that magic.
BootinUp
(47,190 posts)ornotna
(10,807 posts)My Mother The Car.
Green Acres
Flying Nun
Smilin Ed McConnell and his Buster Brown Gang
The Goldbergs (the old one)
All far more worthy of reincarnation than Roseanne.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)TygrBright
(20,767 posts)Avengers
Gunsmoke
Sea Hunt
77 Sunset Strip
My Three Sons
The Honeymooners
All in the Family
Hill Street Blues
Bonanza
Rockford Files
Columbo
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Taxi
Perry Mason
St. Elsewhere
Wild Wild West
helpfully,
Bright
Thx
(81 posts)Hawaiian Eye
Lost in Space
The 21st Century
The Rat Patrol
Room 222
The Green Hornet
Rawhide
The Fugitive
Thx
jalan48
(13,886 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)radical noodle
(8,013 posts)pstokely
(10,530 posts)huh huh heh heh
Cornholio got deported
quickesst
(6,283 posts)dwilso40641
(199 posts)Tikki
(14,559 posts)Tikki