# If you could bring back one show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871 "2017-01-22T20:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/41 "2017-01-23T02:07:36Z")
Does Man from U.N.C.L.E. count? Obviously, you’d need new actors. (The movie was pretty good!) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/42 "2017-01-23T02:07:42Z")
_Community_. No, wait, _Arrested Development_. Yeah, _Arrested Development_. If that comes back on its own (as is vaguely rumoured), I’ll fall back to _Community_. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/43 "2017-01-23T02:16:38Z")
Sanford and Son. You big dummy. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/44 "2017-01-23T02:34:58Z")
I’m tempted to say Firefly but Serenity soothed that wound enough. I would really love more Quantum Leap or a better resolution but it at least had a decent run. I’m going to go with Stargate Atlantis because it got neither a good run nor any kind of resolution. Sent from my LG-V410 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/45 "2017-01-23T02:41:57Z")
> [@flaming\_yawn](#): > > was this the game show that had people in pods? If so I still think about that show and a few of the things they had to do. I remember binge watching on a sunday all the shows in a row… Loved it [Yes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_(TV_series)). Really interesting show. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/46 "2017-01-23T02:43:21Z")
_Babylon 5_ ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/47 "2017-01-23T03:06:50Z")
_Better Off Ted_ was ahead of its time. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/48 "2017-01-23T03:09:27Z")
Well, normally I’d say \*\*Hart of Dixie \*\*but definitely I’d want my mom back too so she could also enjoy it, so I’m going to go with **Off The Map** instead. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/49 "2017-01-23T03:13:20Z")
Hill St. Blues. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/50 "2017-01-23T03:21:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Well, if we’re gonna do that, I’d like the original _The Avengers_ with Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. The \*original \* original Avengers was Patrick McNee and Ingrid Hafner. But Macnee and Rigg are who I remember, too. I want Crusade back, with the same wayback option, as long as JMS gets to run it with _no interference_. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/51 "2017-01-23T03:24:11Z")
Meeting of Minds, but with snappier dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/52 "2017-01-23T03:28:34Z")
Seinfeld, if there was a way that the cast hadn’t aged. Or a very similar show with similar characters. Still love the format. I would have said X-Files, but I wasn’t too impressed by the recent effort. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/53 "2017-01-23T03:49:05Z")
Only one show , not 2 ? Grimm this is it last season. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/54 "2017-01-23T03:51:50Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Well, if we’re gonna do that, I’d like the original _The Avengers_ with Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. Wasn’t Honor Blackman before her? I preferred Diana Rigg, of course… ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/55 "2017-01-23T03:56:10Z")
My first pick would be a contemporary version of the panel game show ‘What’s My Line?’ I’m happy that ‘To Tell the Truth’ was revived again recently. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/56 "2017-01-23T06:42:49Z")
**Sports Night** > **[The Cult of “Sports Night”](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-cult-of-sports-night)** > > “This is the second show he’s done about my life,” Keith Olbermann said to Dave Itzkoff of the Times, referring to Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO series, … ---
**Author:** ![ultimate11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/49beb7/32.png) [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/57 "2017-01-23T06:53:37Z")
WCW Nitro. WWE needs some competition nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/58 "2017-01-23T10:31:02Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > _“As God is my witness…”_ > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > _“…I thought turkeys could fly.”_ They did bring it back in syndication in the 90s. [The New WKRP in Cincinnati.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_WKRP_in_Cincinnati) Gordon Jump, Richard Sanders, Frank Bonner, and Carol Bruce returned as Mr. Carlson, Les, Herb, and Mama Carlson, respectively. Tim Reid, Loni Anderson, and Howard Hesseman returned for cameo appearances, and it was French Stewart’s first big role. I’d like to see _My Name Is Earl_ return. Joy was about to reveal who Earl, Jr.'s real father was (and it wasn’t Darnell) when the show was canceled ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/59 "2017-01-23T11:00:50Z")
Moonlighting ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/60 "2017-01-23T12:06:44Z")
I’d love for there to be more of Animaniacs or Futurama or pre-Season 4 episodes of the BBC’s Sherlock. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871.md?page=4)