# Predict the next completely unnecessary TV show revival **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132 "2015-03-27T17:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/1 "2015-03-27T17:40:17Z")
With X-Files and Coach both responding to an overwhelming lack of demand with upcoming revivals, what show will be next? I’m going with Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/2 "2015-03-27T17:57:55Z")
Whatever the show was that had Urkel in it. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/3 "2015-03-27T17:59:19Z")
Nah, nothing so iconic or dependent on the actors themselves for success. I’d imagine some kind of sitcom of moderate popularity like Mr. Belvedere, or maybe a light action or PI type show… like Simon & Simon. Not that I think they’ll actually remake either of those; I just doubt they’ll try and recreate a show quite as prominent as Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/4 "2015-03-27T18:04:36Z")
Mama’s Family? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/5 "2015-03-27T18:05:50Z")
_One Day at a Time_ ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/6 "2015-03-27T18:06:53Z")
My Mother the Car ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/7 "2015-03-27T18:17:46Z")
Hogan’s Heroes, but this time set in a ISIS prison camp. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/8 "2015-03-27T18:19:06Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > My Mother the Car Sunny Tufts references _never_ go out of style. Anyway: Sure, why not. But Jerry Van Dyke now is the voice in the car of his grand? daughter. _My Grandfather, the Car_. Sony is shopping around a _Bewitched_ sequel pilot featuring Tabitha’s daughter Daphne. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/9 "2015-03-27T18:19:59Z")
I was going to make some mocking suggestions…then I remembered how many times they’ve brought back _Knight Rider_, and realized that I’ve been trumped by reality yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/10 "2015-03-27T18:26:12Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > With X-Files and Coach both responding to an overwhelming lack of demand with upcoming revivals, what show will be next? I’m going with Cheers. Blue Thunder is coming back but as a drone instead of a chopper I believe. This is revival, not remake though, right? I could see a Monk revival. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/11 "2015-03-27T18:29:26Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I just doubt they’ll try and recreate a show quite as prominent as Cheers. Or _ **Hawaii Five-0** _. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/12 "2015-03-27T18:35:37Z")
By “revival,” are we talking about basically the same show with the same actors, but 15 or 20 years gone by since we saw them last? And theyr’e now old and fat and wrinkled and have gravelly voices but are just marginally wiser and still horny and/or supposedly hot? :dubious: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/13 "2015-03-27T19:14:24Z")
Indestructible formats: **Matlock** Folksy but crafty old lawyer, a couple of young, attractive assistants. **Knots Landing** Why not? They brought back _Dallas_. Donna Mills is still alive and working, so you have an automatic villain, this time with a brand new cast of gorgeous people, and the old cast can make cameos. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/14 "2015-03-27T19:16:17Z")
\*Location: Interior of Chet Overwood’s office, head of programming. A naked prostitute is laying face down across his desk. Chet is interrupted from snorting cocaine off her back by the entrance of Biff Understone, chief of young adult program developent. **Biff:** \* I’ve got it! We’re gonna bring back Action! Adventure! Romance! The 18 to 34 demographic! _ **Chet** _: “Homeboys in Outer Space”! **_Biff_:** What’s big right now? Supernatural teen romances. Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Twilight… That’s what we’re doing! Except our teen reboot won’t be just a vampire or a werewolf, he’ll be ALL the animals! **_prostitute_:** Even narwhals? **_Biff_:** Did your desk just talk? **_Chet_:** Yes! **_Biff_:** Cool! **_Chet_:** So what are we going to call this narwhal reboot? **_Biff_:** That’s the beauty! It’s a known brand! We’ll call it… “MANIMAL!” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/15 "2015-03-27T19:54:31Z")
Gunsmoke Wanted: Dead or Alive Maverick Johnny Yuma 77 Sunset Strip Gilligan’s Island I Led Three Lives Pinky Lee ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/16 "2015-03-27T20:08:00Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > My Mother the Car If you’re going to stoop that low, why not go [all the way](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugliest_Girl_in_Town)? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/17 "2015-03-27T20:10:59Z")
No studio would have the stones to do a M_A_S\*H remake. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/18 "2015-03-27T20:15:00Z")
**Search** > **[Probe (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probe_(1972_TV_pilot))** > > Probe is a 1972 American made-for-television crime sci-fi thriller film produced as a pilot for a science fiction detective series, originally to have continued under that title. Created by Leslie Stevens, it starred Hugh O'Brian as Hugh Lockwood, one of a group of high-tech private eyes working for the organization "World Securities Corp." When picked up for series production, the title was changed to Search, because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. The film originally aired Februa... > **[Searching](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_(TV_series))** > > Searching or search may refer to: [http://www.lileks.com/institute/70s/search/2.html](http://www.lileks.com/institute/70s/search/2.html) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/19 "2015-03-27T20:21:26Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > My Mother the Car …but not as a comedy. As a dark supernatural drama, with a truly sinister, murderous Captain Manzini. I could seriously see this happening. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/20 "2015-03-27T20:22:19Z")
The upcoming revival of _The Jetsons_ will attempt to present a more realistic view of our probable future. The showrunners will concede that we are _never_ going to get jetpacks and flying cars. Instead, the characters will walk around all day looking down at their handheld devices and will never interact. The plots, as a result, will be a tad on the dull side. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132.md?page=2)