# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/61 "2015-04-01T13:03:40Z")
That wasn’t in the article I read… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/62 "2015-04-01T13:30:26Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > That wasn’t in the article I read… 😛 Um … I’m sure this was in the _Reader’s Digest_! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/63 "2015-04-01T13:36:54Z")
Could you imagine them bringing back **Moonlighting** now that Bruce Willis is a mega star. And Cybill Shepherd is… well… [old.](http://usspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Cybill-Shepherd.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/64 "2015-04-01T13:38:13Z")
Mister Ed. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/65 "2015-04-01T13:43:00Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > If they wanted to really pretend to have a crew similar to actual cruise ships, they’d need to be MUCH more ethnically diverse. I’ve only been on 3 cruises (two different cruise lines) and I’m hard-pressed to remember any Americans in any of the featured positions. I’ve only cruised on Celebrity ships, and ethnicity is part of their “thing”. All stewards were from the Philippines, all dining room people from Poland, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/66 "2015-04-01T14:03:12Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Search** [Probe (film) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probe_(1972_TV_pilot))) Tweaked link formatting to work. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > _The Time Tunnel_ – they might even be able to make a decent show out of it [They tried.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mETHT5npqOI) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/67 "2015-04-01T14:09:44Z")
I posted this one previously: > [@](#): > > **The Return of Desmond Pfeiffer** : An African-American president discovers that the White House is haunted by the ghost of his ancestor, a man who was a butler to Abraham Lincoln. The ghost’s sage advice, drawing parallels between Civil War and contemporary issues, helps his Presidential descendant navigate the tricky political waters. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/68 "2015-04-01T15:03:23Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Gunsmoke > Wanted: Dead or Alive > Maverick > Johnny Yuma > 77 Sunset Strip > Gilligan’s Island > I Led Three Lives > Pinky Lee I like the way you think with most of that list. I personally think it’s about time that westerns became popular again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/69 "2015-04-01T15:10:09Z")
I think Mel Gibson was a credible Maverick in the movie remake, but now … not so much. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/70 "2015-04-01T15:15:37Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I actually would love a Friends revival in about 10 years called “Old Friends” They could sit on a park bench, like… oh, I don’t know… bookends? Might get a decent theme song out of that. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/71 "2015-04-01T15:30:12Z")
So no one told you death was going to be this way… _COUGHCOUGHCOUGHCOUGH_ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/72 "2015-04-01T18:22:18Z")
There needs to be a distinction between reboots and revisited shows. A show that does a “where are they now” with original cast, can be good (or at least not stupid). Witness _The Wild Wild West Revisited_, with Conrad and Martin revising their own roles, but older. That was at least as good as the original show. _Still The Beaver_ was pretty good, with adult versions (played by original actors) of the characters. I’d love to see a version like that for Magnum. Then there is the remake, with all new casts. But the trouble with these is, a lot of these shows were products of their time. The political world view that spawned all the 60s spy shows isn’t the world now. And the audience is more sophisticated now. Simple comedies like Gilligan and Hogan probably wouldn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/73 "2015-04-01T18:28:25Z")
I vaguely remember a show a while back that seemed to be a remake of “I Dream Of Jeannie.” Except that instead of a gorgeous blonde in silk pantaloons calling a guy “master,” they had … um… a black dude… in a three piece suit… calling a white guy “master.” I saw one episode, and thought, “What WERE they thinking?” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/74 "2015-04-01T19:03:06Z")
_Fresh Prince of Bel Aire_ gets a gritty reboot as _Fresh Prince and Princess of Watts,_ starring Will Smith’s kids as they head off to live with their crack ho aunt. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/75 "2015-04-02T00:58:25Z")
> [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](#): > > I think a revival of F Troop, this time set in Afghanistan, would have potential… Or M_A_S\*H in Afghanistan. It could happen when and if the country gets weary of ongoing wars as the case with Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/76 "2015-04-02T01:59:47Z")
> [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](#): > > I think a revival of F Troop, this time set in Afghanistan, would have potential… > [@JohnGalt](#): > > Or M_A_S\*H in Afghanistan. It could happen when and if the country gets weary of ongoing wars as the case with Vietnam. I think F Troop is a better choice. Remember how O’Rourke and Agarn had these shady business set up with the local tribe? I can see that “Taliban Korans”, “ISIS Beheading Swords” and other shitty souvenirs, all being shipped back by military transport to the US for sale. Oh, and heroin too. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/77 "2015-04-02T02:19:45Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > Buck Rodgers I kinda like that idea. I vaguely remember liking the show when I was a kid. Give it the “Battlestar Galactica” treatment – darker, better production values, better acting – and it could be cool. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/78 "2015-04-02T18:08:04Z")
> [@Master\_Wang-Ka](#): > > I vaguely remember a show a while back that seemed to be a remake of “I Dream Of Jeannie.” Except that instead of a gorgeous blonde in silk pantaloons calling a guy “master,” they had … um… a black dude… in a three piece suit… calling a white guy “master.” > > I saw one episode, and thought, “What WERE they thinking?” There was Ka-Zam, a movie where Shaq played a genie who walked around calling a little white kid “master” ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/79 "2015-04-02T18:55:55Z")
The Monkees ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-completely-unnecessary-tv-show-revival/716132/80 "2015-04-02T18:57:02Z")
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