# Resurrecting tv programmes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199 "2011-01-19T14:27:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/1 "2011-01-19T14:27:45Z")
I did a quick search to see if this has been threaded before and didn’t find anything, but apologies if it has. Reading through another thread in C.S. I was reminded of The West Wing and remembered what an incredibly good programme it was . I think that it would be great if it was resurrected with new characters and situations but keeping the same fast moving, sharp, intelligent writng, and the same sort of style generally. As I’ve just read that thread and posted this one I’ve no more ideas immediately, but will have soon. What other progs do you think should get the same treatment ? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/2 "2011-01-19T14:46:49Z")
The West Wing has only been off the air for three years. Too early to be resurrected. When Big Bang finishes its run, I’d like to revive Quantum Leap with Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons playing Sam & Al respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/3 "2011-01-19T15:35:06Z")
When Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards weren’t having much luck with television series post-Seinfeld, one of the critics (Tom Shales, maybe) suggested a series following up on Seinfeld, except without Jerry (as I remember, he suggested calling it, "Where’s Jerry?). Now Seinfeld was great, but it’s amazing how dated it seems in some respects so I don’t know if that would work. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/4 "2011-01-19T18:16:33Z")
It would be great if someone dug up _Star Trek_ and transposed it onto a whole new generation of characters in the same world. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/5 "2011-01-19T18:29:03Z")
Curb Your Enthusiasm comes off as a Rated-R Seinfeld. I’d like to see Deep Space Nine resurrected somehow. Cassidy and her child are still waiting for The Sisko to return. Maybe just do a Star series that takes place after Nemesis and follows random stuff. A few episodes would cover the return of Sisko, the next few would cover Riker on the Titan, the next few would cover Admiral Janeway and Ambassador Picard, etc. Even an all new Star Trek would be nice, just something based in the prime universe. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/6 "2011-01-19T21:23:04Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Reading through another thread in C.S. I was reminded of The West Wing and remembered what an incredibly good programme it was . Was not TWW itself a resurrection of Yes, (Prime) Minister? Despite the latter being a sitcom and TWW being a drama. YM as a sitcom was resurrected as The Thick of It ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/7 "2011-01-20T18:07:18Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Was not TWW itself a resurrection of Yes, (Prime) Minister? Despite the latter being a sitcom and TWW being a drama. YM as a sitcom was resurrected as The Thick of It I didn’t know about The Thick of It, I’ll try and watch it if it shows up as repeats. Another one that comes to mind is Blakes Seven, used to love it. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/8 "2011-01-20T18:20:57Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Another one that comes to mind is Blakes Seven, used to love it. Oh yes. I didn’t like it after they lost the Liberator, though. Slave was not a good replacement and they sort of lost the plot after Blake left the show (until the finale) anyway. A re-imagining of B7 a la BSG would be great. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/9 "2011-01-20T18:46:55Z")
I’d like to see how _Veronica Mars_ is doing as an FBI agent these days, now that she’s graduated college. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/10 "2011-01-20T19:02:35Z")
Love to see\* Pushing Daisies\* come back. They had a lot more story arc. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/11 "2011-01-20T19:05:56Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Love to see\* Pushing Daisies\* come back. They had a lot more story arc. Including the resolution+cliffhanger they left on, which is how the aunts reacted to the news of their niece. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/12 "2011-01-20T19:23:00Z")
_I Dream of Jeannie_ … THIS time, we SEE her navel! From the _I Dream of Jeannie_ Wikipedia page: > [@](#): > > In most episodes, Eden wears her revealing “Jeannie” costume (created by veteran Hollywood costume designer Gwen Wakeling). Censors allowed her to be depicted living in a house with an unmarried man (because early episodes made it plain that she slept in her bottle), but would not permit Eden’s navel to be seen ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/13 "2011-01-20T19:51:21Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Was not TWW itself a resurrection of Yes, (Prime) Minister? Despite the latter being a sitcom and TWW being a drama. YM as a sitcom was resurrected as The Thick of It _The West Wing_ and _Yes, Minister_ were both political in nature, and I liked them both, but I don’t see it being a resurrection. I’ve heard of _The Thick of It_ but never seen it. Any good? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/14 "2011-01-20T20:42:56Z")
_Northern Exposure_- I’d love to have Maurice, Holling, Shelley and Marilyn for continuity but the resurrected version would star new characters who’ve either moved to or grown up in Cicely in the 15 years (has it really been _that_ long?) since the original. So much to add since last we saw them- the Internet, cell phones, satellite radio (KBRR would have a lot more competition), Iraq, Obama, and of course Palin- a lot of catching up to do. There’s talk of a new _Dallas_ series that will focus on the sons of J.R. and Bobby with occasional appearances by the original cast members. I can see how it would work, but it would need to be simultaneously marketed to fans of the old show and to people who have no nostalgia or are completely unfamiliar with the old show. _The Dinah Shore Show_- guests are interviewed by edited clips of Dinah from the old days while an urn containing her remains sits on the coffee table. Or maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/15 "2011-01-20T20:55:02Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > _Northern Exposure_- I’d love to have Maurice, Holling, Shelley and Marilyn for continuity but the resurrected version would star new characters who’ve either moved to or grown up in Cicely in the 15 years (has it really been _that_ long?) since the original. So much to add since last we saw them- the Internet, cell phones, satellite radio (KBRR would have a lot more competition), Iraq, Obama, and of course Palin- a lot of catching up to do. I don’t think they would ever recover the magic of the original. Though Maggie as someone now working for Palin would be vaguely interesting I guess. The show had run its course though. As great as The Dick Van Dyke show or Barney Miller were, I am glad they went out on a high note. Few shows do. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/16 "2011-01-20T22:13:34Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’ve heard of _The Thick of It_ but never seen it. Any good? I can’t actually remember much of the series myself, but it won a few awards. Wiki article [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It). Given my poor memory, I guess it didn’t resonate as deeply as Yes, Minister. Apparently there was an American version, which should be avoided. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/17 "2011-01-21T07:06:26Z")
My Name is Earl needs an ending. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/18 "2011-01-22T12:01:38Z")
There need to be considerably more series of _Black Books_. A lot more. Also _Blackadder_, for that matter. I’d quite like to see _Parker Lewis Can’t Lose_ back in some form, too- either as a sort of “How are Parker, Mikey, Jerry, & Kube doing as adults?”, or a re-make of the show with the same premise and style but new actors. I doubt it could be done though, sadly… ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/19 "2011-01-22T12:41:53Z")
Totally second BlackAdder. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199/20 "2011-01-22T18:21:54Z")
> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > My Name is Earl needs an ending. From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > On the series premiere of Garcia’s next TV show, _Raising Hope_, a newscaster in the background reports, “A small-time crook with a long list of wrongs he was making amends for has finally finished, and you’ll never guess how it ended.” However, the newscast is cut off before we can hear more. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-tv-programmes/568199.md?page=2)