# The Mad About You Reboot is Pretty Good **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 12, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568 "2022-08-12T16:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/1 "2022-08-12T16:54:30Z")
A. Yes, there was a Mad About You Reboot. It originally aired on Spectrum which is a channel no one has but now is on Amazon Prime (along with the original show). and 1. I watched the first two episodes so far and it was much better than I expected (although admittedly my expectations were very low). Most of the original cast is back and the chemistry is still there. They only made one season but I kind of hope if enough people watch on Prime maybe Bezos will use a few million he left in his pants pocket to make some more. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/2 "2022-08-12T18:10:39Z")
Here’s the thread I started when it came out. I enjoyed it. > [@Mad About You - Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you-again/843624): > > Something called Spectrum Originals is producing a special 12-episode limited series of Mad About You set in the current day, 20 years after the events in the last season of the show. Not sure how they treat the finale where Jamie and Paul were split up then got back together because of their daughter. I wonder how this will age. I LOVED the show when it was on originally, but the last two seasons were not up to the same caliber, and it’s not a show I enjoy rewatching. But for the first few sea… ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/3 "2022-08-12T21:19:42Z")
Bah, it’s not on Amazon Prime in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/4 "2022-08-13T07:00:54Z")
Also not in Switzerland. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/5 "2022-08-13T13:20:18Z")
Reboot? I thought it was a continuing show, with a new season. Kind of like how Frasier is doing next year and how X-files did a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/6 "2022-08-13T15:18:05Z")
I guess it depends on your definition as to what a reboot is. It is indeed a continuation with the same characters jumped ahead 20 years or so but it also calls itself Season 1 so shrug emoji ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/7 "2022-08-13T19:54:33Z")
I’m going to give this a pass just because Paul Reiser is in it. I loved him in the original run and he was one of the best parts in the movie _Diner_. For some reason, I just can’t stand him anymore. That stuttering thing he does just drives me nuts now. 🤷🏽 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/8 "2022-08-14T11:12:35Z")
I may watch the new version, but I feel exactly the same. mmm ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/9 "2022-08-14T14:19:33Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > For some reason, I just can’t stand him anymore. That stuttering thing he does just drives me nuts now. I think I like him more in his recent projects (e.g. Red Oaks, Stranger Things, The Boys) than I did back in the day with Mad About You. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/10 "2022-08-14T14:23:34Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I think I like him more in his recent projects (e.g. Red Oaks, Stranger Things, The Boys) than I did back in the day with Mad About You His comedy was great, too, but I only ever remember seeing a couple of stand-up appearances from him. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/11 "2022-08-14T14:27:52Z")
Yeah he did a stand up special I think on HBO that I remembering one of the best I have seen but I haven’t seen it since the 80s or 90s, whenever it aired. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568/12 "2022-08-15T13:47:17Z")
I liked it too, in fact, after I watched it, I decided to rewatch the original series. It was one of my favorite shows back then. When I started rewatching it, the first couple of episodes had me asking myself - why did I ever like this? But it got better and better as it went along. It had been so long since I had seen it, most episodes were brand new to me.