# The Tomorrow People - CW this fall

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 19, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tomorrow-people-cw-this-fall/658741 "2013-05-19T17:47:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tomorrow-people-cw-this-fall/658741/1 "2013-05-19T17:47:34Z")

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Wow, the CW is reviving one of my favs from childhood - [The Tomorrow People](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2660734/?ref_=sr_3). I adored the[original British version](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069647/?ref_=sr_1), writing fan fiction and slash fic before it was a thing! I know it probably won’t happen, but I hope they use the original theme music.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tomorrow-people-cw-this-fall/658741/2 "2013-05-19T18:18:23Z")

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I saw the title and wondered if it was a remake of the British series. I didn’t get into the original, but I wasn’t their target audience, being in my 20s when it got to the US.

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tomorrow-people-cw-this-fall/658741/3 "2013-05-19T23:00:30Z")

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I never saw the original, but I did enjoy the remake in the '90s that was on Nickelodeon.

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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tomorrow-people-cw-this-fall/658741/4 "2013-05-20T14:57:34Z")

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Interesting development! The early days of Nickelodeon were some of my prime growing up years. Most of the Tomorrow People episodes are on Youtube if you want a nostalgia hit.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tomorrow-people-cw-this-fall/658741/5 "2013-05-20T23:57:19Z")

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Loved the show back when it was on Nick (the original series, that is, not the later version, which I never really watched and what little I did see didn’t look very similar). It was running regularly when we first got cable, and I just couldn’t get enough.

A couple of years ago I downloaded a few episodes of the show. Wow, childhood memories in ruins. Wasn’t very good at all. The fx were particularly laughable, though I guess that’s to be expected from a british kids show of that era.

I do find it interesting how similar a lot of its concepts were to X-men. Even down to using homo superior. I’m betting Chris Clairmont watched this show.

Now, if only they do a remake of that episode with the bubbleskin jumpsuits. That was the first episode I ever caught on Nick, and for some reason has stuck in my memory particularly above the rest.