# TV remakes of TV shows as a series. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750 "2005-12-02T16:49:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/21 "2005-12-03T03:36:19Z")
I just thought of another one _Mickey Mouse Club_. How could we forget the entire generation of talent (?) that came out of that? I was out of the country while the revamped _Club_ was on the air so I don’t know how good it was, but with all those “divas to be” in one place at one time, it had to be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/22 "2005-12-03T10:16:28Z")
They remade the Love Boat and Fantasy Island I understand, both of which died quickly. And I think back in the late 80s during the writer’s strike that they remade a lot of old shows using old scripts, mostly. Mission Impossible was one, but then I think maybe they updated that slightly and kept the same main actor. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/23 "2005-12-04T05:50:34Z")
Gene Barry starred in _Burke’s Law_ in 1963, and then again in 1994. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/24 "2005-12-04T06:11:01Z")
Wasn’t there a short lived remake of _Charlie’s Angels_? I don’t know if it ever actually got on the air, but I remember reading that a then unknown Halle Berry was turned down for the show when she audited for it. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/25 "2005-12-04T06:12:42Z")
I’ve always thought of \*\*The Flintstones \*\* as a remake of **The Honeymooners**. But that may be pushing the boundaries of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/26 "2005-12-04T11:22:44Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > Doctor Who would fit the conditions of the OP, same character but different actor. But it isn’t a remake, it’s a continuation. Having different actors play the character is part of the premise of the show. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/27 "2005-12-04T12:45:58Z")
> [@Dan Norder](#): > > They remade the Love Boat and Fantasy Island I understand, both of which died quickly. The new version of Fantasy Island was really good, because they played Mr Roarke (Malcolm McDowell) as really dark and ambiguously sinister. I liked it, shame it was cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/28 "2005-12-04T15:11:17Z")
There was an updated Leave it to Beaver with all of the surviving original family returning. Beaver was a divorced father IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/29 "2005-12-04T15:25:03Z")
The original “Life of Riley” series starred Jackie Gleason (late '40’s-early '50’s); when Gleason began his variety show, the show was remade with William Bendix in the title role. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/30 "2005-12-04T18:06:41Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > The original “Life of Riley” series starred Jackie Gleason (late '40’s-early '50’s); when Gleason began his variety show, the show was remade with William Bendix in the title role. I thought they just substituted in Bendix when Gleason dropped out rather than actually remaking it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/31 "2005-12-04T18:19:54Z")
> [@TV time](#): > > I thought they just substituted in Bendix when Gleason dropped out rather than actually remaking it. Bendix did the radio version, but was unavailable for the Dumont TV show, but did do the movie (both versions were in 1949). Bendix a version of the show in 1953. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/32 "2005-12-04T18:37:53Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > Say what? How did I miss this? How bad was it? You probably missed it because it was on PAX (not a cable channel, but a family-oriented – i.e. Christian – network of independent stations). PAX has recently become “i”, the independent network, but I noticed that they are showing reruns of [Ponderosa](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287260/) at 8:00 p.m. every Sunday. The show was pretty boring and bland. It was similar to other Pax-produced shows like the Billy Ray Cyrus vehicle “Doc” and “Sue Thomas, F.B.I.” More like “Little House on the Praire” than “Deadwood”, especially since the Cartwright boys were so young. My main reason for watching was that Ben Cartwright was played by Daniel Hugh Kelly. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/33 "2005-12-04T18:57:31Z")
Someone said Three’s Company and All in the Family were remakes of British shows. Is that true? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/34 "2005-12-04T19:04:14Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Someone said Three’s Company and All in the Family were remakes of British shows. > > Is that true? > > -FrL- Three’s Company = Man About the the House All in the Family = Till Death Us Do Part ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750/35 "2005-12-17T12:24:24Z")
There was a sequel of sorts to the Brady Bunch, called “The Bradys”. Failed miserably, as I recall. There was also an updated “Get Smart”, with Don Adams as an elderly Maxwell Smart and Andy Dick as his son. And we will not speak of “What’s Happening Now!”. Oh, and there was also “AfterMASH”, but again, that was a continuation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-remakes-of-tv-shows-as-a-series/333750.md?page=1)