# TV Shows That Should Be Remade **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777 "2013-10-09T15:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [October 9, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/41 "2013-10-09T23:26:05Z")
The Greatest American Hero, except instead of just one, have there be several people who get powers & suits. Kind of like Misfits, only with higher power levels. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/42 "2013-10-09T23:51:12Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > _The Match Game: '13_ > > Upper left alternating between Neil Patrick Harris, Wayne Brady, Betty White and Whitney Cummings; upper center and right would be regulars Jessica Walter and Nathan Lane. Lower left and right would rotate between sitcom stars and musicians and washed-up movie stars; lower center would feature a rotating cast of game show hosts (Drew Carey, Alex Trebek, Regis Philbin) and talk show hosts (Ellen Degeneres, Rosey O’Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon). > > Hosted by John O’Hurley. There currently is [a remake of _Match Game_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Ek5KHvvKA) on The Comedy Network in Canada, currently airing its second season. You might not recognize most of the panelists, but it’s fun in a lowbrow kind of way. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/43 "2013-10-09T23:54:07Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > There currently is [a remake of _Match Game_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Ek5KHvvKA) on The Comedy Network in Canada, currently airing its second season. You might not recognize most of the panelists, but it’s fun in a lowbrow kind of way. Of _course_ Colin Mochrie is on the panel! I think he’s in 90% of all original Canadian programming from the past 15 years. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Recusant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@Recusant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recusant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/44 "2013-10-10T01:14:53Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > _Babylon Five_. This time, sign up all the actors for five-year contracts. That way, you don’t have to re-write major story arcs every time an actor in a crucial role disappears. That wouldn’t help. Or help enough, anyway. Even if the actors aren’t a problem, the network will be- and no, it doesn’t matter which network. Besides, Andreas Katsulas is still dead, and how can you have G’kar without him? My vote goes to The Prisoner. Think of all the new interesting things you could do with the premise, given the shifts in geopolitics and technology. And think of the bizarrity you could end it with, given the advances in the fields psychotropic drugs and David Lynch. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/45 "2013-10-10T01:20:29Z")
> [@Recusant](#): > > That wouldn’t help. Or help enough, anyway. Even if the actors aren’t a problem, the network will be- and no, it doesn’t matter which network. Besides, Andreas Katsulas is still dead, and how can you have G’kar without him? > > My vote goes to The Prisoner. Think of all the new interesting things you could do with the premise, given the shifts in geopolitics and technology. And think of the bizarrity you could end it with, given the advances in the fields psychotropic drugs and David Lynch. [Already been done.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner_%282009_miniseries%29) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/46 "2013-10-10T02:21:41Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > There was an [attempted remake](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1582460/) a few years ago that got past the pilot stage, and all those roles were cast. There was also talk about a remake starring Josh Holloway as Jim Rockford. Don’t get me wrong - I like Nathan Fillion, Josh Holloway, and Dermot Mulroney. But I’m not seeing any of them as Jim Rockford. Fillion would make a good Bret Maverick though. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/47 "2013-10-10T03:20:13Z")
I think that it has been long enough to consider a Breaking Bad remake. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/48 "2013-10-10T03:49:19Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I think that it has been long enough to consider a Breaking Bad remake. [Well, hoy es tu día de suerte.](http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/02/breaking-bad-spanish-walter-blanco/) ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/49 "2013-10-10T04:11:01Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Of _course_ Colin Mochrie is on the panel! I think he’s in 90% of all original Canadian programming from the past 15 years. 😉 AIUI, there was a Canadian sitcom (don’t know which show) where one of the characters complained how Colin Mochrie was appearing in everything, and as he said it Colin walked past in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/50 "2013-10-10T04:39:00Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > _Babylon Five_. This time, sign up all the actors for five-year contracts. That way, you don’t have to re-write major story arcs every time an actor in a crucial role disappears. I don’t think the major problem was the actors, though that did cause some issues. The major problem was never knowing if they’d get a 5th season until too late, forcing a rush to conclusion in season four, and then a filler season five because…hey, we got paid to make this. IF you could start with a firm commitment to a full 5 seasons, you could pace the story the way it should have been done originally. Locking in the actors would be a bonus. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/51 "2013-10-10T04:39:02Z")
> [@Aman27deep](#): > > Would love LOST being remade. This time could we lease keep the writers off acid so it at least makes a modicum of sense? I vote for Columbo. I loved that show. I’m picturing Joe Pesci as Columbo ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/52 "2013-10-10T05:19:53Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > AIUI, there was a Canadian sitcom (don’t know which show) where one of the characters complained how Colin Mochrie was appearing in everything, and as he said it Colin walked past in the background. Yeah, that was on _Corner Gas_. Though for the record, he’s done very few episodes of the _Match Game_ remake. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/53 "2013-10-10T08:56:08Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I don’t think the major problem was the actors, though that did cause some issues. The major problem was never knowing if they’d get a 5th season until too late, forcing a rush to conclusion in season four, and then a filler season five because…hey, we got paid to make this. IF you could start with a firm commitment to a full 5 seasons, you could pace the story the way it should have been done originally. Locking in the actors would be a bonus. Yeah, I should have said, “actors, and the network suits”. “War of the Telepaths” was never going to be a great storyline, but it would have been much better if the station commander and the telepath had been played by the same actresses from the pilot through the fifth season. ---
**Author:** ![Anduinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Anduinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduinel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777/54 "2013-10-13T14:56:02Z")
Babylon 5. The Sandbaggers. Dungeons and Dragons – I’d be fine with taking it from animation to live action. Twin Peaks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-should-be-remade/670777.md?page=2)