# What TV series would you like to see come back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963 "2018-10-15T04:55:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 16, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/41 "2018-10-16T03:07:19Z")
I just had a horrible thought about the _Veronica Mars_ return; what if it’s just an ad campaign for Australian tourism? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/42 "2018-10-16T03:09:37Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > “Knight Rider”, of course. I mean, a car that drives by itself and talks to the owner? How insane is that concept? Millenial’s minds would be blown away. Turbo Boost! Digital displays! LEDs flickering and flashing on the car body! It’d be like nothing they’ve ever seen before! ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/43 "2018-10-16T03:34:49Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Everything that was great about _The Rockford Files_ came from James Gardner and Noah Beery, Jr. Props to Stuart Margolin, too. > [@salinqmind](#): > > Northern Exposure. An updated show, in current day Alaska, with global warming concerns, melting glaciers, trailer trash meth labs looking at Russia across the way…(on second thought, maybe not an updated show, sounds grim!) … Though Darren Burrows has actually been working on getting a remake off the ground for years, trying to get the funding. He’s been promising for so long, he could play his own grandfather on the show if it ever gets made. > [@Wheelz](#): > > Pretty sure you’re kidding here, but yeah, a realistic _Northern Exposure_ wouldn’t work. The quirky _sur_reality of Cicely was the real star of the show. It might be tough to get Cicely these days. _The Man in the High Castle_ also films in Roslyn, WA. > [@Royal\_Nonesutch](#): > > “After After M_A_S\*H” is an idea whose time has rightfully come… Along with _Brideshead Revisited Revisited_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/44 "2018-10-16T12:19:32Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > > [@FollowMeDown](#): > > > > Quantum Leap > > Personally I think it would do better as a reboot. Still with self contained stories within the episode but more attention paid to the overall story arc and a planned ending. A planned 2-3 season arc. > > Dean Stockwell is 82 and retired. Without him you might as well start over and do it right. Problem is, we can’t afford Mark Ruffalo as Al to Domhnall Gleeson as Sam. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/45 "2018-10-16T13:29:12Z")
**Green Acres** \*Sick of cut-throat life in Silicon Valley, successful software designer, Oliver Wendell Douglas buys a run down marijuana farm from con-man, Eustace Haney, much to his ditsy wife, Lisa’s chagrin. \* **Cast:** Oliver Douglas: Jason Bateman Lisa Douglas: Lisa Kudrow Eb Dawson: Sean Hayes Mr. Haney: Jon Lovitz Sam Drucker: Christopher Llyod Hank Kimball: Norm McDonald Fred Ziffel: Dave Chappelle Arnold Ziffel: [This guy](https://mojly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/funny-animals-pig-photos-pictures-lol-1476370550455pig-pictures-10.jpg) Hank Kimball: Ty Burell Ralph Monroe: Kristen Schaal Alf Monroe: Jermaine Klement ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/46 "2018-10-16T13:34:42Z")
I will always hold out for The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. But where to get someone like Bruce Campbell to star? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/47 "2018-10-16T13:38:11Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > I would have said _Twin Peaks_… until they actually did it. > > … Similarly, I would have said _Arrested Development_, but I haven’t been all that impressed with its revival on Netflix. \*Seinfeld \*with original cast is too obvious. I think it could work if it were done in vein of _Curb Your Enthusiasm_, but since we’ve already had Curb, it’s probably best to just leave it. I saw some of the new _Murphy Brown_ and thought it was not funny, so maybe sitcoms are just not good candidates for this. I like the suggestions for \*Firefly \*and _Quantum Leap_. Would be nice to keep original casts, maybe do a 10 episode Netflix miniseries for each and give a proper ending. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/48 "2018-10-16T15:04:59Z")
I wish _King of the Hill_ were still on. That was some funny shit, right there. > [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Bring back funny variety shows like Carol Burnett or the Smothers Brothers. I’ve been sayin’ this for years, but there doesn’t seem to be any talent to pull it off. > [@Tibby](#): > > **Green Acres** > > \*Sick of cut-throat life in Silicon Valley, successful software designer, Oliver Wendell Douglas buys a run down marijuana farm from con-man, Eustace Haney, much to his ditsy wife, Lisa’s chagrin. > \* > **Cast:** > Oliver Douglas: Jason Bateman > Lisa Douglas: Lisa Kudrow > Eb Dawson: Sean Hayes > Mr. Haney: Jon Lovitz > Sam Drucker: Christopher Llyod > Hank Kimball: Norm McDonald > Fred Ziffel: Dave Chappelle > Arnold Ziffel: [This guy](https://mojly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/funny-animals-pig-photos-pictures-lol-1476370550455pig-pictures-10.jpg) > Hank Kimball: Ty Burell > Ralph Monroe: Kristen Schaal > Alf Monroe: Jermaine Klement I would watch this, with this cast! You, Sir, need to _get to Hollywood!_ ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/49 "2018-10-16T15:10:22Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > American Gothic. Do you mean the 1995 series with Gary Cole as the evil sheriff? That was a great show, very creepy and gritty. I was excited to see a new show in 2016 called American Gothic, but it wasn’t the same at all. Just the same name. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/50 "2018-10-16T15:51:57Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > \*Seinfeld \*with original cast is too obvious. I think it could work if it were done in vein of _Curb Your Enthusiasm_, but since we’ve already had Curb, it’s probably best to just leave it. One of the storylines on _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ several seasons ago had Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld working on a _Seinfeld_ reunion show. Michael Richards, Jason Alexander, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus all appeared on the show. The show was to pick up just after Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer were released from jail, naturally not having learned a thing from their experience or becoming better persons from it. They were the same self-absorbed people they’d always been. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/51 "2018-10-16T16:00:34Z")
Laugh In That Was The Week That Was ---
**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 16, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/52 "2018-10-16T17:23:08Z")
I am somewhat surprised that no one has brought back _Bewitched_ as a one hour drama-seems like a natural for the CW. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/53 "2018-10-16T17:28:36Z")
ABC is working on a [reboot of Bewitched](https://deadline.com/2018/08/bewitched-reboot-interracial-family-kenya-barris-blackish-yamara-taylor-abc-via-abc-studios-sony-tv-davis-entertainment-1202447276/), from the producer behind Black-ish and with an African-American Samantha, but a white guy as Darren. From Deadline Hollywood, “They struggle to navigate their differences as she discovers that even when a black girl is literally magic, she’s still not as powerful as a decently tall white man with a full head of hair in America.” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/54 "2018-10-16T18:53:32Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > From Deadline Hollywood, “They struggle to navigate their differences as she discovers that even when a black girl is literally magic, she’s still not as powerful as a decently tall white man with a full head of hair in America.” “Hey you got social commentary in my sitcom!” “Hey, you got sitcom in my social commentary!” And no one was happy. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/55 "2018-10-16T19:01:07Z")
Numb3rs ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/56 "2018-10-16T19:11:11Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > From Deadline Hollywood, “They struggle to navigate their differences as she discovers that even when a black girl is literally magic, she’s still not as powerful as a decently tall white man with a full head of hair in America.” > > “Hey you got social commentary in my sitcom!” > > “Hey, you got sitcom in my social commentary!” > > And no one was happy. Well, think about the original show with Elizabeth Montgomery. This idiot marries a woman who can twinkle her nose and have the housework and cooking done in an instant. And yet, he expects her to do things the old-fashioned way; pushing a vacuum cleaner all over the house and then spending hours in the kitchen making dinner. Hell, he didn’t even need to work once he married her. She could just twinkle her nose and take them anywhere in the world. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/57 "2018-10-16T19:37:30Z")
**Ozzie and Harriett** - with the original cast. I’ll wait. ---
**Author:** ![GTPhD1996](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/97f17d/32.png) [@GTPhD1996](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GTPhD1996)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/58 "2018-10-16T19:42:35Z")
Community ---
**Author:** ![GTPhD1996](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/97f17d/32.png) [@GTPhD1996](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GTPhD1996)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/59 "2018-10-16T19:44:36Z")
> [@GTPhD1996](#): > > Community Also My Name is Earl.-+ ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/60 "2018-10-16T20:22:50Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Ozzie and Harriett** - with the original cast. > > I’ll wait. I expect Ozzie, Harriet, Ricky, Thorny and Wally have reached skeletal stage by now. Dave and Doc Williams may still have a little goo remaining. But, all things considered, if the script-writing is taut, this could be the hit network sit-com of the year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963.md?page=4)