# 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:** 5
**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 18, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/81 "2018-10-18T13:49:01Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > It would also be fun to see more _Looney Tune_ shorts animated traditionally providing they could find a team to draw and write in the same way as the ones from the 1940s. That’s a pretty neat idea. Maybe American TV could get away from mostly 30 and 60 minute shows and just make the shows as long as they need to be. You’d have certain anchors like the nightly news. Then any empty intervals could be filled with Looney Tunes or other short films like YouTube has. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/82 "2018-10-18T16:31:53Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > We watched the entire run of _The Larry Sanders Show_ a while back. We want moar! > > Don’t see anyway to do it at all. Without the same cast it couldn’t possibly be the same. > > So, here’s one: _The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd_. Blair Brown is still working. Recently saw her on _OitNB_ and \*Jac The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd was one of my all time favorite programs. It was a comedy/drama, somewhat whimsical. Unavailable now in any format, I had several episodes on VHS tapes, and I nearly cried when I threw them out. (Her baby she had at the end of the series must be 20-something or more by now.) . But that was in a New York that is no more, could such a delicate show be made, now? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/83 "2018-10-18T16:32:54Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Gunsmoke > > We’re long overdue for a great tv Western. Update it & add some minority characters. > > Tone down the gunfights, a little. Maybe Matt can punch the bad guy instead. 😉 How about Wagon Train? I had a great scenario for an updated Wagon Train series a couple years ago. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/84 "2018-10-18T21:02:06Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > How about Wagon Train? I had a great scenario for an updated Wagon Train series a couple years ago. The studios would probably set the reboot of Wagon Train in outer space and that idea would very stupid. ---
**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 18, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/85 "2018-10-18T21:15:29Z")
I thought of another series I’d like to see return; The Soup, on E! with Joel McHale. Few of the scripted shows that have been revived managed to match the quality of the original runs, but The Soup never had any quality (aside from being funny) so I think it could easily be revived. ---
**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 18, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/86 "2018-10-18T21:16:31Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > The studios would probably set the reboot of Wagon Train in outer space and that idea would very stupid. Gene Roddenberry probably would argue with you if he were still alive. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/87 "2018-10-20T18:55:36Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Gene Roddenberry probably would argue with you if he were still alive. 🙂 I think he was ‘being funny’ because real fans know Star Trek has often been referred to as Wagon Train To The Stars. 😃 Batman and original Star Trek used to be shown on cable Saturday nights, we watched it then for so long that since they aren’t being shown any more, our miserable lives are hardly worth living. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/88 "2018-10-20T19:01:35Z")
I scanned the thread and I don’t think I saw any mention of The Wire. So, **The Wire**. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/89 "2018-10-20T19:13:14Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’m now not sure either one of us got the point of the original. 😕 If you think that Michael was the moral center of the show I don’t think you got the point of the show. Hint: it was Edith. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I thought of another series I’d like to see return; The Soup, on E! with Joel McHale. Few of the scripted shows that have been revived managed to match the quality of the original runs, but The Soup never had any quality (aside from being funny) so I think it could easily be revived. They did that. McHale’s show on Netflix was very Soup-like. It didn’t last. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/90 "2018-10-20T19:27:00Z")
> [@bump](#): > > That might be fun… > > I’ll nominate “Constantine” from a few years back on NBC with Matt Ryan as John Constantine. He got the character down pat, and the show was entertaining as well. As mentioned, he is reprising his role in the inimitable Legends of Tomorrow, but he’s also voicing the character in the animated Constantine: City of Demons. > [@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. I saw this and realised it’s already been done, but it made me think “What about the A-Team?” No, they did that too. They’re meant to be working on a reboot of the reboot of Battlestar Galactica, I’ll just wait for that. ---
**Author:** ![Grey4791](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grey4791/32/4042_2.png) [@Grey4791](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey4791)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/91 "2018-10-21T14:14:31Z")
Back in the early 80s there was this show called Voyagers, which I loved. This time traveller and his sidekick go to different eras in history and right wrongs etc. What with the advances in TV and special effects being what they are, I believe a revamp of this series is long overdue. Put me down for American Gothic as well. I was really getting into that series when it was cancelled…I was bummed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/92 "2018-10-21T14:30:25Z")
**The Time Tunnel**. If brought back now, they could visit the 70’s and get involved in the Watergate break-in, or meet Trump in the 80’s, or get stuck in Manhattan just before 9-11. I’d love to see Doug and Tony grapple with recent history. ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/93 "2018-10-21T15:52:52Z")
ABC’s 2015 reboot of **The Muppet Show** Cancelled because of low ratings blamed on “depressing” (i.e. "adult) story lines and showrunner problems, both of which can be fixed. A lousy Sunday night timeslot didn’t help much either. I MISS UNCLE DEADLY !!! ☹ I’d love to see **Galavant** come back too but Timothy Omundson is still recovering from a stroke, and it just wouldn’t be Galavant without King Richard. Another vote for Rome too - “Lucious” Vorenus and “Tight-Ass” Pullo are one of my very favorite bromances. Even “The Further Adventures of Pullo And Son” would be acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/94 "2018-10-21T15:59:36Z")
> [@HyacinthBucket](#): > > ABC’s 2015 reboot of **The Muppet Show** > > Cancelled because of low ratings blamed on “depressing” (i.e. "adult) story lines and showrunner problems, both of which can be fixed. A lousy Sunday night timeslot didn’t help much either. > > I MISS UNCLE DEADLY !!! ☹ > > I’d love to see **Galavant** come back too but Timothy Omundson is still recovering from a stroke, and it just wouldn’t be Galavant without King Richard. > > Another vote for Rome too - “Lucious” Vorenus and “Tight-Ass” Pullo are one of my very favorite bromances. Even “The Further Adventures of Pullo And Son” would be acceptable. Obviously, that should be “Luscious” - sorry! Missed the Edit window. ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/95 "2018-10-21T16:09:14Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > Laugh In > > **[SIZE=“4”]That Was The Week That Was[/SIZE]** With Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Trevor Noah, John Oliver and a host of others, I think the mockable moments of the weekly news are already pretty well covered. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/96 "2018-10-21T16:13:25Z")
Although it pretty much ran it’s course over 22 episodes, I’d like to see [The Grinder](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4481322/) come back for another season. I thought Lowe, Savage and Devane were great together. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/97 "2018-10-21T16:32:15Z")
The Meeting of Minds hosted By Steve Allen was an interesting concept for a show. Steve Allen would interview historical figures(such as Plato, Martin Luther, and Thomas Jefferson) as portrayed by various actors. Though I’m not sure how much actual interest there would be to the general public. ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/98 "2018-10-22T17:14:47Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > On the one hand, it would be nice to have a reboot of _The Fall Guy_–on the other hand, most of the stunts would involve standing in front of a green screen in a unitard covered with ping-pong balls, which kind of lacks the machismo of the original. I think it could work well, the new Colt Seavers could be one of the few remaining stuntmen who did real stunts, and of course still the bounty hunting on the side. ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/99 "2018-10-22T17:58:11Z")
**The Outer Limits** I never saw the 1995 reboot, but the original 1963 series was an excellent sci-fi, horror, fantasy anthology show. They should use the original story lines and just update them with modern, limited-CGI special effects. Although, it would be hard to make a more terrifying monster than [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyvR-lQwNzM) (warning, don’t click link if you suffer heart problems)! I had a nightmare and peed the bed after watching this episode at age 6 (…and again when I was 48 :o). ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963/100 "2018-10-22T18:29:09Z")
I’d love a return of _Alias_, with Sydney & Vaughan’s grown daughter now an agent (as was hinted at in the series finale). Heck, throw their son in too, and make them a brother/sister team. Maybe Vaughan or Dixon is their handler, and when Sydney finds out, she’s furious that they would endanger her kids when all she wanted to do was get out of the life. Michael Vartan and Carl Lumbly don’t seem to be doing much these days. Just spitballing…there are SO many ways they could go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-come-back/822963.md?page=6)