# Which dead TV shows do you most wish they would bring back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250 "2012-04-09T12:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![SticksAndString](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SticksAndString](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksAndString)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/141 "2012-04-20T11:26:00Z")
I took too long editing the last post and got a spanking from the system.:smack: **Thudlow\_Boink** –I thought I was the only person who watched Greg the Bunny! **BdubU2** –I don’t know about your area/cable co but we get a channel called The Hub and when I found out they were airing old eps of Jem, I set my DVR to season pass. Because me and my friends are Jem girls! Jem, Jem is her name! Truly outrageous! That’s a Jem girl! Glamour fashion and fame! JEM! _jazzhands_😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/142 "2012-04-22T17:53:58Z")
Fireball xl5, Twin Peaks, Blakes 7 and The Wild Wild West (The series NOT the film) ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/143 "2012-04-22T17:59:06Z")
Daria Justice League ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/144 "2012-04-22T18:11:01Z")
I loved Northern Exposure so much, but I don’t know that the same kind of show could come back in its original form. The show certainly wasn’t just about the weather, but I know much more about Alaska now. Melting glaciers, the plight of the natives, the poor polar bears, climate change, Sarah Palin - I think revisiting Alaska would find it a poorer, sadder place now. I’ve always said here in the past, I would like to see a new version of Wagon Train. (Not just hostile Indians, manly men leading the way, and harmonicas played around the campfire while the wimmenfolk cooked the biscuits and beans.) A new Wagon Train. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/145 "2012-04-22T18:26:52Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Fireball xl5, Twin Peaks, Blakes 7 and The Wild Wild West (The series NOT the film) Wow! OK, you just got an agreement from me for four out your four examples. Fireball XL5! That really brings back memories. Supermarionation for the win. Twin Peaks, a true classic. One of the most haunting sound tracks I have ever heard. Blake’s 7 - this little gem twinkled much more brightly back in merry old England than it did here, but those of us who remember it do so with great affection. And the Wild Wild West. Ah yes, Miguelito Loveless Jr, the little guy you loved to hate. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/146 "2012-04-22T18:49:04Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Just thought of one: > > Men of a Certain Age > > I thought it was poignant. I came in to say this one. I loved the show and was crushed when it wasn’t renewed. Instead we we get another season of rizzoli & isles and Franklin & Bash. ---
**Author:** ![crookedteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@crookedteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crookedteeth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/147 "2012-04-22T19:04:57Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Just thought of one: > > Men of a Certain Age > > I thought it was poignant. I’ll second this. I really enjoyed the show, but kinda forgot about it until you mentioned it. Now I really want to watch it again. Also, I’ll second Monk. Another good show that I (almost) forgot about. I remember wondering why it was canceled, especially considering that they had plenty of material to expand upon and only needed to mention that material once or twice a season to keep moving forward. I assumed that they left the show before it could become stale, since at least I didn’t see it going that way. ETA: Oops, I was beat to the punch. Oh well, I third Men of a Certain Age. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/148 "2012-04-22T21:27:38Z")
I could go for _Rome_. Push it forward a hundred years or two, to the deaths of Nero or Commodus. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/149 "2012-04-23T02:26:09Z")
Dead Like Me. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/150 "2012-04-23T02:43:08Z")
Firefly, Titus, Big Shots, Kyle XY, Eli Stone I’m sure I have more, I just can’t think of them right now. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/151 "2012-04-23T04:01:41Z")
No love for **SG-U**? I mean, I know it started off crappy. But those last few episodes were good! also: **DS9** ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/152 "2012-04-23T08:13:31Z")
Drawn Together. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/153 "2012-04-25T17:24:57Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I could go for _Rome_. Push it forward a hundred years or two, to the deaths of Nero or Commodus. Nero yes, or perhaps one of the other emperors, but Commodus, like the transition form Republican Rome via Julius to Augustus has been done to death in the movies IMO. Am currently rewatching Rome, and its still very, very good. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/154 "2012-04-25T20:35:48Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Nero yes, or perhaps one of the other emperors, but Commodus, like the transition form Republican Rome via Julius to Augustus has been done to death in the movies IMO. I see what you did there. 🙂 But I disagree. The deaths of Nero and Commodus have been done, yes, but not the periods of instability afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/155 "2012-04-25T21:00:12Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > The Secret Life of Machines. Well hello there from the other person who watched this show! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/156 "2012-04-26T00:03:10Z")
> [@AtomicDog](#): > > Justice League I would suggest you check out Young Justice. It is pretty close. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/157 "2012-04-26T01:59:20Z")
My picks? Quantam Leap The Muppet Show Northern Exposure Pickett Fences Everwood Boston Legal Murphy Brown Men of a Certain Age (I didn’t think I’d like this one…I hated Ray Romano’s stand-up act and Everybody Loves Raymond, but he really did shine, along with Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher) ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/158 "2012-04-26T02:42:37Z")
Mighty Max Dukes of Hazzard Johnny Quest Moonlighting Green Acres ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/159 "2012-04-26T12:56:48Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I see what you did there. 🙂 > > . ??? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-tv-shows-do-you-most-wish-they-would-bring-back/618250/160 "2012-04-26T14:18:26Z")
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