# Which TV series would you like to see revived as an HBO series (w/sex and nudity)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541 "2005-09-07T16:56:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/81 "2005-09-08T05:18:51Z")
Green Acres. Oliver, Lisa, Arnold, Alf and Ralph, and a big ole mud hole. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/82 "2005-09-08T10:15:27Z")
Get Smart. Oh yeah! mm ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/83 "2005-09-08T11:12:05Z")
Well, I Dream of Jeannie may have had its nice bondage overtones with Jeannie running around half-naked and calling Major Nelson “Master,” but I think the show that could REALLY have made some imaginative use of nudity and such wrt to bondage imagery would be: The Avengers Diana Rigg hogtied and nekkid, oh YEAH bay-bee! ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/84 "2005-09-08T12:03:03Z")
And now on the HBO series, _Charmed_… Or maybe… In the wake of Screetch’s death, the kids from Saved By the Bell return to their old school bu bring with them a hidden layer of sex, lies and deception. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/85 "2005-09-08T12:14:03Z")
Am I really the first person to mention “Lois & Clark” (They’re real…and they’re spectacular). In a similar vein “Smallville” even if it’s just Clark and Lex getting it on. “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” would have really been better. And I’ve got such a thing for Wayne Brady. Though the thought of “The Drew Carey Show” made me put down my bagel. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/86 "2005-09-08T12:29:50Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > And now on the HBO series, _Charmed_… > > Or maybe… > > In the wake of Screetch’s death, the kids from Saved By the Bell return to their old school bu bring with them a hidden layer of sex, lies and deception. Stupid meetings. Made me a half hour late to this thread. These were the two exact shows I was going to post about. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/87 "2005-09-08T12:45:04Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Am I really the first person to mention “Lois & Clark” (They’re real…and they’re spectacular). There’s some pics floating around the internet, and while they may be real, they are not spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/88 "2005-09-08T12:46:40Z")
**Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom** “While Jim wrestles with the Siberian Tiger, let’s go back to the studios…” ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/89 "2005-09-08T12:48:30Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Another suggestion would be _Lassie_…Good girl, Lassie! Ideal fodder, since Lassie was really a dog of the boy persuasion. Consider the crossover plot possibilties. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/90 "2005-09-08T12:51:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom** > “While Jim wrestles with the Siberian Tiger, let’s go back to the studios…” Hmm…I woulda thought **Hal Briston** … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/91 "2005-09-08T12:58:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Hmm…I woulda thought Hal Briston… 1.) Don’t be ridiculous. No one on Wild Kingdom ever wrestled a sheep. 2.) Just for the record, I think **Hal** ’s getting plastered too much for what _someone else_ has done, and doesn’t deserve it. Mind, it wouldn’t bother me if he had made an innocent error himself and got hounded for it. But getting repeatedly blasted over something you didn’t do doesn’t sit right with me. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/92 "2005-09-08T14:33:27Z")
Hey…\*\*Hal’\*\*s the one who went to a meeting and left the Dope up on his browser. His ritual humiliation can serve as an example to others that this is A Bad Thing To Do. 😃 \*\*The Flying Nun \*\* would have been quite different with nudity. ---
**Author:** ![Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/93 "2005-09-08T15:11:12Z")
On a slightly more serious note, I believe _ **Freaks and Geeks** _ would have benefitted from the HBO treatment. It would have allowed the kids to be portrayed more accurately (frequent swearing). We could also have been treated to a Joe Flaherty love scene. :eek: (I said slightly more serious, not completely…) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/94 "2005-09-08T15:17:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > \*\*The Flying Nun \*\* would have been quite different with nudity. And latex, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/95 "2005-09-08T15:21:25Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] And now on the HBO series, _Charmed_…QUOTE] I see the plot: Paige’s discovery of a nudity potion spells trouble for Piper (Rose McGowan) and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano). But they get revenge, when they discover a spell that unite Paige (what’s her name) and Cole … literally … and they can’t get unstuck! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/96 "2005-09-08T15:31:22Z")
**Mystery Science Theater 3000** _Just the Movies!!! Just the Movies!!! Not Joel/Mike and the 'bots. and Deep 13/Pearl and Company_ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/97 "2005-09-08T15:35:21Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Mystery Science Theater 3000** > > _Just the Movies!!! > Just the Movies!!! > Not Joel/Mike and the 'bots. and Deep 13/Pearl and Company_ Well, “Outlaw of Gor” was one of the movies the MST3K actually DID, and it was an ATTEMPTED softcore porn. So, the people who made it were too stupid to include the, um, porn. Is that the Misties’ fault? I think not! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/98 "2005-09-08T15:40:41Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Moonlighting > > Buck Rogers “Buck Naked Rogers in the 25th and a Half Century!” “Wilma Deering must go undercover as a Four-Dimensional Space Stripper when Buck disappears into the Prurient Zone!” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/99 "2005-09-08T15:54:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, “Outlaw of Gor” was one of the movies the MST3K actually DID, and it was an ATTEMPTED softcore porn. So, the people who made it were too stupid to include the, um, porn. Is that the Misties’ fault? I think not! Immaterial and irrelevant. They couldn’t have chosen something that was more explicit, given the limitations of the station (and probably of their own good taste). But I’d like to see them ranking on, say, Bo Derek’s version of **Tarzan the Ape Man** with the ambulatory Playboy Pictorial intact. Or **The Howling II**. Or the **Deathstalker** movies, or… Well, you get the idea. There’s plenty of Bad out there to be pilloried without descending into outright porn. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541/100 "2005-09-08T16:42:18Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > There’s some pics floating around the internet, and while they may be real, they are not spectacular. Rent _Heaven’s Prisoners_ for further confirmation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-series-would-you-like-to-see-revived-as-an-hbo-series-w-sex-and-nudity/320541.md?page=6)