# Why all the reboots? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 12, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-reboots/948514 "2021-08-12T12:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-reboots/948514/8 "2021-08-12T13:41:06Z")
Because people _want_ reboots: > [@Shows That Need a Reboot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-need-a-reboot/948242): > > Sliders. Alternate History has a huge amount of untapped potential. Plus the premise is begging for a more thoughtful take. Alien Nation. I’ve been rewatching this on Tubi and while the second half of the season falters a little, it still holds up. I would love either an update set in the same world but thirty years later or a true reboot where the premise is shifted to today. Once Upon a Time. Just make a Fables TV series already! What are some you would like to see? This concurrent thread is at 91 posts as I write this. If no one watched reboots, Hollywood would stop making them. But not only is there a passive audience acceptance of them, there’s a positive demand. There’s also the “elevator pitch” idea. There’s a longstanding belief in Hollywood that you need to be able to pitch your idea in the time it takes to ride an elevator a few floors. That’s gone from a bit of wisdom about studio execs’ short attention spans to a bit of a self-fulfilling truism. A lot of execs seem to honestly believe if you _don’t_ make an “elevator pitch” for your concept, it’s not worth pursuing. And “Reboot X!” is a pretty succinct pitch. Once you get your foot in the door with the elevator pitch, you can explain how _your_ version will be different and improve on the old version. Or not. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-reboots/948514)._