# You're a billionaire. Which show would you bring back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568 "2006-04-28T09:21:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/21 "2006-04-28T13:45:27Z")
Futurama, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/22 "2006-04-28T14:00:15Z")
[Carnivale](http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/) And I’d track down and torture unto death every HBO exec who had anything to do with the cancellation of this show. Bastards! ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/23 "2006-04-28T14:10:29Z")
“Freakazoid!”, of course. And “Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys” (cancelled because it wasn’t selling enough toys! Bah!). ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/24 "2006-04-28T14:16:45Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > [Carnivale](http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/) > > And I’d track down and torture unto death every HBO exec who had anything to do with the cancellation of this show. Bastards! No need to torture them. Since I’m a billionaire as well, we’ll pool our money, buy HBO, bring back Carnivale and fire all the execs. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/25 "2006-04-28T14:17:53Z")
While we’re at it let’s also bring back Six Feet Under. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/26 "2006-04-28T14:29:28Z")
Another vote for _Barney Miller_ also _The Nanny_ (Did you know Chilean TV is producing new episodes of The Nanny in Spanish, with local actors, using the original scripts? I want it on DVD! _Night Court_ Oh! Miss Sullivan! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/27 "2006-04-28T14:32:18Z")
Homicide, Life on the Street Great writing and acting. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/28 "2006-04-28T14:43:50Z")
I’d say **Firefly** , but I think the whole experience has left a bad enough taste in Joss Whedon’s mouth that he wouldn’t be interested in it, and I know a couple cast members probably feel the same way. So, I’ll say **Wild, Wild West.** ---
**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:** [April 28, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/29 "2006-04-28T14:47:29Z")
I’m sure I could money-whip Joss and Company enough to take the bad taste out of their mouths. **Firefly** **Angel** (Although the ending was perfect) **Night Court** ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/30 "2006-04-28T14:50:35Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > No need to torture them. Since I’m a billionaire as well, we’ll pool our money, buy HBO, bring back Carnivale and fire all the execs. I’ll add my billions to this pool. I haven’t been as impressed with a show, since the early days of Twin Peaks. And I am dying to find out what happens after the ending of season 2. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/31 "2006-04-28T14:59:47Z")
Um, Bob continues a killing spree, controlling Agent Cooper’s body? More disconnected story threads, not connected to any story arc or even character development, get brought in to pad air time? Lynch ran out of ideas long before TP ended. Let it rest. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/32 "2006-04-28T15:11:39Z")
Firefly Arrested Development Are there other shows? ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/33 "2006-04-28T15:25:00Z")
I’d like to see [Blake’s 7](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake's_7) resurrected. With the new, darker Battlestar Galactica a success I think the time is ripe. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/34 "2006-04-28T15:37:03Z")
**Firefly** first, with out a doubt. It would have to fall between the last episode and the events in _Serenity_, I suppose, but it would be worth doing. After that, **Brimstone**. How can you not love a show with John Glover playing the Devil? They had established enough interesting themes and conflicts for a full run, and they had plenty of damned souls left to provide stories. I _really_ wanted to see the endgame for this one; the Devil is obviously going to try to cheat Stone somehow, and Stone is just as obviously going to turn it around on him, but I want to see it play out. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/35 "2006-04-28T15:43:52Z")
**Newsradio** , but only if I could bring back the late great Phil Hartman. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/36 "2006-04-28T15:44:36Z")
_Married…with Children_ _Justice League Unlimited_ _Farscape_ _Strange Luck_ In that order. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/37 "2006-04-28T15:46:49Z")
Another vote for **Barney Miller**. **WKRP** would be OK with me too. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/38 "2006-04-28T16:04:12Z")
Titus. And then I get to fire the blonde chick and play her part myself. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/39 "2006-04-28T16:12:20Z")
**Crusade** , the Babylon 5 spinoff, though it’s been awhile and I doubtif you could get the cast together again. It was fun seeing the boss from Office Space (Gary Cole) as a Starship Captain. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/40 "2006-04-28T16:12:52Z")
_Firefly_ was my first thought as well, along with _Sports Night_. That said, I think I’d be more likely to give Joss Whedon & Aaron Sorkin free reign to start brand new shows in whatever genre they want, with complete creative control (perhaps with a proviso that they only do 12 episodes a season, so as to allow them to do as much of the writing/directing as possible themselves & maintain the highest quantity). I’d have the following conditions: 1. Alyson Hannigan and/or Jewel Staite get to star in the Joss vehicle; 2. Rob Lowe and/or Brad Whitford star in the Sorkin vehicle; and 3. John Wells is not only not allowed to have anything to do with either show, but his picture is distributed to all the security guards with instructions to taser him on sight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568.md?page=3)