# 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:** 3
**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, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/41 "2006-04-28T16:15:06Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Quick question…can we bring back a show, but with a _different_ production staff? Like if I wanted to ressurect _Enterprise_ with Joss Whedon and J. Michael Straczynski as writer/producers? You, sir, rock. I don’t know whether to slap myself for not thinking of that myself :smack: or to beat you senseless with a club and steal your idea. 😃 ---
**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, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/42 "2006-04-28T16:15:56Z")
Ooh… a better answer: With a billion dollars to invest in any one TV show, my money would go towards letting Joss Whedon do absolutely anything he damn well wants to. Flying monkeys? Robot apocalypse? Turducken? You bet, Mr. Whedon! ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/43 "2006-04-28T16:56:51Z")
Can I recommend a live action “Dirty Pair” with the following: > [@Fabulous Creature](#): > > 1. Alyson Hannigan and/or Jewel Staite get to star in the Joss vehicle; ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/44 "2006-04-28T17:02:41Z")
Angel (but unlike **silenus** , because I didn’t care for the ending) Firefly Wonderfalls Freaks and Geeks The Electric Company And, well, Buffy. But only if they made it as good as the 2nd, 3rd and 5th seasons. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/45 "2006-04-28T17:04:44Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Ooh… a better answer: With a billion dollars to invest in any one TV show, my money would go towards letting Joss Whedon do absolutely anything he damn well wants to. Flying monkeys? Robot apocalypse? Turducken? You bet, Mr. Whedon! El Diablo Robotico! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/46 "2006-04-28T17:20:40Z")
What, no love for **MacGyver**? Or does that count as trolling? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/47 "2006-04-28T17:22:41Z")
I’d have to say Bonanza, because in addition to being rich, to pull this one off, I would also have to have god-like power over life and death. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/48 "2006-04-28T18:11:38Z")
Several of my favorites have already been mentioned: **The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.** , **Wonderfalls** , **Futurama** , **Carnivàle**. I’d love to see new episodes of **Reboot** , **Dinosaurs** , **Weird Science** , **Eerie, Indiana** , and **Duckman**. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/49 "2006-04-28T18:24:22Z")
Joan of Arcadia. There was an extremely short-lived show on, IIRC, ABC a few years ago that was set in a mental hospital. Lasted all of two, maybe three episodes. Very gritty stuff, and I loved it, but apparently it offended the crazy folks. I’d like to give that another shot. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/50 "2006-04-28T18:29:10Z")
**Junkyard Wars** ---
**Author:** ![Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twin)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/51 "2006-04-28T18:32:48Z")
Definitely Freaks and Geeks. Goodbye. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/52 "2006-04-28T18:48:09Z")
> [@Evil One](#): > > Homicide, Life on the Street > > Great writing and acting. Oh, good one. As long as it veers back away from the soap opera that was Bailiss toward the end. ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/53 "2006-04-28T19:25:23Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > **Junkyard Wars** I didn’t know it had been cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/54 "2006-04-28T19:26:33Z")
I agree with others on Adventures of Brisco County Junior & Futurama. However seeing as how I am completely irresponsible with my _tens_ of dollars, I have to say I would also be irresponsible with billions of dollars. So I would also bring back… Wonder Woman The Green Hornet Hello Larry Real People Automan Mannimal Werewolf ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/55 "2006-04-28T19:29:51Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > MST3K, of course. Add me to this bloc. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/56 "2006-04-28T19:38:35Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I’d love to see new episodes of… **Weird Science** … I didn’t think anybody remembered the TV version of that! (Even though, according to IMDB, it ran for five seasons). Somehow I doubt watching it now would live up to my pubescent fantasies of Lisa (Vanessa Angel, so much better than Kelly LeBrock, the movie Lisa). ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/57 "2006-04-28T19:40:33Z")
**Babylon Five** **Space Above and Beyond**. ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/58 "2006-04-28T19:44:33Z")
**Hill Street Blues NYPD Blue Seinfeld Frasier Barney Miller The Bob Newhart Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show** ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/59 "2006-04-28T19:45:35Z")
**oh and…Twilight Zone** ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568/60 "2006-04-28T19:52:27Z")
**Cupid**. And I second **Joan of Arcadia**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-billionaire-which-show-would-you-bring-back/354568.md?page=4)