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Movie studios aren’t the only ones relying on sequels and reboots for success.
With the television landscape becoming more competitive, broadcast networks, cable channels and streaming services are digging back into the classics — and even modern classics — to find more nostalgia-happy viewers.
Roseanne, the sitcom about a blue-collar family led by Roseanne Barr, is just the latest show to be revived from the dead. ABC is readying a new season for March 27 (8 ET/PT), 30 years after the show’s premiere.. And like NBC’s Will & Grace revival, Roseanne is simply ignoring inconvenient plots from the show’s final season, including the death of Roseanne’s husband, Dan, to bring John Goodman back for the new edition.
Of course, a remake is no guarantee of success. Remember the 2008 remake of Knight Rider? We thought not. But risk-averse TV execs are opting for what they see as safer bets, pre-sold titles that have name recognition and require less promotion.
In pilots vying for next season, Hannah Simone (New Girl) has been tapped to star in ABC’s potential remake of The Greatest American Hero. Other pilots in the works include reboots of Cagney and Lacey, Magnum P. I. and Charmed.
Whether any of those will be picked up as a series, much less find success, is an open question. But maybe it’s not so bad for something old to become something new again.
