TV Shows You Wish They Could Bring Back in All Their Glory

[titsonritz]

9. Six Million Dollar Man. Six million dollars was a lot of money back then. Plus that cool noise whenever he used his bionic parts in slow-mo. Heather Thomas, anyone? I had no less than three of her posters. C'mon… You remember her posters… Her poster was right next to the other Heather's poster. So close they were almost touching...

Heather Thomas costarred with Lee Majors on the Fall Guy Six Million Dollar Man. The other Heather must be Locklear.

[titsonritz]

Used to love watching Ba Ba Black Sheep as a kid.

Love that show growing up, along with F4U's.

[Watrdawg]

Love that show growing up, along with F4U's.

If I had the money the ultimate for me would be to own and fly either a F4 Corsair or a P51 Mustang! Only way I'd come down would be to fuel up so I could keep on flying

[ramairthree]

Magnum P.I.

Greatest TV then, before, or since.

[jmp45]

The Job, Original Outer Limits, Star Trek and Twilight Zone.

[joe138]

High Incident and Justified.

[SteyrAUG]

Magnum P.I.

Greatest TV then, before, or since.

And perfect "as is", no need for a remake. Buy the box set and enjoy. I'd hate to see anyone screw that show up. I still remember what a disaster the movie version of "Miami Vice" turned out to be.

Sadly anything like "Baa Baa Black Sheep" can never be redone, it would be CGI bullshit and probably look like Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor." It would be different if HBO decided to do a more accurate version of VMF-214 similar to "Band of Brothers" but I don't see that one happening.

And as much as the show was "cheese for kids", The A Team has a lot of potential to be redone intelligently. It would work especially well as a period piece in the context of the Cold War during the 1980s. But pretty sure Hollywood would screw that one up too.

I loved Justified, but I think they concluded it as well as possible and should be left alone.

Battlestar Galactica seems cursed. They original ended rather abruptly with no satisfactory conclusion. The remake showed some promise but the ending was a let down, not as bad as the original but I still felt cheated. Even worse, Blood and Sand was probably the best version I've ever seen but remained just a pilot film for a series that never happened.

We also need to consider that the message of these beloved shows would be changed. If they rebooted them the primary characters would be running around trying to stop the global warming conspiracy run by evil multinational corporations that value money over the environment, etc.

Just look at what they did to "The Wild, Wild West" as an example of how badly they can screw up a good thing. Thankfully I have the box set do I can just enjoy the originals.

[Bulletdog]

Heather Thomas costarred with Lee Majors on the Fall Guy Six Million Dollar Man. The other Heather must be Locklear.

Dammit. I got my shows mixed up. Thanks for the correction. I do remember Farrah Fawcett guest starred in a few episodes. Her poster was right next to the two Heathers.

[Bulletdog]

Magnum P.I.

Greatest TV then, before, or since.

Definitely a good one. My mother loved Tom Selleck. I love the dobermans, the car, the chopper and the setting.

[Grand58742]

Sadly anything like "Baa Baa Black Sheep" can never be redone, it would be CGI bullshit and probably look like Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor." It would be different if HBO decided to do a more accurate version of VMF-214 similar to "Band of Brothers" but I don't see that one happening.

I would think the overall tone would set how well it could go in a miniseries. Specifically how it was written and portrayed. You take the two HBO miniseries based around WWII. I loved Band of Brothers, but didn't care for The Pacific. I know there's always a dark side to war, but it was almost...too dark? I just couldn't get into the characters like I did with BoB.

I think Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg could pull it off with the right support.