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Is anyone surprised? When has a TV ~~reboot~~ revival worked?
Battlestar Galactica? Doctor Who? Star Trek: The Next Generation?
Weren't those new shows with new casts? This is the same show and cast being brought back two decades later
You said "reboot" without any other qualifiers, so that was my attempt at some examples.
I think the term we're actually looking for here is "revival." "Girl Meets World" seemed to do OK, as well as "Dexter: New Blood" ... The airtime of the successors from this article is probably a good indicator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_series_revivals
My bad I guess I mixed up the terms, thanks for clarifying
NP, I think we both learned something
My Little Pony? (G3 -> G4, not G4 -> G5)
The Next Generation is a continuation of Star Trek. Though, I’m sure a lot of people saw it as an attempted replacement of Kirk and Spock when it was announced.
Formulaically, it was indeed a reboot with new characters taking on aspects of the old roles, as well as a tone shift to match the 20-year gap; I imagine it was inserted into the existing timeline in order to preserve all of the world building that had already been done, similar to what was later done with Doctor Who.
Futurama was revived multiple times. The quality of the Hulu revival may be debatable but the Comedy Central revival was undeniably successful.
Whether you like Family Guy or not, its revival was definitely a major financial success for Fox.
Financial success isn't my personal benchmark, but I don't argue your point there. I think the first revival of Futurama was worth it, since it was cancelled too early, but the latest stuff has definitely made me say "just leave it alone at this point"
The King of the Hill revival has been decent, in my opinion.
It has been a great return to form. It is missing a little piece of the charm with Dale's actor passing but yes, overall quite good.
And John Redcorn's VA got murdered after the first season ended...
Reboot?
DuckTales, Battlestar Galactica, House of Cards, Fruits Basket, Lost in Space…
Reunion? As in a continuation of an existing series after many years have passed? I can’t think of any that are considered as good as the original run by fans.
I very much enjoyed Dexter Resurrection. New blood was Ok, but I think it was due to that aweful ending on the original ending
I was really digging the Saved by the Bell reboot. I thought it had enough awareness and edge to really tear into the original's classless, atemporal premise. I think streaming has kind of turned media consumption into an amorphous firehose of "content" and slop where anything struggles to register. I do think that if SbtB had hit a little earlier, on a service anyone gave a fuck about (Peacock? are you kidding me?) it might have found its footing.
I guess Cobra Kai is my real answer.