The TV thread

Don't get me wrong. It can be done well. One of my favorite television series of all time was a reboot. The re-imagined Battlestar Galactica didn't just blow away the cheesy original, it was it's own story built off the same premise and similar characters.

Unfortunately, that's not what we're getting with all these rehashed shows coming out now.

 

If Murphy Brown reboots, Michael Richards needs to have a minor unnamed role as an intern.

 

Two months max on the Brown reboot. Then they'll run out of Trump jokes and discover how bad an idea this is.

 

Me too. Episode after episode, Lara Axelrod keeps showing she might be the single most unlikable character in recent TV history. Great acting.

The "He's no Willbury" description is classic.

 

This is not Magnum:

And this is important:

Why CBS Killed the Comma for Its 'Magnum PI' Reboot

 

Just what prime time network needs to remain relevant: Two bad reboots and a debate over Oxford commas.

 

Really should have kept Murphy Brown at FYI but brought in as a ratings ploy and put in an Andy Rooney-type role. Each week her two minute commentary could have revolved around that week's plot. And she does need to reveal that she dated Trump "sometime between 2 and 3, or maybe it was before 1. "He took me to a USFL game, it wasn't that great."

 

I like Hernandez - but that Magnum thing looked bad. Thomas Magnum does not wax his chest.

 

Is that Herc from The Wire as the friend who gets killed off?

 

Definitely not the same show and you can certainly see the influence of Fast and the Furious.

 

And, of course "Designated Survivor" ends with Kirkham being his badass self. And a cliffhanger or two.

 

Including the ridiculous stunts. So many people trying to be Mission Impossible these days.