For an upcoming episode of ‘The Pop Culture Pub
Podcast’ we are discussing TV shows we would like to see brought back. Here are
a few I will be discussing on that episode:
Stark Raving Mad:
It was an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1999 to July 13,
2000. The series starred Tony Shalhoub and Neil Patrick Harris
Shalhoub stars as odd horror novelist Ian Stark, who is obsessed with practical jokes, and whose first book Below Ground was a best seller. Neil Patrick Harris is Stark's reluctant editor Henry McNeeley, who has a variety of phobias and possibly obsessive–compulsive disorder. On January 10, 2000, the sitcom won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New Television Comedy Series. The sitcom premiered on September 23, 1999 and was officially cancelled by NBC on April 15, 2000 despite having a 10.7 average household share and being ranked 15th among all programs.[1]
Margaret 'Maddie' Keller
was to be played by Jessica Cauffiel as she
appears in several early cast photos.
The X-Files:
A soft
reboot with a new cast playing a new set of agents working on The X-Files for
the FBI. Mitch Pileggi as AD Skinner would act as the bridge. Mulder and Scully
may guest star. I would love to see some new agents take on the paranormal and
government conspiracies. Maybe this new show could create its own mythology
too.
The
Flintstones and The Jetsons:
Animated
and done in the Hanna Barbara style done in the tradition of the original, with
no crude humour. It should be a family friendly remake like the originals.
Star Trek
Deep Space Voyager:
This series
would be a joint continuation of both series taking place the exact amount of
years since the Voyager series finale (in 2001). This would be a 4 season
limited series with 10 episodes per season. Will feature some classic
characters returning and introduce some new.
On DS9:
focus on the return of Captain Sisko. What’s happening with the Dominion now?
Cardassia? Jake Sisko is working on ways to get his father back (much like the
episode ‘The Visitor)
Voyager: a
new ‘Voyager’ is commissioned with some of the original crew members and some
DS9/TNG people (Commander Wesley Crusher, Commander Nog, Captain Worf…all these
actors have expressed interest in returning to Trek)
-
Worf’s
brother returns
-
Thomas
Riker is rescued from an old abandoned Cardassian prison camp
-
Garek
becomes leader of Cardassia
Babylon 5
& Babylon Prime:
A reboot done
by original series creator JMS. This “new” series would use some classic
scripts and some new ones. With new special fx technology and no pressure to fill
syndication commitments this would be an ideal show to do on a streaming
service. Maybe follow the original plan to have 2- 5 season shows with about 10
episodes per season (no filler episodes required). JMS originally wanted
Babylon 5 to have 5 seasons with the last season ending with the station being
destroyed by the Minbari Warrior Caste, then the time displaced ‘Babylon 4’
would be brought to the present and renamed ‘Babylon Prime’, and would be used
in the current war against The Shadows. If you have no idea what I am talking
about you should look the original series up and go online and read JMS’s
original outline for what he originally wanted to do.
