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CBS wants to be the reboot network. They already have Hawaii 5-0, MacGyver and SWAT. Crazy.
CBS wants to be the reboot network. They already have Hawaii 5-0, MacGyver and SWAT. Crazy.
CBS orders pilots for Magnum, PI , Cagney and Lacey reboots
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Guess CBS wants to be known as the 'Blast to the Past' Network. What's next? Dukes of Hazzard?
As for Higgins, I think it would be fun to see Peter Dinklage in that role.
As for Higgins, I think it would be fun to see Peter Dinklage in that role.
They're pulling a Starbuck.
I'd heard they were thinking of doing that for Magnum, but not Higgins.
I rewatched Cagney & Lacey recently and was struck all over again by how brilliant it is. IMO a great deal of that brilliance was due to the cast, which really was one of those near-miraculous, lightning-in-a-bottle groups that worked together seamlessly and fabulously. On that basis alone I can't envision tuning in to any remake / reboot.
Gless and Daly had as good of on-screen chemistry as any two people in TV history.
Daly had appeared on an episode of Burn Notice and it was like magic. Unfortunately, the episode/part was written as a one-off, which I thought was too bad because it would have made for a really fun recurring role.
They're never going to recapture that magic. But there certainly needs to be more women-lead cop procedurals, so I suppose banking on the brand name couldn't hurt.
Magnum shouldn't be too hard to get right. As long as they keep it simple.
Of all the 80s nostalgia shows so far, the only one I've thought was any good was Lethal Weapon. But that's because they didn't try to do much with the original concept.
Daly had appeared on an episode of Burn Notice and it was like magic. Unfortunately, the episode/part was written as a one-off, which I thought was too bad because it would have made for a really fun recurring role.
They're never going to recapture that magic. But there certainly needs to be more women-lead cop procedurals, so I suppose banking on the brand name couldn't hurt.
Magnum shouldn't be too hard to get right. As long as they keep it simple.
Of all the 80s nostalgia shows so far, the only one I've thought was any good was Lethal Weapon. But that's because they didn't try to do much with the original concept.
Ahh, Ok, I must have missed that somehow.
And I couldn't get into Lethal Weapon, because as good as it is, I just wasn't feeling it.
I'd like to reboot CBS.
I much rather have continuations than reboots. Magnum and MacGyver could be the son / daughter of the former character. That way the 'parents' can show up from time to time. Hell same with Hawaii 5-0.
The white guy's accent drives me nuts so I couldn't watch it.
The white guy's accent drives me nuts so I couldn't watch it.
I think with all the reboots that's what's happening.
Surprised they haven't rebooted Streets of San Francisco. They named dropped the characters in Hawaii 5-0 at least once.
No, reboot CBS so this doesn't happen anymore and it isn't junk news reporting either.
At this point it simply needs some gutting. It's gone from the joke network to being something old folks watch, to being the joke network of reboots.
At this point it simply needs some gutting. It's gone from the joke network to being something old folks watch, to being the joke network of reboots.
Remakes/boots? They will always be with us. But they could cut back a little. (okay a lot) No idea what CBS's "junk news" is, since I don't watch them for news.
I quite liked it but I kept watching it and thinking how Gibby and Glover would play the scenes...
They've already done a Cagney & Lacey reboot, haven't they? I think it was called Rizzoli & Isles. 
Skipping on both of these.
Oh, wasn't the accent for me. I felt that despite being based on a popular movie series which was also a comedy, the series felt more like a regular procedural with familiar names.