Renewed for a third season starting in January 2025.
Night Court revival
- Thread starter Amasov
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That's great.... i think they found their footing this 2nd season. I will be up for those laughs in 2025.
Awesome news! 
Great news. But it took long enough! 
Other shows are way ahead on renewal decisions.
I'm hoping for a proper long-ish season.
Other shows are way ahead on renewal decisions.I'm hoping for a proper long-ish season.
A bare minimum of 15 episodes would be very nice to see.
Seasons 1 & 2 of Ghosts had 18 & 22. Season 3, like S2 of NC, was truncated due to the strike. S1 of NC had 16 but was a mid-season replacement (if that's even a thing anymore
).I'd be happy with 16 again.
20 would make me ecstatic, but I'll happily take 16.
Very disappointed. I used to think India played Olivia too broadly at first but I thought she go funnier and funnier as the show went on. I would say Olivia was the best character after Dan and the sheer weirdness factor with her amused me. If they let her go, I think it's a mistake.
Interestingly, India replaced another actress after theynshot the original (and unaired) pilot. They did provide Olivia with a plot in the finale to explain her absence. I assume another female prosecutor will replace her. Wonder what direction they'll take the new character in.
Interestingly, India replaced another actress after theynshot the original (and unaired) pilot. They did provide Olivia with a plot in the finale to explain her absence. I assume another female prosecutor will replace her. Wonder what direction they'll take the new character in.
I can't say I Olivia ever entirely worked for me as a character. I liked it when they focused on her mismatched friendship with Abby, but otherwise I found her too broad and unfunny. And with season 2 reasserting Dan's greed and amorality more, Olivia's greed and amorality seemed redundant.
Hmm... maybe the way to go with the new prosecutor is to make them sincere and idealistic, like Christine Sullivan. It would be an ironic inversion of the original dynamic, a prosecutor who cares about the defendants and wants to help them vs. a defender who feels contempt for them. But you'd have to make their idealism distinct from Abby's in some way to avoid the redundancy factor.
Hmm... maybe the way to go with the new prosecutor is to make them sincere and idealistic, like Christine Sullivan. It would be an ironic inversion of the original dynamic, a prosecutor who cares about the defendants and wants to help them vs. a defender who feels contempt for them. But you'd have to make their idealism distinct from Abby's in some way to avoid the redundancy factor.
I guess this tracks with one of the lead attorneys changing by the third season of a Night Court. We went from Paula to Billie to Christine by Season 3 of the original. I guess we should just count ourselves lucky that we won't already be on #3 with India's replacement. But I concur with those who say Season 2 Olivia was the better of the two versions of the character.
Very disappointing. But at least, none of the cast changes on the revival were due to death like happened twice on the original.
Here is the Deadline article reporting the news.
1st season she felt
2nd season made a little more sense...i think having her trying to use this job to get ahed (but sabotaged because, well, Night COurt) made a lot of sense.... her being on the starting end, and Dan being on the end season for this type of career,
I actually agree with CHristopher on this one. Having both lawyers being cynical doesn't feel right. His suggestion of the prosecutor having that personality dynamic mathcing their professional dynamic could be fun.
I too think they greatly improved on Olivia 2nd season.
1st season she felt
2nd season made a little more sense...i think having her trying to use this job to get ahed (but sabotaged because, well, Night COurt) made a lot of sense.... her being on the starting end, and Dan being on the end season for this type of career,
I actually agree with CHristopher on this one. Having both lawyers being cynical doesn't feel right. His suggestion of the prosecutor having that personality dynamic mathcing their professional dynamic could be fun.
I will acknowledge that was much as I liked Olivia, she wasn't much of a sparring partner for Dan. I suspect they'll go for a younger actress like India though a long-time veteran character going head-to-head with Dan would be interesting.
If you meant "veteran character actor," I had the same thought.
I think that would be fine for a guest episode or two.
But really, having a "newbie" would very much add to the mix... I mean even Abby has several years of experience (I mean, in order to be a judge and all)... Wyatt might be new at this particular job, but he's been around a while, as has Gurgs.
This a damn shame. I was one of the few people who loved Olivia from the onset, so the season two version really blew me away.
As I mentioned before, I was already a fan of hers from One Day at a Time so she was one of the few people I already knew before the show started. I'm sorry that familiarity is already gone.
Her replacement has big shoes to fill.
As I mentioned before, I was already a fan of hers from One Day at a Time so she was one of the few people I already knew before the show started. I'm sorry that familiarity is already gone.
Her replacement has big shoes to fill.
Season 2 Olivia was a vast improvement for me, even if the improvement was only due to better directing.
A shame they're not getting some character continuity.
A shame they're not getting some character continuity.
