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We’ve all thought it at least once: Television is running out of good ideas.
And that’s for good reason.
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For everyTed LassoorSuccession, there’s at least one old title finding its way back to TV.
And we know you didn’t ask for a freshFantasy Island, but Fox just gave us one anyway!
Remarkably, it doesn’t bother them… too much.
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One of my favorite ideas wasWestworldbecause they did it from the robots' point of view.
I thought it wasrevelatory.
We had the perfect groupof women.
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WithDesperate Housewives, I lucked out with that original cast andI had something to say with that show.
I know the formula, and it certainly would be great to try with more time and money."
Show he’d reboot:The Rogues.
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“They were elegant people committing crimes and doing horrible things.”
Our show is an example.
Someone could take our show and it could be poorly executed.
Kremer Johnson
I don’t know that there’s such a thing as a bulletproof idea.
It takes time for characters to evolve.
Show she’d reboot:Wings.
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I’m very excited about theSex and the Cityrebootbecause I love those characters.
I want to catch up with them.
The flip side of that is the business part of it.
Remakes, reboots, and revivals are all the rage in Hollywood.Illustration by Selman Hosgor for EW
I think that we’re a very risk-averse industry.
With that said, it would be lovely if the industry invested more in original ideas.
I think about shows that I loved likeThe SopranosorLost.
Those were original ideas.
Would they even exist in 2021?"
Show he’d reboot:ER.
That show would be a great way to dig into that discourse."
You know, a little bit of happiness that you might count on each week.
That’s what a good television show does."
Show he’d reboot:Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
“I loved that as a kid.
That would be a tragedy.
It’s better to just watch those reruns and love them for what they were when they were.”
The thing about popular culture is that it’s supposed to be grab your socks popular.
His response was ‘Be-bop-a-lula, she’s my baby.’
Show she’d reboot:Joan of Arcadia, her old show on CBS.
I don’t think I could get anywhere now because the process has changed."
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“I tried to do a reboot.
It was calledGet Christie Love[for ABC in 2018].
I enjoyed the90210reboot immensely because it was so tongue-in-cheek.
It’s not the end of the world that everyone is rebooting everything.
I think reboots can re-energize the brand.
I’m not rending my garments while saying, ‘Why are they doing more seasons ofWill & Grace?’
I will only sample reboots of shows that I really loved in their original iteration.
I watched absolutely every minute of theMad About Youreboot.
I can watch Jamie and Paul talk about pasta.”
