TV show reboots
Classic and popular means you may get to see your favorites again.
Everybody's favorite fast-talking mother-daughter pair, Lorelai and Rory, from "Gilmore Girls" are coming back, BUT on Netflix. At first, fans were dismayed that the revisit to Stars Hollow would be minus Melissa McCarthy's Sookie St. James, but the star recently broke the news that she will make an appearance.
The quirky drama, which ended in 2007, will reappear in four 90-minutes episodes.
"Star Trek"
Trekkies are looking forward to CBS' new "Star Trek" series set to premiere in Jan. 2017, first on the broadcast network and then on the new All Access digital service.
Executive Producer Bryan Fuller got his start in television writing stories for the "Star Trek" series "Deep Space Nine" and was hired as a staff writer for "Star Trek: Voyager."
While writing for the new "Star Trek" series has barely begun, fans are already speculating that Fuller may use the opportunity to make one of his own "Trek"-related dreams come true by casting Angela Bassett at the head of the new crew, a casting choice he mused on in a 2013 interview with Den of Geek -- before the series was ever on the table.
"Odd Couple"
Matthew Perry of "Friends" fame (L) and Thomas Lennon (R) reprised the roles made famous on TV by Tony Randall (playing neatfreak photographer Felix Ungar) and Jack Klugman (slovenly sports writer Oscar Madison) which originally aired on ABC from 1970 to 1975.
The new version, which premiered Feb. 19, 2015 and airs on CBS, is the lastest in a series of incarnations of the story, originally a play by Neil Simon.
"Heroes"
We don't get to Hayden Panettiere from the original series "Heroes" in the show's mini-series revival "Heroes: Reborn," which premiered Sept. 24, 2015 unfortunately. But there should be much to look forward to.
The original series ended with a massive explosion that killed all the evos in attendance. The world had turned against the heroes forcing them into hiding their special powers.
The reboot takes up one year later with Jack Coleman (now played by Noah Bennet) missing large parts of his memory.
Only time traveler Hiro (Masi Oka), telepathic Parkman (Greg Grunberg) and Angela Petrelli (Christine Rose) have returned. Molly Walker is played by a new actress, Francesca Eastwood (yup, she's the daughter of Clint Eastwood).
"24"
It's hard to imagine "24" without Kiefer Sutherland playing Jack Bauer, but imagine we must. The original, which ran for eight seasons, was a real time thriller that enthralled viewers.
Of course, there was also 2014's "Live Another Day" revival, set four years after the events of season eight that did revolve around Jack Bauer.
The star of the new show will be Corey Hawkins, from "The Straight Outta Compton" and "The Walking Dead." Hawkins will play Eric Carter, a former Army Ranger, forced to return to action because of his past.
"There's a time jump, a new organization, a completely different story," Fox co-chairman and CEO Dana Walden let be known for "24: Legacy."
"Fuller House"
The "Full House" family sitcom, about a widowed dad enlisting his best friend and brother-in-law to help raise he three girls, has come back as "Fuller House" on Netflix minus Michelle, who was played by the Olsen twins -- Mary-Kate and Ashley.
The series rejoins the Tanner family some 20 years later as eldest daughter DJ (Candace Cameron Bure) becomes a single mom and enlists the help of her sister (Jodie Sweetin) and childhood best friend (Andrea Barber) to raise her three kids in a sprawling San Francisco townhouse.
"Lethal Weapon"
Couldn't get enough of the '80s and '90s "Lethal Weapon" movie franchise? Well, you're in luck because there's going to be a movie-to-TV reboot on Fox.
The TV show will focus on a Texas cop and former Navy SEAL Martin Riggs, who has just moved to Los Angeles after the deaths of his wife and child. There, he meets partner LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh, who needs to be extra careful after having a heart attack.
"Rush Hour"
Another recent movie-to-TV remake is "Rush Hour" on CBS. The action comedy about stoic, by-the-book Hong Kong police detective, Detective Lee (John Foo), who travels to Los Angeles to investigate the theft of Chinese artifacts, and what he believes to be the murder of his sister, and the irreverent and brash Detective Carter (Justin Hires), debuted March 31, 2016.
"Xena"
"Xena: Warrior Princess" may have had loyal fans who loved watching the Xena battle it out in its run from 1995 to 2001, but after six seasons a ratings decline lead to it being cancelled.
Loyal fans, however, will rejoice in the reboot "update." During a Tumblr Q&A, writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach -- known for his work on "Lost" and "the 100" -- assured fans that "There is no reason to bring back Xena if it is not there for the purpose of fully exploring a relationship that could only be shown subtextually in first-run syndication in the 1990s," he said, referring to heroine (Lucy Lawless) and her friend Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor).
"Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
The hit sitcom "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" aired on NBC from Sept. 1990 to May 1996. Star Will Smith played a street-smart teen from West Philadelphia sent off to live with his wealthy aunt and uncle (we all know how the song goes) in their mansion in Bel Air.
The show looks to be making a comeback, but this time with Smith as the producer. Smith, who launched into stardom with the original show, has been reportedly shopping a new series around.
"The X-Files"
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are back as Mulder and Scully in a reboot of the popular cutl series "The X-Files," to investigate the strange and unexplained.
Fans were given a "preview" episode-a-day viewing guide starting with the original show's pilot on July 15, 2015 -- all the way through Jan. 2016 -- totaling 201 episodes from the show's original run. The first new episode aired Jan. 24, 2016.
Fans should also be excited that the season finale that aired Feb. 22, 2016 was the top scripted show of the night and tied for No. 1 overall with "The Bachelor."
"Deadwood"
HBO plans to revive TV's short-lived Western "Deadwood" as a movie.
HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said HBO decided on the reboot because they felt there was unfinished business with regard to the series about a an 1800s mining town in South Dakota. Corruption and crime clearly play well on small and big screens.
"MacGyver"
The resourceful TV hero "MacGyver" (Richard Dean Anderson) enthralled fans in the 1980s with original ways of fending off disaster.
More than 20 years later, Lucas Till of "X-Men: First Class" has been cast in the title role for the pilot from CBS. This version will be a prequel to the original series, according to Deadline.