TV Series Remakes

My all time favorite. ER. I watched the entire run.


Or maybe Cagny & Lacey or Policewoman.
 
I never really actually watched McGyver. But, I call my son that all the time. :)) Give the kid some rubber band and cardboard and he'll get you out of a national emergency. :))
 
Madea said:
I never really actually watched McGyver. But, I call my son that all the time. :)) Give the kid some rubber band and cardboard and he'll get you out of a national emergency. :))
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That's me. I've pulled some real stunts. RNG can tell you.
 
I loved McGyver!

I used to love Knight Rider...but Hasselhoff is creepy now so I don't think I could handle it..lol

The one show that I watch every single night at bed time is Friends. That is by far my all time favorite series from TV!

Another show I loved was Touched by an Angel and Highway to Heaven. Loved those shows
 
Okay, this is going to sound weird, but there used to be a show called "Soldier of Fortune, Inc." It was a pretty dark show about former military hot guys who did secret government missions. The main character on the show was gorgeous! The show was on late night, but only for a couple of seasons.
 
Gilligan's Island
Beverly Hillbillies
Andy Griffith
Little House on the Prairie
Bonanza
justa name a few
 
I'm a sitcom junkie. I've always loved them. Some of my faves:
Frasier
Friends
Seinfeld
The Office

Others that people may not have followed:
Newsradio
Wings
Hearts Afire

I also loved ER. Always a great show. A few that I enjoyed in syndication (because somehow I missed them during their actual runs!):
Hunter
Heat of the Night
Magnum PI
Hart to Hart
Hill Street Blues

There are many more, but I just wanted to feel like I was part of this thread! :B_S
 
I'm Floored said:
I'm a sitcom junkie. I've always loved them. Some of my faves:
Frasier :love
Friends :love
Seinfeld :love
The Office Did not like at all.

Others that people may not have followed:
Newsradio :love
Wings :love
Hearts Afire Odd I do not know this at all.

I also loved ER. Always a great show. A few that I enjoyed in syndication (because somehow I missed them during their actual runs!):
Hunter :love
Heat of the Night :love
Magnum PI I hate Tom Selleck, but liked the show!
Hart to Hart :love
Hill Street Blues This one, not so much

There are many more, but I just wanted to feel like I was part of this thread! :B_S
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I've never been a huge TV watcher. Most of my favorite shows were once I discovered via Netflix. But I've realized that part of the magic that makes a TV show work is its era. Occasionally a remake works, but only if it is inspired by the original but goes its own way to fit in with the modern era. I'm thinking of Battlestar Galactica. The new version worked because it took a basic premise but went its own way.

I would love to see The Sandbaggers both redone and remade for the modern era. Part of its magic was its time: the Cold War. I'm old enough to remember the Cold War, so I identified with that aspect. Another aspect of its magic was that it was made by ITV on a shoestring budget. The sets were obviously sets. The special effects were clearly fake. The transition from video for interiors to film for exteriors was really obvious. But, the episodes were incredibly dense, the stories were well written, and (best of all) the series ended on a massive cliffhanger thanks to the sudden disappearance of the creator of the series. To describe the show as a bunch of people talking in offices does not do it justice. Also, the lack of any incidental music would be a complete turnoff to many.

But, I don't know if such a series could be made today. The espionage of today is scary: we're not spying on Russians. We spy on the Chinese, but we also have all kinds of terrorists, North Korea, and Iran to spy on. There is a wealth of potential for a remake of this show. But, large numbers of people would not watch that show.

The theme song (the only music in the show):
Sandbaggers Opening Titles

From the first episode (which really defines what the show is):
The Sandbaggers: First Principles
 
Magnum Pi i loved watching that show when it used to come on at 12 on wgn




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