Sep 15, 2023
By: Deep Das BarmanThe popular animated show, “Futurama” made a successful reboot in July on Hulu, and fans are feeling quite nostalgic. Reboots often try to recreate the same magic as the original show and capture the same excitement. However, for many, things didn’t go as plan...
The TV show “Charmed” ran for eight straight seasons from 1998 to 2006, garnering a loyal fanbase, with its story of three women who gain magical abilities to become the “Charmed Ones.” It was rebooted more than a decade later in 2018 with an entirely new cast...
The show “Charlie's Angels” took the small screen by storm from 1976 to 1981, paving the way for a blockbuster movie franchise later on. But a spin-off reboot of the show that premiered on the small screen in 2011, did not go down well with the audience. ...
Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon failed to live up to the legacy of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, or Tony Randall and Jack Klugman in the reboot of the 1970s series “The Odd Couple”. The reboot which was first aired in 2015 lasted only three seasons, after so...
“Melrose Place” was originally a spin-off to “Beverly Hills, 90210”, which aired from 1992 to 1999. The original show was about the dramatic lives of the tenants of an apartment complex in West Hollywood, California. Its reboot which aired in 2009 had a slight...
The 1970’s series, “Kojak” featured Telly Savalas as the chrome-domed detective, loved by fans who couldn't have enough of the army man turned cop’s catchphrases at the time. The dialogues propelled the show’s popularity and set it up for a five-season ru...
“Dallas”, the primetime soap opera featuring the oil company and cattle ranch-owning Ewing family's drama, was aired on CBS in 1978. The instant resonance and popularity made sure that the show was on air for years till 1991. It was then rebooted in 2012 ...
The “Beauty and the Beast” reboot was loosely based on the 1987 fantasy drama series of the same name. Starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan the reboot deviated from the original plot in which a district attorney develops a romance with “Vincent”, an outcast who...
The original show “Queer as Folk” told the story of a sexually diverse group of friends whose lives changed forever after a shooting in a queer nightclub. The show beautifully captured their struggles showing them dealing with grief, toxic coping mechanisms, a...
The original show “Beverly Hills, 90210” ran for a decade from 1990 to 2000, addressing important topics such as domestic violence and racism, and inspired multiple spin-offs as well as reboots. The first reboot aired for five seasons from 2008 to 2013 while t...
The reboot of the 1985 animated series “ThunderCats” shared the story of a group of “Thunderians” living on the Third Earth as they battle with their arch nemesis “Mumm-Ra”. Unlike the original show, the reboot attempted to create complex characters and had an...