Post by jasonb on Jun 22, 2018 9:14:49 GMT
"We made history. All those episodes were history, for everyone involved. Leaving those characters behind can be hard, but its so rewarding seeing fans now rewatching the series that became a hit even with young people."
With Fran Drescher in talks to reboot The Nanny (The hit show from 1993-1999) it got me thinking about the time I spent watching the show. 20 years after the show ended how would they address the fact that Rachael Chagall or "Val" had retired from acting in 2005 as the same as Ben Salsbury who retired from acting as well, or the loss of Ann Morgan Guilbert (Yetta) who passed away in 2016. OR the fact that Lauren Lane (CC) now teaches at a school in Texas? How do you bring in several characters who left those characters at the studio when they wrapped filming in 1999? The fact is, would the rest of the cast be prepared to drop everything including shows in production and their personal schedules to go back for a reboot of the series which if successful could give them another season, or more recognition.
I've read a few articles and seen a few videos of cast members on all types of shows wanting to do one last episode or even a reunion, I saw someone tweeting out the other day Annie Potts was keen for a "Designing Women" reboot, she would be prepared to do a reboot of the series in her spare time off from her current show "Young Sheldon", but would that work? There'd be things you'd have to address for a Designing Women reboot to work, and one of those things would be the fact that Dixie Carter, Alice Ghostley and Meshach Taylor are gone, it would always be difficult to try and replace their said characters, because you couldn't because you only see Dixie Carter as Julia and Alice Ghostley as Bernice and Meshach as Anthony, you couldn't ever replace those 3 with someone else. So you'd have to address those facts.. Another issue is would people watch? I think they would, I watch episodes of DW online and highly enjoy it, I would totally watch a reboot of Designing Women.
And I watched a video of Betty White at the age of 95 saying she'd do a Golden Girls reboot, that would be hard with the other main cast long gone, but again they would have to address the loss of Estelle, Dorothy and Blanche.
We all know how well the Roseanne reboot went, debuted and straightaway given a second season, that's how good a reboot can be, but after the controversy, they are spin-offing the show into "The Conners" well done ABC.
Now I have no problem with a TV series receiving a reboot, but if they are going to do a reboot the producers and actors plus everything else, would have to address certain points.
1. Addressing the actor/actress's no longer alive. Its a hard one. and shouldn't be done but if you can make it work it can make a reboot work. Plus addressing that character that person played.
2. Addressing longstanding storylines and questions from the finale and how the series ended and how the characters lived and moved on since the ending of the series.
3. How the show can address a major time change from its original run e.g. 1980-90 to now 2018 onwards
A reboot if done right can be a good idea. And it can be done right. As I've read over the past couple of days they are rebooting "Daria" and another couple of shows. Shows from the 80s/90s and many more from the 70s can be rebooted successfully and can infact deal with the issues of todays society. It is interesting to see which show can be rebooted next.
With Fran Drescher in talks to reboot The Nanny (The hit show from 1993-1999) it got me thinking about the time I spent watching the show. 20 years after the show ended how would they address the fact that Rachael Chagall or "Val" had retired from acting in 2005 as the same as Ben Salsbury who retired from acting as well, or the loss of Ann Morgan Guilbert (Yetta) who passed away in 2016. OR the fact that Lauren Lane (CC) now teaches at a school in Texas? How do you bring in several characters who left those characters at the studio when they wrapped filming in 1999? The fact is, would the rest of the cast be prepared to drop everything including shows in production and their personal schedules to go back for a reboot of the series which if successful could give them another season, or more recognition.
I've read a few articles and seen a few videos of cast members on all types of shows wanting to do one last episode or even a reunion, I saw someone tweeting out the other day Annie Potts was keen for a "Designing Women" reboot, she would be prepared to do a reboot of the series in her spare time off from her current show "Young Sheldon", but would that work? There'd be things you'd have to address for a Designing Women reboot to work, and one of those things would be the fact that Dixie Carter, Alice Ghostley and Meshach Taylor are gone, it would always be difficult to try and replace their said characters, because you couldn't because you only see Dixie Carter as Julia and Alice Ghostley as Bernice and Meshach as Anthony, you couldn't ever replace those 3 with someone else. So you'd have to address those facts.. Another issue is would people watch? I think they would, I watch episodes of DW online and highly enjoy it, I would totally watch a reboot of Designing Women.
And I watched a video of Betty White at the age of 95 saying she'd do a Golden Girls reboot, that would be hard with the other main cast long gone, but again they would have to address the loss of Estelle, Dorothy and Blanche.
We all know how well the Roseanne reboot went, debuted and straightaway given a second season, that's how good a reboot can be, but after the controversy, they are spin-offing the show into "The Conners" well done ABC.
Now I have no problem with a TV series receiving a reboot, but if they are going to do a reboot the producers and actors plus everything else, would have to address certain points.
1. Addressing the actor/actress's no longer alive. Its a hard one. and shouldn't be done but if you can make it work it can make a reboot work. Plus addressing that character that person played.
2. Addressing longstanding storylines and questions from the finale and how the series ended and how the characters lived and moved on since the ending of the series.
3. How the show can address a major time change from its original run e.g. 1980-90 to now 2018 onwards
A reboot if done right can be a good idea. And it can be done right. As I've read over the past couple of days they are rebooting "Daria" and another couple of shows. Shows from the 80s/90s and many more from the 70s can be rebooted successfully and can infact deal with the issues of todays society. It is interesting to see which show can be rebooted next.
