Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot
everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot >>everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
I have erery confidence Gretchen Corbett can still fit in that bikini.
Also, The Bionic Woman is still around.
I can't think of anyone else alive.
Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> writes:
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot >>>everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
I have erery confidence Gretchen Corbett can still fit in that bikini. >>Also, The Bionic Woman is still around.
I can't think of anyone else alive.
Did you catch the Canadian import "Stone Undercover" 15 or
so years ago? It featured Stuart "Angel" Margolin as a
more senior crime boss...
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot
everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
Iconic '70s NBC TV Show Gets Reboot Order
-----------------------------------------
NBC plans to revisit one of its iconic 1970s series with a
reported new reboot now in development. The network has
ordered a pilot for the project, signaling a possible
return of the classic TV detective to primetime.
2026-01-14 04:35:05 +0000, Your Name said:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot >>everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
Iconic '70s NBC TV Show Gets Reboot Order
-----------------------------------------
NBC plans to revisit one of its iconic 1970s series with a
reported new reboot now in development. The network has
ordered a pilot for the project, signaling a possible
return of the classic TV detective to primetime.
If a Matlock reboot can be a big hit with an older-than-middle-aged
woman in the lead this doesn't seem nearly as unfeasible.
super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
2026-01-14 04:35:05 +0000, Your Name said:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot
everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
Iconic '70s NBC TV Show Gets Reboot Order
-----------------------------------------
NBC plans to revisit one of its iconic 1970s series with a
reported new reboot now in development. The network has
ordered a pilot for the project, signaling a possible
return of the classic TV detective to primetime.
If a Matlock reboot can be a big hit with an older-than-middle-aged
woman in the lead this doesn't seem nearly as unfeasible.
It's not a reboot. In fact, the first episode referenced the Andy
Grifith tv series. You got it very wrong.
On 1/13/26 9:54 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
2026-01-14 04:35:05 +0000, Your Name said:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot
everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
Iconic '70s NBC TV Show Gets Reboot Order
-----------------------------------------
NBC plans to revisit one of its iconic 1970s series with a
reported new reboot now in development. The network has
ordered a pilot for the project, signaling a possible
return of the classic TV detective to primetime.
If a Matlock reboot can be a big hit with an older-than-middle-aged
woman in the lead this doesn't seem nearly as unfeasible.
It's not a reboot. In fact, the first episode referenced the Andy
Grifith tv series. You got it very wrong.
It wouldn't be the first time.
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot
everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
Iconic '70s NBC TV Show Gets Reboot Order
-----------------------------------------
NBC plans to revisit one of its iconic 1970s series with a
reported new reboot now in development. The network has
ordered a pilot for the project, signaling a possible
return of the classic TV detective to primetime.
NBC orders pilot for reboot of The Rockford Files
NBC has ordered a pilot for a reboot of The Rockford Files,
according to Deadline.
The project is a contemporary update of the original
Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins series that aired on NBC
from 1974 to 1980 and featured James Garner. The new
version is written by Mike Daniels and comes from Universal
Television, with producers Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly,
and Chris Leanza attached via Timberman/Beverly Productions.
The logline states: "Newly paroled after doing time for a
crime he didn't commit, James Rockford returns to his life
as a private investigator using his charm and wit to solve
cases around Los Angeles. It doesn't take long for his quest
for legitimacy to land him squarely in the crosshairs of
both local police and organized crime." The pilot is said to
be a drama and part of its broader return to traditional
pilot season.
This marks NBC's first pilot order for the 2026 broadcast
cycle. The network reportedly plans to develop 3-4 dramas
and 2-3 comedies this season. NBC seems to be working to
reestablish a yearly development model by greenlighting
pilots in January and February.
NBC reportedly plans to produce the pilots in time for
potential inclusion in the May upfronts and next season's
schedule. The Rockford Files is one of two PI projects in
development. The other, a comedy from Dan Goor and Luke Del
Tredici, seems to already hold a pilot production commitment.
Universal TV previously attempted to remake the series with a
2010 pilot written by David Shore, produced by Steve Carell,
and featuring Dermot Mulroney. The studio also developed a
film version with Vince Vaughn, which did not move forward.
<https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/2083342-the-rockford-files-reboot-pilot-nbc-70s>
danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> writes:
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot >>>>everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
I have erery confidence Gretchen Corbett can still fit in that bikini. >>>Also, The Bionic Woman is still around.
I can't think of anyone else alive.
Did you catch the Canadian import "Stone Undercover" 15 or
so years ago? It featured Stuart "Angel" Margolin as a
more senior crime boss...
If I'd heard of it, I'd have watched. Thanks.
On 2026-01-14 06:06:53 +0000, Ian J. Ball said:
On 1/13/26 9:54 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
2026-01-14 04:35:05 +0000, Your Name said:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot
everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
Iconic '70s NBC TV Show Gets Reboot Order
-----------------------------------------
NBC plans to revisit one of its iconic 1970s series with a
reported new reboot now in development. The network has
ordered a pilot for the project, signaling a possible
return of the classic TV detective to primetime.
If a Matlock reboot can be a big hit with an older-than-middle-aged
woman in the lead this doesn't seem nearly as unfeasible.
It's not a reboot. In fact, the first episode referenced the Andy
Grifith tv series. You got it very wrong.
It wouldn't be the first time.
Despite what many people like to claim (including the CBS marketing officer!), it *is* actually a reboot (gender-swapped, as usual these
days), but the makers were simply making an "in-joke" about the
original show, as has happened in other shows.
"The 2024 version of Matlock is a reboot of the original
1986 television series of the same name, which starred
Andy Griffith. This iteration, notably, flipped the
gender of the lead role, swapping out Griffith's Ben
Matlock for Bates' Madeline Matlock."
"The show was developed by Jennie Snyder Urman, and draws
from the original Matlock TV series which starred Andy
Griffith, but with a gender flipped lead character
played by Kathy Bates and a vastly different premise
overall."
If it wasn't a reboot, then why would they bother using the same name -
they could have called it anything, which it has in common to all
idiotic reboots that are unreconisable as having anything to do with
the original they are "based on".
On 2026-01-14 06:29:04 +0000, Your Name said:
On 2026-01-14 06:06:53 +0000, Ian J. Ball said:
On 1/13/26 9:54 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
2026-01-14 04:35:05 +0000, Your Name said:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot >>>>>>everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
Iconic '70s NBC TV Show Gets Reboot Order >>>>>>-----------------------------------------
NBC plans to revisit one of its iconic 1970s series with a
reported new reboot now in development. The network has
ordered a pilot for the project, signaling a possible
return of the classic TV detective to primetime.
If a Matlock reboot can be a big hit with an older-than-middle-aged >>>>>woman in the lead this doesn't seem nearly as unfeasible.
It's not a reboot. In fact, the first episode referenced the Andy >>>>Grifith tv series. You got it very wrong.
It wouldn't be the first time.
Want some cheese with that crow smart guy?....
Despite what many people like to claim . . .
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot
everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
I get the desire to try and build on previous successes, but these
sorts of shows tend to be a bit of captured magic. Something that is impossible to recreate. Foremost you need the right actor, then the
right writers and then you need an audience that is ready for the
show. I doubt you can even get one of these items right, let alone all
three. But by all means go ahead and create something that won't last
a single season and will be forgotten before that season is over.
That's if the show get on air.
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot
everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
I have erery confidence Gretchen Corbett can still fit in that bikini.
Also, The Bionic Woman is still around.
I can't think of anyone else alive.
By all means, see if you can pull off James Garner's man's man, totally charming act, and natural comedic reactions. I'm sure your career will survive the comparison.
On Jan 13, 2026 at 8:47:50 PM PST, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot >>>everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
I have erery confidence Gretchen Corbett can still fit in that bikini. >>Also, The Bionic Woman is still around.
I can't think of anyone else alive.
By all means, see if you can pull off James Garner's man's man, totally >>charming act, and natural comedic reactions. I'm sure your career will >>survive the comparison.
Back in October, the girlfriend and I had a meal at the Paradise Beach Cafe in >Paradise Cove in Malibu, which is where Rockford's trailer was parked.
Then and now: https://ibb.co/pB4ZX0DP
It was also where the cover for the The Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari" album was >shot
https://ibb.co/Jw85hNPw
And Paradise Cove can currently be seen in Amazon's Bosch-verse show BALLARD. >It's where the lead character lives in one of the world's most expensive >mobile homes. Mobile homes in the park next to the Cafe routinely go for more >than $1 million.
https://ibb.co/v9s742B
On 2026-01-14 12:35 AM, Your Name wrote:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot >>everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
Will Rita Moreno show up?
On Jan 13, 2026 at 8:47:50 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot
everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
I have erery confidence Gretchen Corbett can still fit in that bikini.
Also, The Bionic Woman is still around.
I can't think of anyone else alive.
By all means, see if you can pull off James Garner's man's man, totally
charming act, and natural comedic reactions. I'm sure your career will
survive the comparison.
Back in October, the girlfriend and I had a meal at the Paradise Beach Cafe in
Paradise Cove in Malibu, which is where Rockford's trailer was parked.
Then and now: https://ibb.co/pB4ZX0DP
It was also where the cover for the The Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari" album was
shot
https://ibb.co/Jw85hNPw
And Paradise Cove can currently be seen in Amazon's Bosch-verse show BALLARD. It's where the lead character lives in one of the world's most expensive mobile homes. Mobile homes in the park next to the Cafe routinely go for more than $1 million.
https://ibb.co/v9s742B
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