Will & Grace? Hawaii Five-O? Murphy Brown? Magnum PI?

[Dawg52]

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Originally Posted by pb4uski I also watched Manifest... interesting story premise... we'll have to see how that one goes too.

I watched it too. Might have a little Twilight Zone touch to it. Not sure I will stick with it but will watch another episode to decide.

[ExFlyBoy5]

Watched Magnum, and I think it was terrible. I would *really* like that hour of my life back. But, any hope I had for it was dashed when the cast members failed to shave their facial hair or get a hair cut when getting back in their military uniforms for the funeral...grrrr.

I did see that the ratings were pretty terrible, so not sure how long it'll hang around.

[mickeyd]

I'm waiting for them to bring back Amos n Andy. I loved that show when I was a kid.

[ncbill]

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Originally Posted by ExFlyBoy5 Watched Magnum, and I think it was terrible. I would *really* like that hour of my life back. But, any hope I had for it was dashed when the cast members failed to shave their facial hair or get a hair cut when getting back in their military uniforms for the funeral...grrrr. I did see that the ratings were pretty terrible, so not sure how long it'll hang around.

And the new Magnum gets promoted to O-4!

(IIRC, Selleck's Magnum was only a lieutenant in the first season)

[harllee]

Just watched the new Murphy Brown last night and loved it, I thought it was hilarious. I liked the fact that many of the old characters are back. Candace Bergan looks and sounds great. My only complaint is that it is only a half hour show, I was disappointed when it was over so quickly.

[Andre1969]

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Originally Posted by GravitySucks I also always enjoyed "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" though it was reruns when I first saw them. Rodd Sterling was a local boy so "The Twilight Zone" has a special place for us.

The Twilight Zone actually gets regurgitated every so often. CBS brought it back in the fall of '85, when nostalgia for such things was starting to ramp up. In a similar vein, NBC dusted off "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", where they took his old openings and closings and colorized them, but shot new stories. Many of the stories were re-do's from the old show, but I think there were a few new episodes, as well. Anyway, I think the Twilight Zone made it two seasons, got canned, and then picked up for syndication with a bunch of new episodes shot.


Then, some years later, another Twilight Zone reboot was done, with Forrest Whittaker filling in for Rod Serling as the narrator. Then, there's been other variants, such as "Tales from the Dark Side", "Tales from The Crypt", "Night Visions", etc, which are essentially Twilight Zone type stories, just under a different name.

[Midpack]

I had the opposite reaction to watching Murphy Brown, I thought it was a tired, predictable rehash. But it may appeal to Boomers, and they’re probably the biggest group still watching TV anyway?