TV Shows You Want Back...

[Gecko brothers]

amen

[NEC]

Callysto - Good call on Matt Houston. I remember a local station reran it just shortly after it was cancelled and that was the last time I ever saw it.

[superdude]

Are you Afraid of the Dark?, that show that was on Nickelodeon with interesting stories

Dinosaur, the sitcom with the dinosaurs

Mission Hill

Rocko

[Jamtoy]

The Greatest American Hero (Believe it or not, I'm walking on air...)
Dr. Who
Farscape
Voltron
Ark II
Blakes 7
Red Dwarf
Stargate SG-1 ( Broadband)
Get Smart
Frances the Talking Mule
Topper
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

[StatCat]

Sifl and Olly- quite possibly the only good thing mtv had going for it in 1998-1999, cancelled of course but lasted longer than I thought it would. Taped all of the episodes and even have the unreleased season 3 but I wish they would show them again.

[Fearless Freep]

I don't really get nostaligic for T.V. shows to the point of wanting them back.  Most shows fit within a cultural context and a personal context and it's hard to think of those shows out of that context.  Miami Vice was very much a product of it's time, for example, would it make any sense now?

The exception being shows that were cancelled recently and you wish they would go on, because you are still in the same context

[The Burgomaster]

Fearless Freep wrote:

>Most shows fit within a cultural context
> and a personal context and it's hard to think of those shows
> out of that context.  

This is true in many cases. ROWAN AND MARTIN'S LAUGH - IN, for instance, was a huge success during its original run. But the show is so "late 60s," that any attempts at reruns have not been very successful. The humor just doesn't translate well to current times.

On the other hand, you have shows like LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, which are dated, yet they seem to still appeal to modern audiences.

I wonder if DANCE FEVER (with Denny Terrio wearing polyester clothes and gold chains) could ever make a strong comeback on the rerun circuit.



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[Great Sage]

I remember the one show I hated was "Land of the Lost..."  I couldn't stand that show for whatever reason.

[Deej]

Booker!!!!! Where have you gone Richard Grieco?. I apologize, I've been drinking.

[Perk]

Millennium (although it would be out of place now seeing as the millennium has already passed.)

Brimstone

G vs E (or Good vs Evil as it was called on sci fi)

Tales from The Crypt

Tales from The Darkside

[Bonehead XL]

Dinosaurs

The Tick

Invader ZIM

Mad Libs

Sightings

Futurama

Monsters

Zombie And The Amazing Mushroom Man

[Susan]

Voyagers - it had 1 or 2 seasons..is that too much to ask?

[Dave:Blackeye15]

FREAKZOID!!!!!!!!!!!(HOW COULD I BE SO FORGETFULL!!??)

-the first rule of fat club-

[BlackAngel]

If somebody mentioned it, I agree 100%.  But if not, Misfits of Science.  Please bring that back.  It was on when I had no control of the tv on friday night (or my own tv for that matter) I had to be subjected to boring crap like Dallas and Falcon's Crest.
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Bulls**t, I still can't hear you, sound off like you got a pair.

[lovelyone]

I would like to see...
the secret world of alex mack
are you afraid of the dark
Higher Ground (cancelled after 22 episodes but still a show i remember watching)
tales from the crypt
round house
david the nome
the elephant show
rainbow brite