Acceptable in the 90s: the shows TV should reboot – and some to avoid

By Stuart Heritage

 

Melissa Joan Hart as Clarissa, who may find it harder to explain it all this decade Photograph: Everett Collection/Alamy

 

For some reason – maybe it’s age, maybe it’s nostalgia, maybe it’s a complete lack of imagination – we are about to be inundated with brand-new versions of shows from the 1990s.

 

Before the end of the year, the US streaming service Peacock will unveil its Saved By the Bell reboot.

 

Last week, Will Smith announced that the same service has picked up Bel-Air, a gritty reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

 

Not to be outdone, today Disney+ has announced a new series called Doogie Kameāloha MD which, for want of a better description, is Doogie Howser MD – but Hawaiian.

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/sep/17/90s-shows-tv-should-reboot

"Clarissa dealt with normal adolescent issues"

 

This was the week Clarissa would have liked to have dealt with LGBTQ issues for teens.......but the producers wouldn't let her.  So she made a "statement" in her own special way (viewers in black and white will have missed it):

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 17, 20205 yr by Enoon

Bring back Al Bundy and married with children

There were enjoyable series and some not so enjoyable. However, any series brought back but conforming to the new woke will probably be pants.