During the interview, Maher brought up reboots, asking Romano if he would ever bring backEverybody Loves Raymond.
We want to leave with our legacy with what it is.
Whether it be television or movies,everyone seems sick of reboots.
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They’re never good, and they don’t work, especially with television.
Their clashes with, well, everyone, made for the biggest conflicts and the loudest laughs.
Sadly, neither Peter Boyle nor Doris Roberts are with us anymore.
The comical everyday life of sports columnist Ray Barone and his dysfunctional family.
In 2015, at just the age of 19, Sawyer Sweeten died by suicide.
It’s a lesson other classic shows should have learned as well.
Did you even know they existed?
That magic existed in a space in time.
It’s not something that can be recaptured through nostalgia.
It’s not something that can happen in film either.
(Here’s looking at you,Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.)
Still, NBC broughtNight Courtback this year as a reboot.OnlyJohn Larroquettereturned.
Even better, she’ll be played byMelissa Rauch.
No 1990s sitcom was more successful thanFrasier.
Then came the news that evenitwas being rebooted.
TheFrasierreboot is constant callbacks to the past.
While the tributes to John Mahoney are lovely, the new series seems as lost as its star.
TV Reboots of Action Series Like ‘MacGyver’ and ‘Magnum P.I.’
venture to Recast Their Leads
It’s not just sitcoms that commit the reboot sin either.
Two recent examples are the CBS reboots ofMagnum P.I.andMacGyver.Both of these series were huge back in the 80s.
How was this quirky guy going to get out of trouble this time?
CBS didn’t understand this.
Just who are these series for?
They existed as emotionless clones and nothing more.
Cinemagoers want something new and fresh, hence the success ofBarbieandOppenheimer.
TV needs to realize this as well.
Just look at the reaction a few months ago whenJerry Seinfeldteased aSeinfeldreboot.
Ray Romano knows it, TV viewers know it.
If we’re not watching, why are they still being made?
Everybody Loves Raymondis available to stream on Peacock
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