Shows That Rebooted with a Difference

[onairb]

I learned this from both Antenna TV AND I think Wiki:

"Too Close for Comfort" changed scenario totally, writing out the daughters, and leaving Ted Knight to work for a small newspaper (abandoning his cartoonist job) in a SF suburb,, w/ Pat Carroll as the boss.

However, this is a kind of "asterisk".....During the network run, the title was changed to "The Ted Knight Show", BUT, in Antenna TV's rerun package (and maybe also syndication) it retained the "Too Close..." title (which to me is a misnomer, given the plot).

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Actually, TCfC continued on in weekly syndication after it was cancelled by ABC for a couple of seasons, before it was revamped into the "Ted Knight Show".

Following Knight's death, it was decided that the TKS would be reimaged into the TCfC syndication package.

Something similar was done to "3's A Crowd" (the "3's Company" spinoff) in some packages, where it was reimaged as "3's Company Too" - complete with the classic 3's Co. theme song.

Prior to to 'Three's a Crowd', I think 'The Ropers' had been included as well, titled 'Three's Company and Friends'.
Back to 'The Ted Knight Show', Knight's failing health was the reason for both the delayed start of 'TCFC' in first run syndication, and the truncated final-season format change. In both cases, the season had been scheduled to begin September, but 'Too Close' did not make it's off-network debut til January of '84, and 'TKS' had only a brief run in early '86.

 

[Ultimajock]

...after its first season in 2002-03, She Spies scrapped the more prominent satirical humour and canned boss Carlos Jacott, bringing aboard Cameron Daddo as the new boss and Jamie Iglehart as a nerdy tech assistant in 2003-04. The ratings sank rapidly after being retooled into a more traditional action adventure series, and it killed the show in '04...

 

[WMC2006]

Baywatch Nights started off as a detective show with the agency co-owned by Mitch (The Hoff) and police officer Garner from Baywatch. For the second season, Garner disappeared, they changed to an X-Files theme, and ratings got worse. The show was cancelled, Mitch went back to the beach with Donna D'Errico, and Angie Harmon eventually would up on Law and Order.

 

[BD Sullivan]

In 1958, "Naked City" debuted as a half-hour show and lasted one season as a no-nonsense crime show--albeit for 39 episodes. After a year away, the show returned in a one-hour format where episodes were often character studies. This format lasted for three seasons.

"The Greatest American Hero" didn't necessarily reboot, but they had to quickly give the main character a new moniker for an obvious reason. The character started out as Ralph Hinckley, but just two weeks after the show went on the air, John Hinckley shot President Reagan. After that, he simply became Mr. H.

 

[cool_guy82]

MELROSE PLACE - in the first season of the original show in 1992, jake found out he had a 5 year old son named david, in the 2009 reboot micheal was david's father and syndey was alive just to be killed again in the first episode. the reboot only lasted one season of 18 episodes. my opionin i think melrose place would of done better airing on fox again with some writers n prodcers of the original series n not hire people from smallville.

 

[bpatrick]

In 1958, "Naked City" debuted as a half-hour show and lasted one season as a no-nonsense crime show--albeit for 39 episodes. After a year away, the show returned in a one-hour format where episodes were often character studies. This format lasted for three seasons.

"The Greatest American Hero" didn't necessarily reboot, but they had to quickly give the main character a new moniker for an obvious reason. The character started out as Ralph Hinckley, but just two weeks after the show went on the air, John Hinckley shot President Reagan. After that, he simply became Mr. H.

I think for a while Ralph Hinckley's name was changed to Ralph Hanley, before the producers settled on "Mr. H."

"Naked City" started with James Franciscus and John McIntire; after the year layoff it returned with Paul Burke and Horace McMahon. Critics thought Franciscus was too much of a "pretty boy" to make a believable cop (perhaps it's why he's best remembered for "Mr. Novak"), although I thought he was pretty believable as "Longstreet" (although that was in 1971, 13 years after the original "Naked City").

 

[Markxxx]

Lucy's problem was she got stuck behind the times. I recall reading after "Here's Lucy" she retired saying 'What's left, get a new set of children and start over." This kind of says she wasn't thinking of new ideas.

She also was too focused on the old showtune/broadway routines, which lost favor in the 70s. She also forgot she was old. She was 40 on "I Love Lucy," and her desire to do "Mame" while it has a place, clearly shows she was too old for the role and wouldn't accept that.

Had someone sat Lucille Ball down and said, "Look move behind the scenes," or "accept some roles for your age and expand your acting roles," she could've done more. But everyone around her was too afraid to stand up to her and tell her.

 

[mississippi fan]

Would Valerie Harper's show that evolved into the Hogan Family count? ;D

 

[FredLeonard]

Lucy was 62 when she shot Mame.
Bea Arthur was 52.

Angela Lansbury was 41 when she did the show on Broadway. Bea Arthur was 44.
But Lansbury came back for a revival of the show on Broadway when she was 63. Anne Francine played Vera at age 65 in the revival.

Rosalind Russell played Auntie Mame on Broadway starting when she was 48. She did the move when she was 49. Polly Rowles played Vera on Broadway starting at age 42. Coral Brown played Vera in the film at 44.

When the story opens, Mame would have been in her late 20s.

The record for oldest Mame Dennis goes to.... Angela Lansbury.

 

[Tim-In-Houston]

Had someone sat Lucille Ball down and said, "Look move behind the scenes," or "accept some roles for your age and expand your acting roles," she could've done more. But everyone around her was too afraid to stand up to her and tell her.

It seems she tried to do just that, with a co-starring turn in the TV Movie "Stone Pillow". but it came just a little too late (1985).