Originally Posted by
FORD
Even if the networks have to bring back 20 year old sitcoms, it's still better than "reality" shows or useless singing competitions to find the next generation of corporate bubblegum "singing" talent.
Was a little disappointed by the Murphy Brown reboot episode, since it was all about Hillary worship (she was actually in the episode, for fucks sake) but hopefully it will get better from there. Not "must see TV" for me, but I'll probably watch it if I got nothing better to do.
Reportedly the reason for the Roseanne character's absence on "The Conners" is going to be that she died from an opiate overdose, which is completely logical, as they were dropping big hints last season that she was abusing pain pills to manage knee pain while postponing surgery for financial reasons (ironically at the same time praising the Orange Imbecile who took her health care away from her. Go figure). I guess that's a good way to make a PSA about the opiate crisis, but will they have the balls to discuss the actual health care issues? Doubt the Disney corporation will let them go there. On the other hand, if Hillary can show up on Murphy Brown, maybe Bernie Sanders can have a rally for Medicare For All in fictional Lanford Illinois?
On the other hand, what's up with CBS's prime time lineup. For years they couldn't come up with anything but new spinoffs of the CSI & NCIS franchises. Now they seem to be rebooting all the old shows from the 70s & 80s. First it was Hawaii 5-0. Then Mac Gyver. Now there's a Magnum PI reboot (Which I haven't seen yet) Of course these are technically remakes rather than reboots, since there aren't any original cast members involved
Again, it's better than the reality crap, but you would think that somebody could have an original idea for a TV show once in a while. Or have all those people defected to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon??