‘Magnum PI,’ ‘Cagney and Lacey’ Reboots Among Six Pilot Orders at CBS

Variety ^ | January 26, 2018 | Joe Otterson

[EdnaMode]

Greatest American Hero (with a female lead) is also being rebooted. Network TV stinks!

[ifinnegan]

What’s weird is this rebooting is probably better than what they could come up with on their own.

[Shadowstrike]

No way! Selleck WAS/ IS Magnum...C&L didn't watch it the first time won't know.

[Bryanw92]

Oh great. More reboots “adjusted” for the 21st Century.

Let’s see....

Magnum PI: black, shaved head, and gay?
Cagney and Lacey: one black cis-female and one almost-caucasian pre-op trans-female (post-op in Season 2, with a developing lesbian plot line between the two).

[LYDIAONTARIO]

I tried watching the new Hawaii Five-0 when it came out. The cute guy was always taking off his shirt...I guess they fought crime, too?

[TomServo]

including reboots..

We're outta original ideas...

[bigbob]

Zero
Creativity

[EdnaMode]

LOL. That’s probably a good bet.

[mass55th]

Rebooted programs I never watched to begin with. It’s actually good news though...more time to watch Netflix programming, and the piles of British shows I’ve downloaded over the years.

[dfwgator]

What about “B.J. and The Bear”?

[Rummyfan]

Magnum P.I..... all that matters is who is playing Magnum. Well?

[madison10]

Absolutely. Rebooting will be a bust.

[Rummyfan]

What about “B.J. and The Bear”?

And Supertrain...

Manimal...

[Leaning Right]

I think they should bring back that ABC series "Cavemen". Only seven episodes were ever aired. I always wondered if those lovable rascals ever got their car insured.

[faithhopecharity]

Magnum PI was 98 percent the stage personalities of Selleck and his “englishman”

it will be very difficult to put just any other good actors in those roles....

[kallisti]

Man from Atlantis

[wally_bert]

I’d want Sherriff Lobo again and this time stay in Orly county.

The Atlanta move was dumb.

I watched at most 5 minutes of the new H50 and gave up.

The O-riginal is still the best.

Magnum is a show I could take or leave. It never did much for me.

Simon & Simon was a favorite of mine.

[LostInBayport]

On one hand I am repulsed at this crapping on great shows like Magnum by arrogant Hollywood types who think they can outdo classics. Magnum was lightning in a bottle, and they won’t recapture it with a transgender Higgins and a lesbian T.C. while millennial Magnum traces bad guys in his red Prius.

But on the other hand I take satisfaction in guessing why they are doing all of these revivals and revisions. The networks, who rely on cable, have lost millions and millions of viewers over the past decade, and they are desperate for some hook to draw people back. They see their end on the horizon. This is panic, and it will not work. Heh heh

[wally_bert]

That was tried at or near the end of the original series.

I watched a little and gave up.

GAH was a good series overall. I liked the episode where Ralph was in the haunted house and the suit showed it had weaknesses.

[blueunicorn6]

A classic.

Three blonde girls and three dark haired boys.

Wait.

That was that other show.

The Streets of San Francisco.