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Please Stop Reviving Old TV Shows

New properties are also very expensive, and are more likely to fail than something with a built-in fan base. This also means that without that fan base, a show that was once cancelled will not be revived. (No one is clamoring for a Diagnosis Murder or Grace Under Fire reunion.)

My Era of Must-See TV

To many people the golden age of television has come and gone multiple times. For NBC the golden age was the nineties, and the must-see event was their Thursday night block. Starting back in the eighties NBC prepared a comedy lineup every Thursday to draw in a youth market. Shows included “Cheers,” “Fame,” and “Taxi.”