Top 10 Classic TV Shows That Deserve A Reboot

We can’t argue with getting to watch beautiful actors and actresses run up and down Los Angeles’ beaches, and that’s exactly what we’d get if this series came back. During much of its time on the air, “Baywatch” was among the most watched shows in the world, and the slow-mo shots of gorgeous stars like David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson explained why. In fact, it was so popular that they continued the series with “Baywatch Hawaii” from 1999-2001. But while they might want younger stars for a modern reboot, we’ve gotta admit, we probably wouldn’t be able to resist Pam should she return to our small screens wearing that red swimsuit.

Before the success of movies like “The 40 Year Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up,” Judd Apatow executive produced a cult favorite with this short-lived sitcom, which featured soon-to-be stars like James Franco, Jason Segel, and Seth Rogen. Unfortunately, not everyone realized the comedy-drama’s greatness at the time, and it was cancelled before its first season fully aired. This left us all wanting to know more about the adventures of Lindsay’s freaks and her brother Sam’s geeks – buta reboot would certainly fix that, wouldn’t it?

Although SNL’s “MacGruber” later parodied the action-adventure TV series, the sketches were not quite as great as the real thing. Yes, we long for the days when we could watch the titular action hero use everyday items to fight crime, like the time MacGyver stopped a time bomb with a paper clip, and we wish there could be more. It’d be hard to find anyone who could match Richard Dean Anderson’s impeccable charisma, but we’d willing to watch someone else try.

We miss watching animated series with the dark tone and compelling plots of this science fantasy show. With the titular characters reawakened as night-time vigilantes in New York City after a billionaire buys their castle a thousand years after being frozen in stone, the Gargoyles sure kicked some serious ass. The subsequent comic books indisputably whet our appetite, but there’d be nothing like seeing Goliath and his clan fight crime in animated form once again.

This series holds the distinction of being the second western television program to ever be written for adults. Adapted from the radio drama of the same name that ran between 1952-61, “Gunsmoke” follows James Arness’ Marshal Matt Dillon and Milburn Stone’s Doc during the settlement of the American West. Becoming America’s longest-running prime time live action drama of the 20th century, the show obviously captured the country’s attention span for many years (and 20 seasons, to be more exact!). As the history of the west has fascinated viewers for decades and continues to be brought to screens both big and small over and over again, it’s not surprising to think that a modern reboot of this show – if done well – would be extremely successful in the 21st century too.

We wish we could travel back in time to when this sci-fi show was being aired, but we’d be content with a 21st century reboottoo. The main characters, including protagonist Quinn Mallory, all have the ability to travel (or “slide,” as the show calls it) between parallel universes, each of which has a different version of Earth. We can only imagine how much cooler these sliders’ adventures would be with modern day CGI!

Though the 2010 big screen adaptation of this series only received mixed reviews, the first few seasons of “The A-Team” allowed NBC to achieve some of its highest ratings in years. Following the titular team of U.S. Army Special Forces members and mercenaries that are on the run for a crime they didn’t commit, the show became popular thanks to its action-adventure-based stories and exaggerated violence. And of course, it had Mr. T. We’d especially love to see “The A-Team” brought back to life with a whole new slew of fresh faces, as well as with some solid writing in the hopes that it’d spawn as many catchphrases as this show did in 1980s!

As much as we’ve enjoyed the “Avengers” flicks, we wish Joss Whedon would also work on rebooting this amazing show. The tales of the titular teenager and her allies, known as the Scooby Gang, made for one of the most entertaining series ever to be on TV. Since the supernatural show’s unique combination of action, humor, and melodrama went off the air, there hasn’t anything been anything quite like it. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” definitely deserves to be brought back from the dead.

This sitcom was one of the most beloved series of all time, and had a finale that broke viewership records, but we think that, with an update, it’d regain its small screen popularity for sure. The original followed the adventures of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War, so in a modern reboot, perhaps its setting could be transposed to Iraq or another contemporary conflict. We also think that the absence of a laugh track, in the style of many contemporary sitcoms, would benefit “MASH”’s often-bleak humor and give us all something more to crack up about.

Before we unveil our number one pick, here are some honorable mentions:

“Magnum, P.I.” (1980-88)

“Exosquad” (1993-94)

“Quantum Leap” (1989-93)

Given the appetite TV audiences have developed for fantasy thanks to “Game of Thrones,” it’d be great to see this cult action/adventure show slice its way back to the small screen. Its slapstick comedy could be replaced by a darker tone, as we think that’d make great characters like Xena and Gabrielle even greater. We wouldn’t mind even more awesome battles produced with contemporary technology, either. Just think of the possibilities of having this Warrior Princess on the tube again (and yes, there’s been talk of a reboot in 2014, but Lucy Lawless herself tweeted that it’s all rumor for now)!