From: YourName@YourISP.com
On 2026-01-14 06:06:53 +0000, Ian J. Ball said:
> On 1/13/26 9:54 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>> super70s wrote:
>>> 2026-01-14 04:35:05 +0000, Your Name said:
>>>>
>>>> Yet another old show gets ruined by the lazy, talentless "reboot
>>>> everything" brigade infesting Hollyweird. :-(
>>>>
>>>> Iconic '70s NBC TV Show Gets Reboot Order
>>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>> NBC plans to revisit one of its iconic 1970s series with a
>>>> reported new reboot now in development. The network has
>>>> ordered a pilot for the project, signaling a possible
>>>> return of the classic TV detective to primetime.
>>>
>>> If a Matlock reboot can be a big hit with an older-than-middle-aged
>>> woman in the lead this doesn't seem nearly as unfeasible.
>>
>> It's not a reboot. In fact, the first episode referenced the Andy
>> Grifith tv series. You got it very wrong.
>
> It wouldn't be the first time.
Despite what many people like to claim (including the CBS marketing
officer!), it *is* actually a reboot (gender-swapped, as usual these
days), but the makers were simply making an "in-joke" about the
original show, as has happened in other shows.
"The 2024 version of Matlock is a reboot of the original
1986 television series of the same name, which starred
Andy Griffith. This iteration, notably, flipped the
gender of the lead role, swapping out Griffith's Ben
Matlock for Bates' Madeline Matlock."
"The show was developed by Jennie Snyder Urman, and draws
from the original Matlock TV series which starred Andy
Griffith, but with a gender flipped lead character
played by Kathy Bates and a vastly different premise
overall."
If it wasn't a reboot, then why would they bother using the same name -
they could have called it anything, which it has in common to all
idiotic reboots that are unreconisable as having anything to do with
the original they are "based on".
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