From: atropos@mac.com
On Feb 12, 2026 at 5:35:18 PM PST, "shawn"
wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:38:37 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
> wrote:
>
>> Your Name wrote:
>>
>>> Iconic '70s NBC TV Show Reboot Finds Its Lead
>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>> NBC has officially found a star for a remake of one of the most
>>> iconic television shows of the 1970s.
>>
>>> What NBC TV show has found its lead?
>>> According to a new report from Deadline, David Boreanaz has closed
>>> a deal to star in the upcoming reboot of The Rockford Files. The
>>> Bones star will take on the role as James Rockford, a broke
>>> private investigator who takes on a variety of cases. Deadline
>>> reports that the role of Rockford was a sought after one, and now
>>> with it cast, filming can begin.
>>
>> Jawdrop
>>
>> He's pretty much the actor least likely to remind one of James Garner I
>> can think of.
>>
>> When Josh Holloway was discussed a number of years ago, I didn't think
>> he was a bad choice but I felt sorry for him as being compared to Garner
>> would have hurt his career. Really just should have created an original
>> character for him to play.
>
> Agreed. I could see Holloway in the role. though I worry that the
> writing will let whomever takes on the role down as the writing will
> be a key to the success/failure of the project. The only thing I can
> see in favor of Boreanaz as Rockford is the physical aspect. I don't
> think he's going to work in any other aspect.
At least the role wasn't race and gender-swapped. That's about as much as we
can hope for from modern Hollywood.
>> No one would dream of comparing Boreanaz to Garner.
>>
>>> The report goes on to mention that the pilot for the show will
>>> film in Atlanta.
>>
>> Brilliant! It's not like Los Angeles locations weren't integral to the
>> show. What's next, he'll drive a Yugo? No sublime car chases?
>
> I am torn as I love having more projects being filmed in the area, but
> there's no way that Atlanta works as a replacement for Los Angeles,
> especially the numerous beach shots they made the original show.
Yes, much like THE LINCOLN LAWYER and BOSCH, L.A. is a character in and of
itself and if you don't shoot on location, you might as well just not do it at
all.
I was heartened to hear the upcoming BAYWATCH reboot has booked permits to
shoot on L.A. County beaches, so they're remaining true to the spirit of the
show, unlike the Hi-Ho Daddario movie, which only pretended to be in L.A., but
shot in Louisiana instead.
Hopefully they recognize what made the original an international hit:
super-hot women in bikinis having heterosexual sex with good-looking dudes.
But this is Hollywood, so we're probably going to get lots of gay stuff and
some kind of weird transformer dude demanding to be allowed to run around in a
bikini or something.
A couple weeks ago I watched a BAYWATCH Prime re-run where it was quite
obvious that it was from the pre-woke era of TV. The Beach Boys were guest
stars and they were making videos of their various songs on the beach as part
of the plot. For 'California Girls', the band was surrounded by a flock of
gorgeous girls in bikinis-- around 20 of them total. All of them but one were
blonde goddesses. If the show was made today, twelve of them would be black,
four latina, three of them Asian, and one (maybe) would be white, but she'd be
a dude in a bikini. And half of them would be lesbians.
It's amazing how none of the characters on the show were gay, there were no
scenes of dudes kissing each other, no non-binary gender-queer goth creatures
with face tattoos and metal studs embedded in their heads. Just gorgeous girls
and the guys who wanted to bang them.
The whole show is a hate crime by today's standards. Not only am I amazed that
it's legal to continue to air it, I'm surprised they haven't been required to
burn the negatives and salt the earth by now
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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