Reboots and revivals are all the rage right now. If the success of Will & Grace, Twin Peaks, and The X-Files is any indication, we're in for several years of trying out old shows and movies to see if they can be continued or reimagined for the present day. This year is seeing at least a dozen new TV reboots coming to the airwaves, with several others in production that may make it to air in 2018 or may be pushed to 2019. Either way, everything old is new again.
Based on: The Step Up films, of which there are five.
The new premise: This TV series follows the faculty and students at High Water, a cutthroat performing arts school in Atlanta. Original Step Up stars Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum are executive producers, and it stars artist Ne-Yo and Glee alum Naya Rivera.
Based on: The makeover reality show Queer Eye For the Straight Guy that aired on Bravo from 2003 to 2007.
The new premise: Same idea: five gay men, each with their own area of expertise, make over some hapless straight dude. But there is a new group of artists doing the makeovers.
Based on: The Summer camp reality show that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons beginning in 1998.
The new premise: It's the same premise as the original Bug Juice, which followed a group of tween campers throughout one season of Summer camp. The revival is headed back to Camp Waziyatah, the location of the first season of the series, though it'll be interesting to see what kids are like nowadays as compared to 1998 (when they didn't even have cell phones).
Based on: The original home design show that ran for eight seasons beginning in 2000.
The new premise: The new premise is pretty much exactly like the old show, albeit with a bigger budget. One pair of connected people (husband-wife, father-son, sisters) trade a room in their house with another pair. Over the course of a weekend, they give each other's space a makeover, with the help of a carpenter, a designer, and a $2,000 budget. Host Paige Davis is returning, as are designers Doug Wilson, Genevieve Gorder, Hildi Santo-Tomas, Vern Yip, Frank Bielic, and Laurie Smith and carpenter Ty Pennington. There are also new designers and carpenters in the mix.
Based on: The 1965 sci-fi series that ran for three seasons on CBS.
The new premise: Considering this is being made over 50 years later and by Netflix instead of a broadcast network, we're going out on a limb and saying this will resemble the original in name and very basic plot details only. In this version, Toby Stephens and Molly Parker head up the Robinson family, who, along with a group of other colonists, wind up stranded on an unknown planet light years from their intended destination. Parker Posey also stars.
Based on: The cartoon that aired from 1984 to 1991 on CBS.
The new premise: Disney Junior is bringing back this beloved children's series. It will air two 11-minute stories within each half-hour episode, encouraging children ages 4 to 7 to use their imagination when they play.
Based on: The CBS sitcom set at a news station that ran from 1988 to 1998.
The new premise: The news is very recent, but CBS has ordered it straight to series with a 13-episode order, so it's on the docket for a 2018 launch. Candice Bergen, the titular news anchor, is reprising her role, and original executive producer Diane English is also involved as a writer and EP. There aren't a lot of other details yet, but the CBS announcement says that Brown will return to "a world of cable news, social media, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate."
