On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:40 PM Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote: > So, what’s left for CBS to resurrect from the mid-80s lineup? I wonder > how long it’ll be before we see a reboot of a wacky group of irreverent > doctors and nurses working to save lives in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital > in Afghanistan? Bring back “Simon & Simon” with Gerald McRaney shepherding > his two sons as the new team of private eyes who crack their cases in > wildly disparate styles? > > “Jake & the non-gender-identifying individual whose weight hovers above the medical norm”
That’ll make a cool lunch box. > > Too bad Bob Newhart and Carol O’Connor are no longer with us. Can you > imagine an updated Archie Bunker, ranting and raving at immigrants and > liberals while defending Donald Trump making America great again? > > > > J > > > > Doug Fields > > Tampa, FL > > > > > > > > *From:* 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 20, 2018 3:07 PM > *To:* TVorNotTV <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Magnum PI reboot > > > > > Tom Wolper, to moi, 10/25/17: > > > Kevin M, Friday (20): > > They decided Higgins needs to be female. > > > > So they can cast some good-lookin' guy as a Brit working for the > Russians... they'll call him "Robin Masters," and he'll show up during > February. > > > > I was trying to think of why this seemed a bad idea to me and I found this > Guardian article to put it into words. Magnum is a pretty dumb show but Tom > Selleck made it fun and watchable. There's no reason to think CBS will cast > a lead that will bring what he brought so all that leaves is a pretty dumb > show. > > > > [Guardian link] > <https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/oct/25/magnum-pi-reboot-hell> > > > See if this guy fills the bill: From *Suicide Squad*, Jay Hernandez > <http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/magnum-pi-reboot-cbs-jay-hernandez-1202705365/> > (Variety link). > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
