The only thing that worked for me about the Murphy Brown reboot was the subplot involving Avery (Jake McDorman) working for the right-wing "Wolf" network, despite/in spite of being Murphy Brown's son; that storyline wasn't explored enough, as it would have pulled us away from the core characters.
As an aside, since we're talking about Jake McDorman...I still miss "Limitless". On Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 2:01:21 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 10:57 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 1:15 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If Harry Anderson were still alive, maybe, but absent the lead actor and >>> any of the original creative team, I don’t see this working at all >>> >> >> I think we've seen by now that reboots can work when they have nothing in >> common with the original. From a creative standpoint I would hate to have >> to write a Dan Fielding character in this climate. As a mere viewer I know >> I can skip this reboot like I skipped all the others. >> > > If the character of Dan is still chasing women in his 60s (70s?), there is > no creative standpoint. It’s what made the Murphy Brown reboot so bad… none > of the characters had grown in the years they’d been off the air. Even the > Brady Bunch made Greg a doctor and sent Cindy to college. > > >> -- >> 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]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGvPZVJVjXUEGLyeh%2BHSZG_frygDg8D2SZ0yuhz8k3YEQ%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGvPZVJVjXUEGLyeh%2BHSZG_frygDg8D2SZ0yuhz8k3YEQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/98177564-42a3-4fef-92d7-0d99dbe5ecden%40googlegroups.com.
