I used to love LA Law, but I put this in the same bucket as the recent news that original Law & Order is being brought back. This is network TV making the most of its last (?) remaining franchises that it believes will prove popular amongst older viewers who remember them from the first time around. That's why this is ABC and not Hulu or Peacock. Because let's face it, the name recognition for something like LA Law is going to be low amongst, perhaps under 45s. I'm not saying that networks don't *want* that under 45 audience - I'm sure there'll be several very attractive young lawyers in this iteration - but they're pragmatists too.
It is strange that in the past, I'd have eagerly looked up what I could find out about new US network shows that start arriving this time of year, excited to see what they were doing, and hoping that the best of them would make it across the Atlantic. I would search out grids of which shows were on which networks, even if I couldn't see them for months or even years. In recent years, I've not really cared at all. The only awareness I have of new shows is if a favourite actor is appearing (Say, Michael Sheen in "Prodigal Son"), or a vague notion that a show is a reboot of something I liked from the past (eg "The Wonder Years"). "NCIS Albuquerque," "Law & Order: Financial Crimes" or "Chicago Canine Unit" don't really do anything for me. But then, I'm not sure the networks are trying either. Anything the tiniest bit demanding goes to their streaming siblings. Adam On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 6:45 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > That's pret-ty much what TheWrap's article said. Proves something I > speculated when it was first proposed... they held out to get Underwood. > B > > Tom Wolper, to Kevin M, Oct 6th: > >> I liked it until David Kelley turned it into a soap opera. After he left >>> it did get better again, and the reunion movie was good. I’ll watch it if >>> it makes it to series, but I’m not hopeful >>> >> >> As with other reboots, the only thing this series might have in common >> with the original is that it takes place in LA and it involves lawyers. >> > -- > 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/0a4aa793-bbbf-4bd1-83c6-be27ec6fd6e5n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0a4aa793-bbbf-4bd1-83c6-be27ec6fd6e5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAD_sJGBqQke4HNijixJFB2aUVKUpur3P480914DOPJnQ-OB-fg%40mail.gmail.com.
