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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

The TV Show Revival Trend Needs to Die

Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully in The X-Files, Steve Carell as Michael Scott in The Office, Tony Hale as Buster Bluth in Arrested Development

Following the recent announcement that NBC is contemplating a revival of their once mighty sitcom The Office – but without any of the show’s main cast returning – there was the inescapable feeling that we’ve reached the saturation point for this particular television trend. This wave of revivals has not only proved to be creatively empty (with a few notable exceptions), it’s also given networks a free pass to eschew the pursuit of new, exciting shows in favor of easy nostalgia. It’s not just comfort food television, it’s junk food television that is well past its expiration date. We deserve healthier viewing choices.

The current wave of TV revivals can be traced back to Netflix’s ...

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January 02, 2018 at 11:33AM

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