What childhood TV shows deserve a reboot?

The success of X-Men '97 raises the question: Which of our favorite series growing up should return?

By Saloni Gajjar, Tim Lowery, Drew Gillis, Mary Kate Carr, Cindy White, Meredith Hobbs Coons, Jen Lennon, William Hughes | April 18, 2024 | 12:00pm

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What childhood TV shows deserve a reboot?

Clockwise from bottom left: Faerie Tale Theatre, The Pirates Of Dark Water, Aaahh!! Real Monsters, and Dungeons & Dragons Screenshot: YouTube

Reboots are normally frowned upon, especially if it’s a project you’ve cherished for a long time. How dare anyone touch it and potentially ruin something fun you grew up with. Yet along comes X-Men ’97, which proves it’s still possible to nail the whole bringing-back-a-beloved-series thing. In that spirit, we asked The A.V. Club staff: What beloved TV show from your childhood deserves a reboot?

Faerie Tale Theatre

The Three Little Pigs #Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre

I was only four years old when I watched , but something about it (probably the host/creator Shelley Duvall’s vocal lilt and gentle smile in the intros, as an image of her is, against all odds, still rattling in the back of my brain) really stuck with me. And now that I’m old enough to know who the people who helped bring this anthology to life are, I can’t help but be staggered that it was even made, or wonder just who a 2024 version would feature. The likes of Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Burton, and Eric Idle helmed episodes (each stand-alone renditions of classic fairy tales) throughout the series’ five-year run, with acting turns from Robin Williams, Harry Dean Stanton, Elliott Gould, Carrie Fisher, Ned Beatty, Susan Sarandon, Bud Cort, Karen Black, and… Frank Zappa. [Tim Lowery]

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