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?

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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?

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Dinosaurs - Original Theme Song (HD Remastered)

This TGIF staple was famous for its little freak Baby Sinclair, a flesh-colored dinosaur in a yellow tee and diaper who whacked his dad on the head with a frying pan and yelled “not the mama” right in his dang face. But this Simpsons/Flintstones-style sitcom starring anthropomorphic, animatronic dinos also got as dark as it did silly (see its ) and deftly tackled social commentary, too. Dinosaurs ended with extinction and was apparently super expensive to make, so this might be a tough one to resurrect. But I say we Jurassic Park this shit anyway. [Meredith Hobbs Coons]

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