The nice thing about having a bazillion more networks then existed when I was a kid (we were excited to get a new network, bringing the total up to 4) is more new stuff. Frequently stuff that none of the original networks would try (well, ok, rebooting decades old shows is something they try from time to time).
The downsides is it is hard to discover the new stuff you would like (seriously, in the 1980s it was read one long magazine article that covered all the new shows for the year), and that some of the new stuff is on some network you don’t already own, and may not be excited to pay for to get one show you like.
aka, the one hand giveth, and the other hand taketh. (see also: first world problems, 'cause “boo I can’t find all the new shows I would like” and “boo I would need to pay $5 to get that service!” really are problems I can relate to, I know “I can’t get a vaccine for the plague”, “I’m starving to death”, and “I got kicked out my home, and now I’m sleeping on the streets” are all real things, and way worse then what I face in life…er, and most of those things happen in the first world too, just not on quite the same scale…)
You missed out on nothing. You saved yourself a lot of time that you can use constructively. Also, don’t waste your time on the Saved By the Bell reboot.
I dunno why this is considered a reboot, it’s a continuation to me. It isn’t some cute kid in 2021, it’s the character appropriately aged and even played by the same actor. Basically a new season after 35+ years.
I didn’t really like the series when it first aired, to be honest. It was too blatant a suck-up to Brandon Tartikoff, the head of NBC programming at the time.
Not that I’ve seen the Punky Brewster reboot (or subscribe to Peacock), but I had certainly heard about it via the AVClub (descendant of the non-satrical section that used be in print copies of The Onion), which is an excellent place to learn of upcoming films and TV shows. It maybe has gone down a bit in quality in recent years after a series of sales of its parent company led to the exodus of many of its veteran writers, but it is still worth checking out if you want to be kept in the loop on film and TV.
Huge nostalgia for the original, loved it when it first aired, and I was like 11.
The reboot series was painfully bad. Or maybe it’s written for 11 year olds. I don’t know. I just know that it was the kind of one liner or exaggerated word followed by loud and blatant laugh track sitcom that reminded me of garbage like Two and Half Men. I made it through an episode and a half.
The way I remember it Dudley was drugged but thanks to Arnold authorities got there just before he was actually raped. Still pretty dang dark for a family sitcom.
One of the really messed up parts was that Todd Bridges, the actor who played Arnold’s older brother Willis, was sexually abused by the same publicist and family friend who got him that role. Hard to imagine what he must have been going through when they filmed that episode.
Tried watching Save Me with Lennie James. By the 4th commercial break I was done. Even premium has commercials and I don’t like commercials. Show had some promise but I’ll never find out.
The instant Netflix has commercials during the show I’m done with that too. I got rid of TV 20 years ago and my only exposure to commercials have been the random times I’ve been somewhere where a TV has been on or if I was watching the super bowl.
What is the original show one of the rare occasions when Canadian programming influenced American programming? I’m wondering if this show was originally based on the Degrassi series, where kids tackle real life issues. Degrassi had a much longer lifespan and more success with the spin offs, it’s one of the rare instances of Canadian television longevity, along with SCTV, Mr. Dress up, and The Beachcombers. It looks like I need to add Heartland to that list as well, except I haven’t seen it.
Can any Peacock subscribers explain why there are still ads in some shows even when I was paying for a subscription? We signed up for a month to try it out during the Olympics but it very much failed to win us over. They botched the one chance they had for millions of new subscribers.
Ah, thank you. They made the whole thing a little confusing if you were signing up inside the app. Since my sub ended I barely cared to go look into the thing.
The problem is not Peacock. It’s you. What did you want? A special invitation through the postal service? I knew about this PB reboot, and watch it mostly to see Cherrie as a grown up lesbian. It was great, and I’ll wait another 35 years for a reboot of the reboot.
