tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post3014879052360276714..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Shows With Many LivesJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-37920967130838044182008-04-27T06:49:00.000-04:002008-04-27T06:49:00.000-04:00'Saved by the Bell' had the new class, and a few w...'Saved by the Bell' had the new class, and a few weeks before April Fools Day one year, the producers announced they were going to do a third version. Then, on April Fools Day, they announced that the announced of a few weeks back was an April Fools joke. That way: everyone was confused. Was the original announcement a premature April Fools Joke? Or was the announcement that the original announcement was an April Fools Joke an April Fools Joke? Turned out it was the former. Still: Genius.<BR/><BR/>Also: Degrassi. That has had about seventy thousand different versions.<BR/><BR/>And a show that only Australians will know about: Full Frontal. Started out as Fast Forward, continued on as Totally Full Frontal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-73103529389702530482008-04-25T11:26:00.000-04:002008-04-25T11:26:00.000-04:00It's a Living is the most memorable example of thi...It's a Living is the most memorable example of this. I think it went through three or four different incarnations (for one season, it was retitled Making a Living). The Naked Truth was like that too, and that TV version of 9 to 5 just couldn't seem to die either. I wonder why the predominantly female workplace sitcom is the Agent Gromek of TV shows.J. John Aquinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07702933519743370125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-8376808038513851552008-04-23T16:20:00.000-04:002008-04-23T16:20:00.000-04:00Jaime,Great post. I didn't realize that NBC had or...Jaime,<BR/><BR/>Great post. I didn't realize that NBC had originally turned down the show until the pilot did well.<BR/><BR/>I remember seeing Mancuso and the cast from "Wild Palms" on some talk show in the early 90s (Jenny Jones? Sally Jessy?) and someone in the audience asked him about Stingray and he said he was thinking about doing it again. Too bad it didn't work out and he went on to "Matrix" instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-31819771147795316562008-04-22T15:56:00.000-04:002008-04-22T15:56:00.000-04:00Didn't Airwolf also get one of those weird syndica...Didn't Airwolf also get one of those weird syndication revivals with a whole new cast playing essentially the same characters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-42684813312160509932008-04-22T11:51:00.000-04:002008-04-22T11:51:00.000-04:00WKRP What's Happening?Brady BunchWKRP <BR/>What's Happening?<BR/>Brady BunchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com