MacGyver and SWAT both received reboots on CBS, and now the network is rebooting two more classic series. Both Magnum PI and Cagney and Lacey are getting the reboot treatment.
Deadline revealed more about the planned Magnum PI reboot for CBS:
“The new Magnum P.I. follows Thomas Magnum, a decorated ex-Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator. With help from fellow vets Theodore “TC” Calvin and Orville “Rick” Wright, as well as that of disavowed former MI:6 agent Juliet Higgins, Magnum takes on the cases no one else will, helping those who have no one else to turn to.”
Will you watch the new Magnum PI and Cagney and Lacey reboots? Tell us what you think.
If there is a reboot of Cagney & Lacey they would have to fill some big shoes, would watch if they didn’t ruin it with stupid story themes. Keep it almost like the original.
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Falcon Crest too!
Now they shall bring back Cagney & Lacey back & The Rockford Files
Is the creative spirit dead? Besides Battlestar Galactica which was a far superior remake of the original, the latest ‘reboots’ (those with new stars) don’t compare to the original. They’ll never match up to the original for me, so why should I bother watching.
Glad they will reboot. Looking forward to watching both shows
I will not watch the reboots of any of the shows. They will jazz them up to appeal to the 18-49 demographic and lose the character of the original show. Waste of my time.
yup, they’ll change everything to fit the social, pc agenda like making Higgins a woman They’re trying to rewrite history with everything
What’s next? Perfect Strangers? Taxi? All in the Family? Mork and Mindy!!! Enough already.
I loved Cagney and Lacey, but things are getting out of hand with these reboots. It’s not like they’re going to use the original stars, like they’re doing with Will and Grace and Roseanne. Are the “regular” networks really that unable to compete with new shows that they have to rely on nostalgic reboots? And I wonder whether some of these shows even mean anything to the young, target demographic that they’re always most interested in. If they’re going to reboot these shows, I hope that they at least try to keep their original vibe, and not go all “dark”… Read more »
I wasn’t even born when these shows were on and I think rebooting them is a horrible idea. I could watch the old ones. All you hear about now is reboots and revivals. TV is really starting to shrivel up, man.
Doesn’t anyone in the industry have any ORIGINAL ideas? All they can do is dig up old shows and reboot them. Please spare us.
nope magnum is old and wasnt that exciting same as cagney and lacey …no remakes please …
There is only 1 Magnum and that is Tom Selleck ! Why do reboots have you people not come up with new ideas and used your brains for good instead of reruns of old shows trying to give it a new look? Come on stop embarrassing yourselves. Let it go people, let it go. Cagney and Lacy, come on, no one will ever be Tyne Daly nor Sharon Gless that whole idea is a goof right? What are they both saying about a remake or reboot? This is all junk and lazy network writing and sorry ideas. STOP BEFORE YOU… Read more »
No other actor could play Thomas Magnum!!!! Tom Selleck is Magnum!!!! I would NEVER watch a reboot of it!!!