Remaking Television Shows — Is There Such a Thing?
I read an article that referenced 90210′s Matt Lanter making an appearance on True Blood, and I had to look him up because I never heard his name before. I thought surely if he was on Beverly Hills 90210 I would have heard of him. Did David Silver have a best friend other than Scott (if you don’t get that reference, you should be ashamed of yourself)? Upon researching further, I realized that Matt Lanter is actually on the “remake” of Beverly Hills 90210, which is referred to as 90210 — and I became infuriated. It’s bad enough that the CW butchered my favorite television show of all-time, but now they are confusing me on top of it? Second, there is no such thing as “remaking” a television show. You might be able to “resurrect” it by bringing all the old characters back and continuing the storyline, but unlike a movie, you cannot copy an entire plot (which, in television, consists of a bazillion episodes). Yes I realize that the “concept” involved a family from a small town moving to Los Angeles, but that is literally the only similarity. How many shows have the same fish-out-of-water concept and don’t use the coveted 90210 title? It’s a cheap way to get viewers, and if you’re gonna do it, at least make it quality.
