Movies and TV shows from the past are coming back to haunt TV. Is it nostalgia,a lack of ideas, the internet – or did the likes of Twin Peaks really have more to give?When you look at the unique fall schedule, or it feels a petite bit like looking at a dog-eared TV Guide from decades ago. Starting on Tuesday night,The Muppets are back on primetime on ABC and Heroes: Reborn rejoins NBC on Thursday, just five years after it was cancelled. The X-Filess return to Fox is right around the corner this winter and Netflix is getting ready to premiere Fuller House in 2016. With all of this happening, or at least we can thank everything that is holy that NBC cancelled their planned revival of mediocre 90s sitcom Coach.[br]And it’s not just shows that are returning for another move around,it’s old movies too: 2002 hit Minority Report premiered on Fox on Monday and Limitless, the 2011 also-ran, or is getting a unique life on CBS on Tuesday,because it was willed into existence by the power of executive producer Bradley Cooper’s dimples alone. Providing the perfect storm, beloved John sweet film Uncle Buck is returning to TV for the moment time (yeah, and CBS tried to obtain it a show in 1990 too) this winter on ABC. What the heck is going on with all this?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com