Sometimes it’s difficult to like a TV program.  Especially “cult” ones, or ones with a fan following.  After it’s gone, you hope that someday it’ll come back, and that everyone will end up liking it , proving you were right all along.  Unfortunately, if and when they do come back, they usually turn out more like Knight Rider or Bionic Woman, and less like Doctor Who or Battlestar Galactica.  So announcements of remakes bring a sense of joy and trepidation.

ABC has apparently decided to make a pilot rework of “V”.  Back in the 80’s, “V” was pretty popular as a mini-series, which spawned a sequel miniseries, which spawned a TV show that ran for one year.  It got progressively worse each iteration, but it was still a novel premise that could have gone much further.

Kenneth Johnson, who wrote and directed the original mini-series, is reportedly not involved.  (He was responsible for shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, The Incredible Hulk, and Alien Nation.)  Johnson has been trying to do a remake or theatrical production for years, so his exclusion doesn’t bode well in my mind for this new remake.  Time will tell.

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