Hollywood's so weird. They keep rebooting things, even though they usually don't turn out well. The latest in the trend is The Rockford Files, which House creator David Shore will be rebooting for NBC. Shore is cool, and The Rockford Files was cool, but I really doubt this will be the next Battlestar. It might be a procedural, the second most durable genre on television (next to cheap cheap fun fun reality), but you just know too many chefs in the NBC executives' office kitchen are just going to ruin it and its awesome theme song, I don't care if Ben Silverman is gone. Call it a hunch. That I would bet my life savings on.
But, no matter how quickly the reboot is canceled, it won't take away from how great the original Rockford Files was. I was unemployed for about a month a few years ago, and while I should have spent that free time out enjoying the city, doing things you never get to do during the day when you're cooped up in an office, I ended up hooked on TV Land's Rockford Files re-runs, all day, pretty much every day. That's how I chose to spend a month in Manhattan with a completely open calendar. It's genuinely that captivating. Plus, Isaac Hayes was on it sometimes! See:
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If James Garner isn't in it; don't bother. He was Rockford. They should just take the basic premise and rename it. No false hope.
I agree use the concept but call it something else. Rockford has always been one of my favorite series. The reboot record is pretty bad so I dont want the name associated with a miserable failure, ie Knight Rider.
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The original Rockford was excellent ~ I can't imagine this new version working at all! Here are more shows that were canceled before their time: http://www.ranker.com/list/tv-shows-cancelled-before-their-time/tyvick
What, the writers have a strike that all but shuts down Hollywood and now they have their jobs back, they can't come up with an original idea for a TV show? Rockford was a classic - it can't be redone. That'd be like remaking "Gone With The Wind" with Lindsey Lohan in the Scarlett O'Hara role. No wonder we mostly watch stuff on DVD!
I don't know whether to over-joyed at this news are terrified. Rockford/Garner was one of the great characters ever to appear on TV. A few years ago, I thought a great idea for a show would be to have James Garner play a retired Jim Rockford who lends advice to his novice PI nephew, played perhaps by Bruce Campbell. Now Garner and Campbell are probably both too old.
I wish they wouldn't remake it. But if they do, I have two words.
Ron Livingston.
They are STUPID if they think they can do a remake of one of the best shows on T.V! They should just put reruns of Burn Notice on instead!
no young person today is going to watch a show named Rockford. It sounds like an old last name. Furthermore, its prob gonna be DOA. The advantage of an old show being rebooted is that the studio rehashes the original on dvd.
I love the Rockford series. It will be hard to replace Rocky, Angel, and Jim. But I guess I could love other people in a different way.
I bookmarked this link. Thank you for good job!,
In most cases you can not recreate. Rockford is a prime example. James Garner IS Rockford. Do NOT tinker.
Does anyone remember which episode a thug charactor said "I took her so bad she didn't know where she was for two days"?
Nobody do it best except James Garner, Rockford himself. They should change the title into something new and still have this popular American show aura in it. Rockford is just way too classic!.
This proves to me as much as the Hawaii Five-0 reboot that network T.V. is dead.... There is no originality in Hollyweird and when something interesting does come up, they promptly kill it off if it doesn't create what the execs feel is suitable buzz... I read now or do other things with my former viewing time. The only exceptions I am seeing to this are on the USA Cable network or on one of the other cable only channels. There are one or two other exceptions on the majors but for the most part it is all garbage that is not worth the time expended that I will never get back...
This proves to me as much as the Hawaii Five-0 reboot that network T.V. is dead.... There is no originality in Hollyweird and when something interesting does come up, they promptly kill it off if it doesn't create what the execs feel is suitable buzz... I read now or do other things with my former viewing time. The only exceptions I am seeing to this are on the USA Cable network or on one of the other cable only channels. There are one or two other exceptions on the majors but for the most part it is all garbage that is not worth the time expended that I will never get back...
That's amazing