Nostalgia Isn't What it Used to Be

So now that the expected cancellation of Charlie's Angels is official, can the networks agree to a five year moratorium on trotting out new versions of old shows? There are some successes (Hawaii 5-0) and qualified successes (Nikita, 90210) in these revivals, but then you have these: Knight Rider, Night Stalker, Bionic Woman, Cupid, V, and Melrose Place (and if you want go back a little farther, throw in Dragnet, Star Search, Hunter, The Twilight Zone, and Family Affair). It may be too early to say where Prime Suspect is going, but based on ratings it's more likely to join the latter group.

The danger in this, of course, is that we get more offshoots of existing shows. I'd hate to prevent the return of The Five Mrs. Buchanans if what we get instead is NCIS: Presque Isle. Actually, I'd like to see how CBS would pull that off, though the jokes about Presque Isle not being on the water would probably wear thin after the second episode.