Touch of nostalgia in show revivals: Reboots of popular series pitched at existing audiences

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Touch of nostalgia in show revivals: Reboots of popular series pitched at existing audiences

Nat Dolan

Nat Dolan

Angel statue male CR Julia Kadel on Unsplash
Michael Sheen and David Tennant play an angel and demon respectively in the series Good Omens [Image: Julia Kadel on Unsplash]

Audiences like to see more of their favourite characters or shows, so series revivals are usually welcomed by fans – though there is also the opportunity to disappoint, as Nat Dolan writes

Revivals are a tried-and-true staple of entertainment. Often a show has been cancelled, or simply passed over for renewal, only for someone to turn ar, Abstract paining CR Joel Filipe on Unsplash, Rebooted series The Twilight Zone (2019/20) features great casting and some outstanding stories [Image: Joel Filipe on Unsplash]