Everything old is new again

I was recently asked an interesting question :If I could bring back one TV show, which would I choose. This, for me at least, is a very hard question. I have so many favorites,but not all can make the cut. And then I think of the disastrous remakes (90210 anyone?) and I know to make it happen right would take just the right set of circumstances.  I narrowed it down to a "few" great ones:

1. The West Wing....I think this one, under the absolute perfect conditions could recapture the magic. The premise of the White House leaves us endless possibilities and gives the opportunity to totally re-work the show every four or eight seasons. And honestly, who isn't dying to see Josh and Donna happily ever after, if only for a few minutes?

But the show was more than just that....moments like this one are so rare on TV....

 2. Friends

I was a sophomore in college when Ross said "I, Ross, take thee Rachel"....and in every room on my floor I heard a collective gasp.....moments like that don't come along all the time. Friends was funny, but you also loved those characters. They really did feel like your friends. I don't know about you, but I have no doubt they are all still funny ten years later.

3. The Golden Girls

While this one would require some doing since Betty White is the only Girl still with us (RIP Sophia, Blanche and Dorothy) who wouldn't want to see them continue to eat cheesecake and laugh together. I hope that someday I have friends like that.

Scenes like this one prove this show was ahead of its time. Not only was it one of the few shows on TV with a strong all female cast - it tackled issues not normally addressed, many of them (such as this one) are still hot topics today.

4. Gilmore Girls

Like many fans of the show, I felt robbed by how this series spent its last season. The abrupt departure of Amy Sherman Palladino and Dan Palladino - after they had written Lorelei into a corner no less - took new show runner David Rosenthal half a season to write his way out of. This left us with only half a season to wrap things up and give our girls a proper send-off. While I think Rosenthal did a remarkable job considering the obstacles, I wish it had been different. I wish we could have seen Rory in the real world. Lorelei and Luke married and dealing with all those challenges. There has been much online chat about a reunion movie....where do I send my check to make it happen?

5. Friday Night Lights

The beauty of this show was Coach and his relationship with his players. I personally would have loved to have seen him working with kids for years to come. I think the story had plenty of possibilities, but unfortunately it wasn't given the opportunity to grow from the beginning. Too much emphasis was placed on the teens lives and not on the team relationship. And honestly, some of the stories tried too hard to be "edgy" in a way the show was never intended to be (cough..Landry the murderer...cough). I think it deserves another shot...

If you could bring back a show, which would it be and why?