There's never a paucity of new ideas and talented young people willing to put it all on the line to make these new ideas work. What's almost always lacking is the backbone of the moneymen who would rather bank on a trend that seems to be paying off at the moment. Something that's made money before will seemingly always be preferable to something that hasn't yet.

There is a lot of 90's nostalgia in popular culture these days as most of the people who were growing up in that era are now adults working in the field and comprise that desirable demographic advertisers are looking for. While not all revivals are worth it, some are doing quite well with viewers and that has resulted in the inevitable green light being given to many other attempts as studios and networks rush to get on the bandwagon.

As for Murphy Brown, I always loved that show and am interested in seeing more. 

MAGNUM, P.I.

Sadly, it would have to end up being about Magnum coming out of retirement to investigate Higgins' murder. And of course, they would have to do it in a way that still doesn't explain (at least to the audience) if Higgins was or was not Robin Masters.

But I am going to watch the ROSEANNE revival.

( Magnum, not Rosanne)

Now, I know there was a reunion of sorts during a season of Larry David's "Curb your Enthusiasm" but it really wasn't the same.  I'd like to see this if for no other reason than to quickly explain away the awful finale to the series.  (I liked how Will and Grace dismissed their original finale at the start of their revival series).

I know the cast has dismissed this numerous times, but I'd be happy with a "Friends" comeback, though maybe it would work best as a one-time special - e.g. "Where are they now".

Most of these are American classics (even if I never watched ROSEANNE) and if the cast and creative crew are available, why not?

I much prefer revivals to reboots.  I've said it before--I was disappointed that MACGYVER and HAWAII FIVE-O rebooted the characters when they easily could have been the sons of the originals.  I wish the continuations of CHARLIE'S ANGELS and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE from a decade or two ago had been better and lasted longer.  Like SUPERMAN, BATMAN, SPIDER-MAN and quite a few other comics, some characters or concepts deserve to just keep on going (even if there was a long hiatus for some of them).

I'm not so sure I want to see them post-prison sentence, TBH.   Not that it was a good way IMO to end the series but I think reviving it would just be continuing to kick at a beehive that probably shouldn't be messed with.

Commuting their sentence or giving them a pardon also kind of robs the ending of it's impact.   

Kind of funny that we talk of giving shows that had basically run their course a second kick at the can yet somehow we can't manage to give something like FIREFLY a proper chance.

But, they're reboots. Screw that.

I actually like the reboot of MacGyver, but mainly due to the cast (George Eads especially). But I was never really a big Cagney & Lacey fan, and anyone other than Tom Selleck as Magnum is unacceptable.

The CW ordered a pilot for a reboot of CHARMED, and ABS is really reaching, because they're remaking GET CHRISTIE LOVE.

So....when can we look forward to remakes of NANNY & THE PROFESSOR and MY MOTHER, THE CAR?

I just can’t see anyone other than the original actors in those roles. Ugh. 

I would have hated it if they'd done a reboot, so glad we got Anderson, Duchovny et al back.

And the TWIN PEAKS return was just phenomenal.

No.

The one thing I hate about the MacGyver reboot? Murdoc. In the original show, Murdoc was the Joker to MacGyver's Batman (so to speak), and was fairly cool. But the new version is lame.

Let me put this way: I wouldn't be too upset if they just had Jack put a bullet in Murdoc's head on the new show. On the original, most of the Murdoc episodes were standouts.

(If you haven't watched the new MacGyver, but watch The Flash, the actor who plays Murdoc is the same actor who played Abra Kadabra.)

Brand, plain and simple.  To cut through the clutter of hundreds upon hundreds of shows, networks, cable channels and even Netflix have found that name recognition trumps nearly everything.  People have short memories, but MURPHY BROWN ran for a decade and was the recipient of a number of Emmy awards.  People remember it and the press it's getting upon the announcement at a revival is worth every penny CBS is spending on it.  That's exactly why they're doing it and why every studio is mining their catalog for the next reboot or revival.  It's not a lack of originality.  It's the market.  When consumers (read: us) make a revival of FULL HOUSE a hit, it's inevitable that everyone else will follow suit.