Last year, CBS made it clear they wanted to attract a younger crowd –that’s where the money’s at on television– as most of their series are showing their age. It resulted in series orders for Supergirl, Limitless & Rush Hour. Sadly, none of them reached that goal. Coincidentally, all of them came from previous source material. Maybe it’s not such a good idea trying to make new hits out of already known properties? One day, networks will understand. But not anytime soon apparently. Look at Scorpion on the contrary, that they launched two years ago: a 100% original bona fide hit! 100% ridiculous too, but that’s another debate. There’s an audience for it. It took people by surprise. They knew nothing about it, they liked what they saw and they stayed. That’s how things are supposed to work. Networks really need to stop taking decisions out of fear. And that includes ordering useless spin-offs for no good reason. Anyway. Ladies and gents, now please welcome a MacGyver reboot! Because of course, that’s what we were all waiting for. Especially millenials who never watched it, just heard about it at best.
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