25 TV reboots, remakes, and spin-offs that are in the works

Premiere date: October 18, 2020Reboot of: Game show Supermarket Sweep.What it's about: First announced in October 2017, Leslie Jones of Saturday Night Live will host the revival. The game show has pairs compete to run around a supermarket on a timed scavenger hunt to find particular grocery items to win a grand prize.Premiere date: November 20, 2020Reboot of: Steven Spielberg's Animaniacs cartoon that aired for five seasons in the '90s on WB.What it's about: The cartoon will, once again, follow the misadventures of the Warner siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, who live on the Warner Bros.' lot. The show will also bring back fan favorites Pinky and the Brain, with Maurice LaMarche reprising the role he made famous.Steven Spielberg return as executive producer for the 13-episode series. You can watch a preview here.Premiere date: Fall 2021Revival of: Dexter, which ran for eight seasons on Showtime.What it's about: According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 10-episode limited series will be a continuation of the original show with Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) going on self-imposed exile as a lumberjack and living a solitary life.Original showrunner Clyde Phillips also returns along with Hall. Production is expected to get underway on the series early next year.Premiere date: On pause.The continuation was first announced in August 2019 at Disney's biannual event D23 while Insider was in attendance.Production on the series stopped after two episodes. In an Instagram post, star Hilary Duff suggested Disney thought the show wasn't family-friendly enough for its streaming service and she asked if the revival could move to Hulu. The show's original creator, Terri Minsky, was fired from the reboot.Revival of: Disney Channel's series, Lizzie McGuire.What it was about: The show was supposed to pick up with McGuire turning 30. Despite living in New York City with her dream job as an interior designer and her dream guy, everything may not be as perfect as it seems. The show was supposed to navigate McGuire through the ups and downs of adulthood. Adam Lamberg, Hallie Todd, and Robert Carradine were also set to reprise their roles. In her Instagram post, Duff said it would be a disservice to everyone by limiting the realities of a 30 year old's journey to live under the ceiling of a PG rating.Premiere date: TBDSpin-off of: ABC's Black-ish.What it's about: According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will follow Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis' characters When they move to a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of L.A., they'll meet characters who represent the old and new faces of the community as they try to make it work as a married couple.Black-ish creator Kenya Barris will write and executive produce.Premiere date: TBD. Reboot of: ABC sitcom Bewitched, which aired on ABC from 1964 to 1972 starring Elizabeth Montgomery as a witch, Samantha.What it's about: The new take on the classic would feature an interracial family with a young, black single mom who is also a witch who marries a mortal. This show is also from Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and writer/producer Yamara Taylor. ABC didn't move forward with a pilot for the series last year. As of February 2019, the series is in active development.Premiere date: TBDReboot of: Conan the Barbarian, the 1982 movie with Arnold SchwarzeneggerWhat it's about: Deadline reports the series, from Fredrik Malmberg and Mark Wheeler's Pathfinder Media, is the first in a deal between the streaming service and Conan Properties International. Under the deal, Netflix will be able to develop TV and film properties that are live-action and animated. There's currently no word on what the series will be about as there's no showrunner or writer involved yet.This is different from a former series that was in the works at Amazon with Colony co-creator Ryan Condal and Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik.Premiere date: TBDSpin-off of: The animated Jetsons cartoon series.What it's about: As of 2019, the series will be a live-action version of the classic animated sci-fi series set in the future and will be filmed in front of a live audience. It will be executive produced by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future).Premiere date: TBDReboot of: MTV's '90s show Daria, which ran for five seasons.What it's about: The series will follow Daria's friend Jodie as she graduates from college and enters the working world. Grace Edwards (Insecure) will be the show's head writer and creator with Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) voicing the character. With the brilliant, sweet and sarcastic black girl magic that is Jodie Landon, we will feature a diverse cast, comprised mainly of unapologetically smart and ambitious young female characters who are vulnerable and flawed and interesting and funny. Ross previously said in a statement when the series was announced. Premiere date: 2021Reboot of: Nickeoldeon's hit '90s animated series, Rugrats.What it's about: Paramount announced the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series featuring Tommy Pickles and Angelica will get a 26-episode reboot. In June, Vanity Fair reported the reboot will debut next year.Premiere date: TBD Reboot of: Gossip Girl (2007-2012)What it's about: The reboot will pick up eight years after the events of the original series, and will follow a new generation of New York private school teens as they are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl, according to the official summary for the series. Expect plenty of commentary about the affects of social media on teen life.Premiere date: TBD Sequel to: Dune (1984) and the upcoming 2020 filmWhat it's about: With a remake of the 1984 film (based on Frank Herbert's 1965 novel) on the horizon, HBO Max's new series is designed to co-exist with the upcoming film, according to Deadline.But where the new film will portray the efforts of Paul Atreides to maintain his family's control over the planet Arrakis, the Dune series will focus on an enigmatic order of women — the Bene Gesserit — who serve as trusted advisers and companions to many in the Dune universe. The series will come from director Denis Villeneuve.Premiere date: TBD Spin-off of: Grease (1978)What's it about: Per Entertainment Weekly, the Grease reboot reimagines the global smash hit movie with some characters you already know, and a whole lot more you will soon meet.Still set in the '50s, the series will also take place at Rydell High and will focus on the peer pressures of high school and the horrors of puberty. Originally set to debut on HBO Max, the spin-off will now live on ViacomCBS' streaming service, Paramount Plus.Premiere date: TBDRevival of: Punky Brewster (1984 to 1986)What it's about: Soleil Moon Frye reprises her role as Punky, who's now a grown-up single mother with three children. Freddie Prinze Jr. will also appear in the revival, playing the recurring role of Punky's ex-husband, Travis.You can watch the teaser trailer for the 10-episode first season here.Premiere date: TBD; currently in early stages of development.Reboot of: '90s sitcom Designing WomenWhat it's about: The original show followed four women working at a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Original creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason will be working on the show, according to Deadline.It's not clear whether or not this is still moving forward, but Hulu (now owned by ABC parent company Disney) released the entire original series on the streaming service in August 2019.Premiere date: TBDSpin-off of: The SopranosWhat it's about: The movie will be a prequel to the HBO series set during the Newark riots that took place in the '60s.Premiere date: TBDReboot of: Clueless (1995)What it's about: The reboot will focus on the character of Dionne, played by Stacey Dash in the original film, after her best friend and right-hand woman Cher (famously portrayed by Alicia Silverstone) mysteriously disappears.Deadline reported that the new show is like if 'Mean Girls' meets 'Riverdale' meets a Lizzo music video, and described it as a baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sunglasses-wearing, oat milk latté, and Adderall-fueled look at high school life in 2020. Premiere date: TBD Prequel to: Gremlins (1984)What it's about: The animated prequel will focus on the origins of the shopkeeper, Mr. Wing, who was featured in both the original movie and the 1990 sequel. It comes from Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment.Premiere date: TBDIn November 2019, Kelsey Grammer confirmed a reboot of the series was moving forward. It's been in the works for a few years.We're sort of on standby a little bit, Grammer said on In Depth With Graham Bensinger. Working out a couple of possible network deals that we're circling. Revival of: Frasier, which aired on NBC for 11 seasons.What it's about: A return to Frasier won't take place in the show's original Seattle location.It's not going to be the same Frasier, it's going to be the man in his next iteration, Grammer said.Premiere date: TBDRevival of: Nash Bridges (1996 - 2001)What it's about: The original show focused on an inspector, Nash Bridges, who worked in the San Francisco police department's special investigations unit, along with his partner, Joe Dominguez.According to THR, the followup would show Nash adjust to a new boss and San Francisco in 2020. Cheech Marin will reprise his role as well.Premiere date: TBD Reboot of: The Boondocks (2005 to 2014)What it's about: The new show will be a continuation of the original series, and will focus on Robert Granddad Freeman and his two grandsons as they move to a new community and struggle to fit in. As of late 2019, the series had a two-season order at HBO Max.Premiere date: TBD Prequel to: Practical Magic (1998)What it's about: According to Vogue Australia, the new series will be a prequel to the beloved 1998 film, and will focus on three siblings as they realize that they're actually descended from witches.Premiere date: TBD Reboot of: Mighty Morphin Power RangersWhat it's about: Jonathan Entwistle (It's the End of the F---ing World) will oversee and direct a new connected movie and TV universe of the franchisePremiere date: 2023 Spinoff of: The Walking DeadWhat it's about: Melissa McBride and Norman Reedus are hitting the road after The Walking Dead ends in 2022.We don't know too much yet, but showrunner Angela Kang described the series to Insider as a road show and said it's something they've considered for years. It sounds like this could be similar to Reedus' other AMC series, Ride With Norman Reedus.Read more: 'The Walking Dead' is getting 2 more spinoff shows and one is centered around Carol and DarylPremiere date: TBDSpinoff of: The Walking DeadWhat it's about: It's an upcoming anthology series that features individual episodes or arcs of episodes focused on new and existing characters, backstories, or other stand-alone experiences, says The Hollywood Reporter.The hope is for the show to feature previous characters along with current cast members. Ryan Hurst recently teased to Insider it's possible we could see his character return for the series.

25 TV reboots, remakes, and spin-offs that are in the works

"Supermarket Sweep"

"Animaniacs" (Hulu)

"Dexter" (Showtime)

"Lizzie McGuire"

"Old-ish" (ABC)

"Bewitched" (ABC)

"Conan the Barbarian" (Netflix)

"The Jetsons" (ABC)

"Jodie" (Comedy Central)

"Rugrats" (Nickelodeon)

"Gossip Girl" (HBO Max)

"Dune: The Sisterhood" (HBO Max)

"Grease: Rydell High" (Paramount Plus)

"Punky Brewster" (Peacock)

"Designing Women" (ABC)

"The Many Saints of Newark"

"Clueless" (Peacock)

"Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai" (HBO Max)

"Frasier"

"Nash Bridges" (USA)

"The Boondocks" (HBO Max)

"Practical Magic" (HBO Max)

"Power Rangers"

An untitled Carol and Daryl "TWD" spinoff (AMC)

"Tales from The Walking Dead" (AMC)