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can hold the WB no less suspect for its “aggressive bidding and winning” of the
rights to remake the ’60s classic, Lost in Space.
We know that
the network’s teen melodramas have run their course. Not since the early seasons
of Dawson’s Creek, Felicity and Everwood have the WB’s
non-sci-fi-teen ventures generated any promising buzz or noteworthy ratings. And
with the advent of its hit Smallville, we guess they’ve concluded that
the sci-fi blend formula hits the mark a bit more often than shows that too
closely resemble the day-to-day minutiae of young viewers.
But the
blatant recycling of old hits has got to stop. We don’t want a hasty rehashing
of the old. We’d much prefer some originality from within the ranks of the new.
To carbon-copy a plot is not a nod to nostalgia. The recycling of ideas
(especially at this rate of recurrence among the networks) does more to erode
the fond fibers of our past than to celebrate them. After all, what will your
12-year-old most remember about your favorite old shows–the original versions,
many of which re-air on TV Land long after their bedtimes, or the oft-defunct
newer versions with guest appearances from their favorite, fly-by-night pop
stars?
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