REMAKE: American Gigolo (Showtime)
Status: Premiered Sept. 11
Jon Bernthal stars alongside Gretchen Mol in Showtime's TV adaptation of the 1980 movie that starred Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. Bernthal plays Julian, a man who was just released from prison after 18 years for murder. He struggles to find his footing in the Los Angeles sex industry and tries to figure out who set him up all those years ago.
REVIVAL: The Game (Parampunt+)
Status: A new season will premiere Dec. 15
Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez are set to reprise their roles, with several other original cast members expected to make special appearances. Per Paramount+, the series "returns with a mix of original cast and new players to offer a modern-day examination of Black culture through the prism of pro football. The team will tackle racism, sexism, classism and more as they fight for fame, fortune, respect and love—all while trying to maintain their souls as they each play The Game."
REVIVAL: The Proud Family (Disney+)
Status: Premiered in February 2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is a revival of the classic Disney animated series, which stars Kyla Pratt as teen Penny Proud. The original cast returned, with Keke Palmer joining as new character Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins.
REVIVAL: Punky Brewster (Peacock)
Status: Canceled after one season
Soleil Moon Frye is back as Punky Brewster, the lovable foster kid from the '80s sitcom of the same name, now a mom with her own foster kid and an ex-husband played by Freddie Prinze Jr.
REBOOT: True Blood (HBO Max)
Status: In early development
Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is working on a reboot of HBO's True Blood, the vampire series based on Charlaine Harris' novels. Alan Ball, EP of the first series, is returning as an executive producer but former cast members will likely not return.
REBOOT/SEQUEL: Gossip Girl (HBO Max)
Status: Season two will air Dec. 1
Gossip Girl is back with its original creators, but not its original cast. The new show is set eight years after the original series and centers around a whole new group of Upper East Siders who aren't all white and straight and who are dealing with a whole new era of social media. It stars Emily Alyn Lind, Whitney Peak, Evan Mock, Jordan Alexander, Tavi Gevinson, Eli Brown, Thomas Doherty and Savannah Smith.
And this time, the teachers are Gossip Girl! XoXo
REBOOT: In Treatment (HBO)
Status: Canceled
Uzo Aduba starred in a reboot of HBO's drama In Treatment, about a therapist having weekly sessions with patients. The original series starred Gabriel Byrne. The new cast also included Joel Kinnaman and Anthony Ramos.
REVIVAL: Saved by the Bell (Peacock)
Status: Canceled after two seasons
The new and irreverent Saved By the Bell follows a whole new generation of high schoolers whose parents and teachers are the original cast of SBTB, including Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen and Lark Voorhies.
REBOOT: Clueless (Peacock)
Status: No longer happening.
Peacock had picked up a reboot and reimagining of the classic 1995 teen comedy (and subsequent TV series) that focused on Dionne, played by Stacey Dash in the movie. It had become a mystery, described as "a baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sun-glasses wearing, oat milk latte and Adderall-fueled look at what happens when queen bee Cher disappears and her lifelong No. 2 Dionne steps into Cher's vacant Air Jordans."
Peacock passed on the show in May 2021.
REVIVAL: Lizzie McGuire (Disney+)
Status: No longer happening.
Lizzie McGuire would have been turning 30 in the Disney+ revival, which had even begun filming. Original showrunner Terri Minsky left over creative differences in January 2020 and production shut down. In December 2020, Hilary Duff announced that the show was no longer happening.

