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Why did the television reboot become all the rage?

  • Written by Dr. James Francis, Jr., Lecturer, Department of English, Texas A&M University

Designer Yves Saint Laurent once said, “Fashions fade, style is eternal.”

The same could be said for television: When a popular show concludes, it lives on in syndication and Blu-ray. But recently, TV immortality has assumed a new form. Networks and streaming services are increasingly pulling from the past to flood the airwaves with...

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