With the news that FATHER KNOWS BEST is the latest television show to get the big-screen treatment, we couldn’t help but think that maybe, just maybe, TV execs should get in on the action. Given how much crap is currently airing — and how many great shows are either on the bubble or recently-cancelled — it might be time for the networks to consider raiding their own vaults and relaunching some classic shows. The five topping our wish list?
THE WEST WING
Yes, this NBC drama only went off the air in 2006, but the time is most definitely right for a return. Thanks to a contentious election, the seeming death of bipartisanship and attention-mongers such as Rush Limbaugh, Keith Olbermann and Bill O’Reilly, the country is more politican than ever. What better time to bring back Aaron Sorkin’s brilliant series, perhaps with an entirely new administration in place? The possibilities are endless.