Quantum Leap returned after 2 months off, and apparently 2 new episodes into it, the ratings are in the basement, the lowest ever.

However, reportedly NBC has renewed it for Season 2

The "Night Court" reboot premiers tonight on NBC with John Larroquette returning.


https://www.nbc.com/night-cour...jEAAYASAAEgJJPvD_BwE

I checked it out because I watched the original show. A second episode followed the pilot. It had the same humor but the timing of the dialogue was off as it often can be on a new show especially when you can compare it to the old version. It has the same theme but played differently.

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Originally posted by Tommy C:
The "Night Court" reboot premiers tonight on NBC with John Larroquette returning.


https://www.nbc.com/night-cour...jEAAYASAAEgJJPvD_BwE

I only caught the second episode, and I thought the new "Night Court" was really bad. There was laughter on the soundtrack after every line an actor spoke and none of it was funny. I really can't remember if the original was this stupid, but it didn't seem like it at the time.

Heard on the radio that Night Court did surprisingly well, the best ratings for NBC's time slot in 5 years. No joke.

I saw the first two episodes of the new "Night Court" on Peacock+ last night. Loved seeing Larroquette as Dan Fielding again, truly one of the great sitcom characters, although in this day and probably at his age, he likely won't be tapping into the womanizing aspect of his personality, which was certainly good for laughs back then. On the original series, John had the Best Supporting Comedy Actor Emmy Award so on lock that after he'd won it 4 times in a row, he removed himself from contention.

I would've liked for him to have found one of Harry's funny hats in the box at the end of the pilot and briefly put it on, but the surprise snakes were good, too.

The strength of the show is, as with "Barney Miller" before it ("Night Court" was created by a writer from that show), mainly in each week's characters that are brought before the law. Those were well done in the first 2 episodes, so it was a promising start in that regard.

I wish Harry or Markie or Mac were here for this, all gone too soon.
The bailiffs were always funny on the show, as well, starting with Selma and Florence, who both passed away during the original run. I'd love to see their replacement Marsha "Roz" Warfield appear in a guest spot. She seems to have retired from the business about 20 years ago, but fairly recently appeared in 6 episodes of "9-1-1". She's 68 years old now. Richard Moll, the actor who played Bull, is 80, but maybe he can make a cameo appearance.

Cheers to NBC for this one plus "Young Rock" and "Lopez vs. Lopez". I might have to give their "American Auto" sitcom a try.

I wasn't really a fan of "That 70's Show" on Fox-TV having actually been in a kid in the 70's and finding it inauthentic, but I went ahead and watched the first 2 episodes of "That 90's Show" on NetFlix to catch up with the original characters, now all in their late 30's, who will be appearing in various cameos. (All characters, that is, except the one played by Danny Masterson, who has some current legal troubles).

It didn't seem very 90's either, and the laugh track is fairly jarring since most sitcoms don't use them anymore, but the parents, now grandparents, remain funny, particularly the great Kurtwood Smith. The kids seem like a good batch of young actors. I might watch the rest of the first season, once I finish the rest of the stuff on NetFlix.

The animated "King of the Hill" is returning with new episodes on Hulu.

It previously ran on FOX from 1997 to 2009.

Just ordered a pilot so far, but there is a reboot of "Matlock" in the works at CBS. Andy Griffith was the original. This one will have Kathy Bates in the title role.