Name a TV show that could not do a reunion on TV with actors playing their original roles. I know "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" are out of the question due to the principal characters being deceased. Can we think of some others.

Bewitched
Get Smart
The Munsters

The Addams Family
That Girl

The Beverly Hillbillies
Gilligan's Island
Mister Ed
The Lucy Show
Here's Lucy
I Love Lucy
Our Miss Brooks

"MARY KAYE & JOHNNIE"
"THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE & HARRIET"
"THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN"
"SGT. BILCO"
"THE HONEYMOONERS"
"GREEN ACRES"

however, we should be quiet about all these, we might give filmakers ideas.:lol: :lol:

(seriously, we should be quiet)

"MARY KAYE & JOHNNIE"
"THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE & HARRIET"
"THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN"
"SGT. BILCO"
"THE HONEYMOONERS"
"GREEN ACRES"

however, we should be quiet about all these, we might give filmakers ideas.:lol: :lol:

(seriously, we should be quiet)

I'm sure the film makers already have a TV book with all the shows listed inside. They're probably skimming through it as we speak, wondering who could play Deputy Barney Fife in the "Mayberry" movie.

Chico And The Man
I Married Joan
My Little Margie
December Bride
The Mothers In Law
Hogan's Heroes
The Danny Thomas Show
The Paul Lynde Show
My Sister Sam

Bewitched
Get Smart
The Munsters


Bewitched? What would ever give you that idea? LOL. They could do one of those! :lol:

I thought about "Good Times" since Esther Rolle has been deceased for a while and John Amos' character was killed off but technically they could still do a reunion movie since they did a season without either one of these characters. I read somewhere that John Amos would have been up for a Good Times reunion though.

Empty Nest could not have one since Richard Mulligan deceased.
What about SOAP? You think they could do a reunion? One of the two sisters and her husband would not be there since Richard Mulligan and Kathryn Damon are gone.

It's a more recent show: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. I don't ever see a reunion show happening, mostly because Lane Smith(Perry) has passed and for other reasons

Three's Company-at least between the three original roommates. John Ritter is dead and Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers don't speak to each other.

Do you think that if a main character died and a reunion was planned, it could be done as a "remembering..." type of movie?

Hawaii Five-O - many of the principal actors Jack Lord, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer, Zulu have all died and the only principal cast members remaining are James MacArthur and Al Harrington.

Bonanza - all of the original principal cast members Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, and Michael Landon have all died.

Mission: Impossible - With Peter Graves's recent death, the death of Greg Morris 14 years earlier, the divorce between Martin Landau and Barbara Bain 17 years earlier, the retirement of Leonard Nimoy, and the Steven Hill's (who played original IMF leader Dan Briggs in S1) problems w/ the producers in his only season w/ M:I, don't count on it.

Highway to Heaven - as with Bonanza, this show is also a no-go due to the losses of both Michael Landon and Vicotr French

I Spy - with the recent death of Robert Culp, future reunions will not happen.

Sanford and Son - due to the death of Redd Foxx

The Odd Couple - due to Tony Randall's death 6 years earlier.

In the Heat of the Night - due to the deaths of Carroll O'Connor, Howard Rollins, Hugh O'Connor, and Lois Nettleton

Dragnet - The death of Jack Webb is highly gonna choke any reunions of original cast members.

The Donna Reed Show - both the parents (Donna Reed and Carl Betz) have passed on, and so have the neighbors (Howard McNear, Kathleen Freeman, and Bob Crane). The kids are still with us (Shelley Fabares, Paul and Patty Petersen) but it still wouldn't be the same.

Happy Days - they're all much too busy

Three's Company-at least between the three original roommates. John Ritter is dead and Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers don't speak to each other.
Not to mention that Norman Fell, Audra Lindley and Don Knotts are all gone - so it wouldn't make sense to have a TC "reunion" without the Ropers or Mr. Furley.

The Jeffersons - since the lion's share of the cast are no longer with us. I mean, Sherman Hemsley, Marla Gibbs, Damon Evans, Berlina Tolbert, Ebonie Smith and Ned Wertimer are all still alive. But does anyone want to see George without Weezy? Besides, it wouldn't be the same without the neighbors - the Willises and Mr. Bentley. :(

Three's Company-at least between the three original roommates. John Ritter is dead and Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers don't speak to each other.
they don't? I never knew that.

Hawaii Five-O - many of the principal actors Jack Lord, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer, Zulu have all died and the only principal cast members remaining are James MacArthur and Al Harrington.

Bonanza - all of the original principal cast members Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, and Michael Landon have all died.

Mission: Impossible - With Peter Graves's recent death, the death of Greg Morris 14 years earlier, the divorce between Martin Landau and Barbara Bain 17 years earlier, the retirement of Leonard Nimoy, and the Steven Hill's (who played original IMF leader Dan Briggs in S1) problems w/ the producers in his only season w/ M:I, don't count on it.

Highway to Heaven - as with Bonanza, this show is also a no-go due to the losses of both Michael Landon and Vicotr French

I Spy - with the recent death of Robert Culp, future reunions will not happen.

Sanford and Son - due to the death of Redd Foxx

The Odd Couple - due to Tony Randall's death 6 years earlier.

In the Heat of the Night - due to the deaths of Carroll O'Connor, Howard Rollins, Hugh O'Connor, and Lois Nettleton

Dragnet - The death of Jack Webb is highly gonna choke any reunions of original cast members. they did one for i spy with culp and cosby back in 94 or 95

Bewitched? I read somewhere that John Amos would have been up for a Good Times reunion though.



Really? I seen the cast reunited on The Arsenio Hall Show and John Amos said no to a reunion show....

I will add Lost In Space to the list since Guy Williams, Jonathan Harris, and Bob May are deceased. Benson since Robert Guillome is gone too.

Really? I seen the cast reunited on The Arsenio Hall Show and John Amos said no to a reunion show....

I will add Lost In Space to the list since Guy Williams, Jonathan Harris, and Bob May are deceased. Benson since Robert Guillome is gone too.
Last I heard, Robert Guillaume is still alive. :confused:

they don't? I never knew that.
Yep. Joyce and Suzanne have not spoken to each other for 30 years. And I have a feeling there will never be a Reunion between them or that they will never make up. Kinda of sad. A least John and Suzanne made up before he died..

Last I heard, Robert Guillaume is still alive. :confused:
You're right! He's still alive. He had a stroke in '98 and I thought he had passed away.

You're right! He's still alive. He had a stroke in '98 and I thought he had passed away.
Yup, he's 82 years old now.

Designing Women since Dixie Carter and Alice Ghostley are both deceased. And it just wouldn't work with only Delta, Annie and Jean. Without Dixie Carter it would not work.

"The Real McCoys',could not do a reunion,because Richard Crenna ,Walter Brennan and Tony Martinez are all dead,and it would't be much of a reunion with just Kathleen Nolan and the actors who played Little Luke and Hassie.A big part of that show would be missing.And they could NEVER do a"The Name of the Game"reunion,,because Gene Barry,Robert Stack and Tony Franciosa are all dead.

Really, there aren't any shows from the 60's that could do a reunion now. Either most of the original cast are deceased, or they have aged enough that revisiting the characters would seem a little silly. For instance, they could technically do a "Batman" reunion, but there's no way West, Ward and Barbara Gordon are going to get into the tights again and if they can't, what's the point?

I think the only hope for shows like that is the 'retrospective' approach that MTM and MASH took a few years back. It wouldn't be perfect, but it's better than nothing and honestly I love seeing how the casts interact with each other. :)

Really, there aren't any shows from the 60's that could do a reunion now. Either most of the original cast are deceased, or they have aged enough that revisiting the characters would seem a little silly. For instance, they could technically do a "Batman" reunion, but there's no way West, Ward and Barbara Gordon are going to get into the tights again and if they can't, what's the point?


Technically they did with Back To The Batcave. West and Ward reunited in a special with special guest Julie Newmar or Lee Merriweather can't remember, they looked back and had actors playing their young selves. I have the dvd.

There was also one for Lost In Space called Lost In Space Forever and it reunited Will, Smith and The Robot on board the Jupiter 2.

Technically they did with Back To The Batcave. West and Ward reunited in a special with special guest Julie Newmar or Lee Merriweather can't remember, they looked back and had actors playing their young selves. I have the dvd.

There was also one for Lost In Space called Lost In Space Forever and it reunited Will, Smith and The Robot on board the Jupiter 2.

Julie Newmar and Frank Gorshin played fictional versions of themselves, and Lee Meriwether played an aged fan in a cameo appearance, so both Julie & Lee appeared.

Petticoat Junction since Bea Benaderet, Edgar Buchanan, and Meredith MacRae, and the guys who drove on the train are no longer with us.

I agree that Three's Company will never do a reunion, but if Joyce and Suzanne ever make up and decide to do Three's Company reunion show together, I think everyone I know will see that!

There will never be a Mister Ed reunion. As far as I know Alan Young is the only cast member still with us.

And there would never be an "F Troop"reunion movie,since a big part of the show,Forrest Tucker as Sgt.0'Rourke is dead,as is Frank de Kova who played Wild Eagle.

The Brady Bunch is another show I seriously doubt will do a reunion show. Robert Reed has long since passed on, Ann B. Davis has retired from acting, and of course Maureen and Eve are at each other's throats. So I don't see it happening.

I have some new ones:

Kojak - due to Telly Savalas's death

Streets of San Francisco, The - due to Karl Malden's death last year

Jake and the Fatman - due to the death of William Conrad

Fugitive, The - all of the original cast: David Janssen and Robert Morse have both died, so it won't happen

Barnaby Jones - due to the death of Buddy Ebsen as Barnaby Jones

Speaking of Streets of San Francisco, they did a "reunion" movie some years ago with Karl Malden. They were looking for Michael Douglas' character throughout the movie, who'd been kidnapped. (Michael Douglas never appears in the movie because ***SPOILERS*** his character had been killed.) So you DEFINITELY don't have a chance of a reunion movie for that show.

Charlie's Angels - not just because of Farrah's passing, but because David Doyle and John Forsythe are no longer with us. To me, David Doyle WAS/IS Bos, and I can't imagine anyone else but Mr. Forsythe as the voice of Charlie. No one else could say "Good morning, Angels!" the way he did.

Another series which could NEVER do a reunion,is "The Mothers-In-Law",since only Kaye Ballard(I think)is still alive.Eve Arden,Herbert Rudley and Richard Deacon (I don't know about Roger C.carmel-Is he still alive?),were a big part of the show,and have all died.

Another series which could NEVER do a reunion,is "The Mothers-In-Law",since only Kaye Ballard(I think)is still alive.Eve Arden,Herbert Rudley and Richard Deacon (I don't know about Roger C.carmel-Is he still alive?),were a big part of the show,and have all died.
Roger C. Carmel died of heart failure on November 11, 1986.

Speaking of Streets of San Francisco, they did a "reunion" movie some years ago with Karl Malden. They were looking for Michael Douglas' character throughout the movie, who'd been kidnapped. (Michael Douglas never appears in the movie because ***SPOILERS*** his character had been killed.) So you DEFINITELY don't have a chance of a reunion movie for that show.
I remember that reunion. They shouldn't have killed him off even if Michael didn't want to be in the movie.

And they could NEVER do a "Bachelor Father"reunion.Without John Forsythe,who died recently,it wouldn't be much fun with just Noreen Corcoran.Even if they had someone else play John Forsythe's Bentley Gregg(Uncle Bentley)character,it wouldn't be the same.

And they could NEVER do a "Bachelor Father"reunion.Without John Forsythe,who died recently,it wouldn't be much fun with just Noreen Corcoran.Even if they had someone else play John Forsythe's Bentley Gregg(Uncle Bentley)character,it wouldn't be the same.
I've never seen "BACHELOR FATHER".

I remember that reunion. They shouldn't have killed him off even if Michael didn't want to be in the movie.
Yeah, but I don't think it would've worked even if they'd recast the Douglas role, or even if they brought back his replacement, Richard Hatch.

Speaking of Streets of San Francisco, they did a "reunion" movie some years ago with Karl Malden. They were looking for Michael Douglas' character throughout the movie, who'd been kidnapped. (Michael Douglas never appears in the movie because ***SPOILERS*** his character had been killed.) So you DEFINITELY don't have a chance of a reunion movie for that show.
they could still do one, but have them find out that they were mistaken about his death all those years ago, or something.

they could still do one, but have them find out that they were mistaken about his death all those years ago, or something.
I suppose so, but then you wouldn't have the late Karl Malden. :(

And another one they could NEVER have a reunion of is "The Lucy Show".Lucille Ball,Vivian Vance,Gale Gordon,and Roy Roberts are all dead,and it wouldn't be much of a show with just the kids.

Charlie's Angels - not just because of Farrah's passing, but because David Doyle and John Forsythe are no longer with us. To me, David Doyle WAS/IS Bos, and I can't imagine anyone else but Mr. Forsythe as the voice of Charlie. No one else could say "Good morning, Angels!" the way he did.

Totally agree 100%!


Another show that won't happen is:

Spenser: For Hire - due to the death of Robert Urich and also the death of Richard Jaeckel, too. Hawk (Avery Brooks) just doesn't feel the same without Spenser around.

Harry O - due to the death of star David Janssen

Untouchables, The - the death of Robert Stack chokes it