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Rockford Files Reboot Abandoned: Have TV Remakes Ever Worked?

Ever since NBC announced the Rockford Files remake, you wanted to snap, “Stop trying to make The Rockford Files happen, NBC. It’s not going to happen.” And now it isn’t: Deadline reports that the Dermot Mulroney-toplined reboot is kaput . Even USA, a better fit for such a quirky procedural, passed on Rockford . Conventional wisdom suggests we live in a sad generation of entertainment awash with remakes, but you’d think at least one retread would’ve been good (or successful) enough to warrant this mimeographed mania. Truth is, the idea of a working remake may be the most contrived of all.

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Rockford Files Reboot Abandoned: Have TV Remakes Ever Worked?