The timeless television shows EW likes in both original and new & improved flavors.
Who knew ’80s monster Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) was a wrecked-yet-striving hero for our time?
Neo-Galacticarefracted post-9/11 paranoia through a cosmic melodrama about refugee humans and God-loving robots.
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And never forget Fox’s own unclassifiable meta-revival, with the original90210cast gamely playing themselves as desperate nostalgia victims.
Sixteen years later,Russell T. Daviesrelaunched the series with a rueful new-millennium edge.
That’s pure TV magic.
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